Personal Care Services¶
Personal Care Services provides Medicaid coverage of up to 24 hours of personal care services per day for Florida Medicaid recipients under 21 with a medical condition or disability limiting their ability to perform activities of daily living, delivered in home or community settings with a physician's order.
Eligibility¶
- Care recipient must have a qualifying disability
- Applicant age: under 21
- Relationship: other relative, non relative
Questions to ask the program¶
These are questions to ask the program, not a verdict on your eligibility. Confirm the current rules directly with the program.
- Does the person receiving care live in Florida? — Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- Does your relationship to the person — other relative or non relative — count for this program?
- What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name. — Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
- What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
What this record does not yet say¶
- a direct application link
How to apply¶
- Personal Care Services is one of the minimum covered services under every Florida Medicaid Managed Medical Assistance (MMA) and Long-Term Care (LTC) plan. There is no separate consumer application: the recipient must already be enrolled in Florida Medicaid (an MMA or LTC plan), be under the care of a physician, and have a physician's order for personal care services; the plan/provider then completes the required assessment and Plan of Care.