BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND
  • Home
    • About Us >
      • Our Organization
      • Staff & Board Members
      • Membership
  • Events
    • 2023 BIAMD Annual Conference
    • BIAMD's 40th Birthday Bash
    • Comprehensive Calendar
    • Send Us Your Event!
  • RESOURCES/EDUCATION
    • Request a Training
    • Brain Injury Wavier Program
    • ABI Supports and Resources
    • Additional TBI Resources
    • Financial Information for ABI Survivors and Families
    • Trainings, Webinars, Studies, and more
    • Your Brain Map
    • Local Resources
    • Legal Resources
    • Vocational Resources
    • Home Safety Resources
    • Planning Now: A Futures and Estate Planning Guidebook
    • A Look At TBI Trust Fund Programs
  • COVID-19 RESOURCES
    • COVID-19 and Brain Injury
    • COVID -19 and Behavioral Health and Well-Being
    • COVID-19 and the LGBTQ Community
    • Financial Assistance and Community Services
  • #5ThoughtsFridays
  • Maryland Brain Injury Trust Fund
  • Unmasking Brain Injury 2.0
  • Brain Injury
    • Ask The Expert
    • Support Groups >
      • Baltimore Area
      • Northern MD
      • Eastern MD
      • Central MD
      • Montgomery/PG/DC Area
      • Southern MD
      • Western MD
      • Outside Maryland >
        • Delaware
        • West Virginia
      • For Veterans and Families
      • Online Support Groups
    • Understanding Brain Injury >
      • Interactive Brain Map
      • Living With Brain Injury
      • Traumatic Brain Injury
      • Your Brain Map
    • Research
    • BIAMD - Telling Your Story
    • CDC HEADS UP
    • Legal Notices
  • Concussion
    • Maryland Concussion Clinics and Resources
    • Concussion Information for Parents
    • Concussion Information for Athletes
    • Concussion Information for Coaches
    • Counseling After a Concussion
  • Media
    • BIAMD Blog
    • HEADWAY eNewsletter
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • BIAMD App is Live!
  • How to Give
    • Donate >
      • Matching Gift Programs
      • Automatic Payroll Contribution Campaigns
      • Gifts which can be made without giving money now
  • BIAMD BOARD
  • PCORI Brain Injury Network
  • BIAMD Member Portal
  • #5ThoughtsFridays
  • Legal Notices
  • Filling the Knowledge Gap: Brain Injury Training for Educators
  • Brain Injury Training for Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • Brain Injury Waiver Provider Resource Page

Brain Injury Waiver Program

​Maryland Home and Community Based Waiver for Adults with Brain Injury program  

​The Maryland Department of Health has operated the Medicaid Waiver for Adults with Brain Injury since 2003. The program provides residential, day, supported-employment, and individual-support services to adults with neurobehavioral, cognitive, and physical deficits resulting from a brain injury.
 
MDH has recently expanded the technical eligibility for its 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Adults with Brain Injury (“Brain Injury Waiver”) to include private nursing facilities as one of its access points. Per CMS, this expansion has been approved to remain in effect until at least six months after the end of the federal public health emergency. MDH is currently evaluating the sustainability of this expansion.
 
Marylanders residing in Maryland nursing facilities, chronic hospitals, or state owned and operated facilities may be eligible for this program if:


  • They are between the ages of 22-64;
  • They have sustained an acquired brain injury that occurred after the age of 17;
  • The brain injury resulted in a cognitive, physical, behavioral, or emotional disability;
  • The individual’s income does not exceed $2,742 per month nor has assets that exceed $2,000 in value;
  • Their needs meet a nursing facility or chronic hospital level of care; and
  • Their medical issues are chronic, predictable, stable, and routine.
 
Brain Injury Waiver Services include:
  • Residential Habilitation – 24 hour on-site and overnight supervision in a licensed group home or alternative living unit with a staff to participant ratio of 1:3 or higher.
  • Day Habilitation - Assistance with acquisition, retention, or improvement in self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills which takes place in a nonresidential setting.
  • Supported Employment – Activities needed to support paid work by individuals receiving waiver services, including supervision and training.
  • Medical Day Care - Medically supervised, health-related services provided in an ambulatory setting to medically handicapped individuals who, due to their degree of impairment, need health maintenance and restorative services supportive to their community living.
  • Individual Support Services - Assistance provided to an individual to enable participation in the community. This service is a step down from residential services available to individuals living in independent housing or living at home with family.
  • Case management - The services provided by a case manager who assists an individual in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services.
 
