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KBMA

Katie Beckett Medicaid

Full benefit Medicaid program available to children under 19 who live at home and have certain health care needs that are equivalent to an institutional level of care, such as long-term disabilitiesThe name comes from a child, Katie Beckett, whose family advocated that the best treatments and services for her needs were available at home and in a community setting. Only finances of the child (not the parents/guardians) are considered when determining financial eligibility.

a.k.a. a TEFRA waiver