STEP’s Lunchtime Leaders Webinar Series: What is the Katie Beckett Program?

The Katie Beckett Program helps kids in Tennessee with disabilities and complex medical needs under the age of 18.

The Katie Beckett Program provides care for a child’s disability or medical needs, even if their parents make too much money to get Medicaid. Children can get this care in their homes.

Katie Beckett Part A

Part A helps children in Tennessee with the most significant disabilities or complex medical needs.

A child must meet an “institutional” level of care. That means they would qualify to receive care in a medical institution like a hospital or a nursing home but want care at home.

Children in Part A receive full Medicaid Benefits and can get up to $15,000 in nonmedical services called home and community-based services.

A child must have private insurance, and a premium may be required based on the family’s income.

Katie Beckett Part B

Part B is for children in Tennessee with disabilities and complex medical needs who do not qualify for care in a medical institution. Instead, they meet the “at-risk” level of care. Children who are eligible for Part A can also receive Part B if there is no slot available in A.

Children in Part B do not receive Medicaid. Instead, families get up to $10,000 a year in services to care for their children.

Families can spend the money in Part B in any or all of 5 different ways: a card to pay for medical expenses, paying for a child’s private insurance premium, getting paid back for certain services including non-traditional therapies, hiring your staff to provide respite and supportive home care or having a community provider for services.

Time:    12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central

Presenters:

Kara Boo, Director, Family Voices of Tennessee

Sara Scott, East TN Regional Organizer, Family Voices of Tennessee

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