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HHSC Requests Comments on DBMD Amendment Effective Sept. 1, 2025

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HHSC is accepting comments on the amendment of the 1915(c) Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities Waiver. View the DBMD amendment details.

Through this amendment, HHSC updated the attendant rates and increased the DBMD individual cost limit from $114,736.07 to 210 percent of the annualized cost of care in an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Condition (ICF/IID) using the unweighted average of the fiscal year 2026 non-state operated small facility daily rates for Level of Needs (LONs) 1, 5, and 8, rounded to the nearest dollar which is estimated to be $149,774 pending finalization of the fiscal year 2026 rates for ICF/IIDs.

Comments will be accepted until July 21, 2025.

Email comments to the Texas Medicaid Waivers inbox.