Participating Brain Injury Providers include:
  • Sevita Maryland (formerly NeuroRestorative)- Prince George’s County https://www.neurorestorative.com/location/maryland/
  • Mary T MD-Anne Arundel County and Prince George’s County https://marytinc.com/maryland-brain-injury-services/
  • Head Injury Rehab and Referral Services (HIRRS)- Montgomery County http://headinjuryrehab.org/
  • Dove Pointe-Wicomico County https://www.dovepointe.org/tbi
 
 
To connect eligible residents with the Brain Injury Waiver  program, submit an interest form HERE ​
 
You can also contact the Brain Injury Association of Maryland 410-448-2924 or mdtbiwaiver@biamd.org.
 
The MDH Brain Injury Waiver Program Coordinator can be reached by email at elena.janetopoulos@maryland.gov

News & Events

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
#Blue4BrainInjuryMD

Getting Help

  • Brain Injury 101
  • Living with Brain Injury
  • Support Groups
  • Resources
  • Brain Injury Association of America

Get involved

  • ​Donate

The Legal STUFF  

  • Legal Notices

public Policy

  • A Resource Guide for Decision Makers - Violence & Injury Prevention
  • ​Who are My Elected Officials
  • Track a Maryland Bill during the General Assembly
  • Maryland Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board Report 
Address: 2200 Kernan Drive Baltimore, MD 21207
Phone: 1.800.221.6443
Copyright © 2016 Brain Injury Association of Maryland.
​All rights reserved!
Disclaimer: This website is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute endorsement of treatments, individuals, or programs which appear herein. Any external links on the website are provided for the visitor’s convenience; once you click on any of these links you are leaving the BIAMD website. BIAMD has no control over and is not responsible for the nature, content, and availability of those sites. 
  • Home
    • About Us >
      • Our Organization
      • Staff & Board Members
      • Membership
  • Events
    • 2023 BIAMD Annual Conference
    • BIAMD's 40th Birthday Bash
    • Comprehensive Calendar
    • Send Us Your Event!
  • RESOURCES/EDUCATION
    • Request a Training
    • Brain Injury Wavier Program
    • ABI Supports and Resources
    • Additional TBI Resources
    • Financial Information for ABI Survivors and Families
    • Trainings, Webinars, Studies, and more
    • Your Brain Map
    • Local Resources
    • Legal Resources
    • Vocational Resources
    • Home Safety Resources
    • Planning Now: A Futures and Estate Planning Guidebook
    • A Look At TBI Trust Fund Programs
  • COVID-19 RESOURCES
    • COVID-19 and Brain Injury
    • COVID -19 and Behavioral Health and Well-Being
    • COVID-19 and the LGBTQ Community
    • Financial Assistance and Community Services
  • #5ThoughtsFridays
  • Maryland Brain Injury Trust Fund
  • Unmasking Brain Injury 2.0
  • Brain Injury
    • Ask The Expert
    • Support Groups >
      • Baltimore Area
      • Northern MD
      • Eastern MD
      • Central MD
      • Montgomery/PG/DC Area
      • Southern MD
      • Western MD
      • Outside Maryland >
        • Delaware
        • West Virginia
      • For Veterans and Families
      • Online Support Groups
    • Understanding Brain Injury >
      • Interactive Brain Map
      • Living With Brain Injury
      • Traumatic Brain Injury
      • Your Brain Map
    • Research
    • BIAMD - Telling Your Story
    • CDC HEADS UP
    • Legal Notices
  • Concussion
    • Maryland Concussion Clinics and Resources
    • Concussion Information for Parents
    • Concussion Information for Athletes
    • Concussion Information for Coaches
    • Counseling After a Concussion
  • Media
    • BIAMD Blog
    • HEADWAY eNewsletter
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • BIAMD App is Live!
  • How to Give
    • Donate >
      • Matching Gift Programs
      • Automatic Payroll Contribution Campaigns
      • Gifts which can be made without giving money now
  • BIAMD BOARD
  • PCORI Brain Injury Network
  • BIAMD Member Portal
  • #5ThoughtsFridays
  • Legal Notices
  • Filling the Knowledge Gap: Brain Injury Training for Educators
  • Brain Injury Training for Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • Brain Injury Waiver Provider Resource Page