Minnesota Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Services for Persons With Mental Retardation or Related Conditions

February 2004 Minnesota Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Services for Persons With Mental Retardation or Related Conditions Minnesota's Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver programs provide alternatives to institutional care for certain Medicaid-eligible persons and cost about $1 billion in fiscal year 2003. The programs have expanded significantly over the years, with annual rates of growth averaging 23 percent since 1991. The Department of Human Services oversees Minnesota's five Medicaid Waiver programs, and counties administer them. Because of concern over spending increases and questions about variation in county expenditures and practices, the Legislative Audit Commission directed . . .