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- Hello, my name is Sherry Hartsfield and I am a Senior advocate with Disability Rights Texas. Today were gonna discuss Medicaid waiver programs. - [Narrator] A list of links referred to in this presentation can be found at .DRTx.org/waivers. - What are Medicaid waivers and how do they work? Waivers let states use Medicaid funds for long-term home and community-based services for people with disabilities, or people with special healthcare needs in order to help them to continue to live in their community. Before the creation of waiver programs people had to live in hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions like State Supported Living Centers or Residential Treatment Centers so that Medicaid would pay for long-term care services. What are Medicaid waivers and how do they work? Theyre named waivers because certain Medicaid requirements are waived, meaning they dont apply. For example, family income. All but one waiver are based on just the persons income alone. A persons incom