• Children's System Definitions Tip Sheet - November 2020 (PDF)
• HCBS Quick Reference Guide (PDF) - May 17, 2019
• Children's Home and Community Based Services Brochure (PDF) - August 19, 2022
• Secure File Transfer 2.0 Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
• Secure File Transfer 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

• HCBS Provider Designation: Non-licensed/Designated/Certified Provider #CW0014 - Effective April 11, 2022, updated October 11, 2022
• Palliative Care - Bereavement Services and Health Home Care Management Policy - Dec 2021; updated April 2022 (PDF)
• Children's HCBS Provider Designation and Re-designation Procedure #CW0013 - Revised July 2021 (PDF)
• Children's Waiver HCBS Policies - February 2021 (PDF)
• Participant's Rights and Choice Policy #CW0009 - Effective April 1, 2021 (PDF)
• HCBS & CFTSS Timely Claim Filing Guidance - June 2020 (PDF)
• Complaint and Grievance Policy for Home Community Based Services (HCBS) Providers #CW0008 - Effective April 1, 2021 (PDF)
• Children's Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Disenrollment Policy #CW0006 - Effective April 1, 2021 (PDF)
• Children's Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Enrollment Policy #CW0005 - Effective April 1, 2021 (PDF)
• Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Provider Reportable Incidents Policies and Procedures #CW0004 - Effective April 1, 2021, Updated May 2021 (PDF)
• HCBS Provider De-Designation Procedure #CW0003 - September 2020 (PDF)
• Background Check Requirements for Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Providers #CW0001 - Effective April 1, 2019 (PDF)

• Designated Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Provider Attestation
• Use of Foreign Education Documents to Verify HCBS Staff Qualification Requirements - July 28, 2022 (PDF)
• Children's HCBS Billing and Claiming Required Processes - April 4, 2022 (PDF)
• Continuity of Care for CFTSS and HCBS - Updated November 2020 (PDF)
• HCBS Provider Directive to Continue Services to Participant and Seek DOH Assistance - October 2020 (PDF)
• HCBS Versus State Plan Services Delivered During School/Day Time - September 2020 (PDF)
• Children's Medicaid Spend-down Coverage Guidance - May 2020 (PDF)
• Process for Renewing and Establishing Medicaid for Children's Waiver Participants - March 2020 (PDF)
• Requirements for Service Providers Delivering Children and Family Treatment and Supports Services (CFTSS) and Children´s Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) (Web) - (PDF) - March 2020
• Guidance for Providers Regarding Student Interns and Limited Permits for CFTSS and HCBS Required to be Provided by a Licensed Practitioner (PDF) - June 2019
• HCBS Service Plan under the 1915c Children's Waiver (PDF) - May 15, 2019

• HCBS Final Rule Compliance Policy - (Web) - (PDF) - 10.17.2022
• Children's HCBS Providers Final Rule Documentation Worksheet - (XLSX) - Updated January 2022
• HCBS Final Rule Survey Validation and Documentation Request - PDF| Recording (YouTube) - Februay 10, 2021
• Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) Final Rule
• Children's Waiver HCBS Provider Final Rule Setting Self-Assessment Communication - December 3, 2020 (PDF)
• Childrens Waiver HCBS Final Rule Information Letter - December 3, 2020 (PDF)
• Children's Waiver HCBS Final Rule Survey link
• HCBS Final Rule Statewide Transition Plan - Updated in response to CMS comment received initial approval November 2018 (PDF)
  • CMS Feedback for Final Approval Letter - Received May 2019
  • Initial Approval Letter - Received November 2018
• HCBS Final Rule Statewide Transition Plan - Updated May 2018 in response to CMS comment (PDF)
• HCBS Final Rule Statewide Transition Plan - Updated September 2017 (PDF)
• HCBS Final Rule Statewide Transition Plan - Updated January 2017 (PDF)
• Systemic Compliance Charts for Waivers that were Subsumed into the Combined 1915(c) Children's Waiver - please note that these charts contain original systemic review raw data
  • DOH CAH Waivers NY4125 and NY40176 - (PDF)
  • OMH SED Waiver NY0296 - (PDF)
  • OCFS B2H Waiver NY0469 - (PDF)

• Children's Waiver Requirements for Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) - (PDF)
• Children's Waiver Electronic Visitor Verification (EVV) Annual DECLARATION Form - (PDF)
• Announcing Electronic Visit Verification Requirements - October 20, 2020 (PDF)
• NY Medicaid Electronic Visit Verification Program (EVV) Resource Library

State Discussion with Children's Waiver HCBS Providers

2022

• November 2022 (PDF)
• October 2022 (PDF)
• September 2022 (PDF)
• August 2022 (PDF)
• July 2022 (PDF)
• June 2022 (PDF)
• May 2022 (PDF)
  • Year 2021-2022 HCBS Provider Review Information Session - May 2022 (PDF)
• April 2022 (PDF)
• March 2022 (PDF)
• February 2022 (PDF)

2021

• November 2021 (PDF)
• October 2021 (PDF)
  • HCBS Provider Attestation - November 2021 (PDF)
• June 2021 (PDF)
• April 2021 (PDF)
• March 2021 (PDF)
• February 2021 (PDF)
• January 2021 (PDF)

2020

• December 2020 (PDF)
• November 2020 (PDF)

Additional Webinars

• Palliative Care Bereavement Counseling and Bereavement Coordination by HH - (PDF) | Recording (YouTube) - December 2021 (PDF)
• Plan of Care & Person Centered Planning Requirements - (PDF) | Recording (YouTube) - April 2021
• Incident Reporting and Management System (IRAMS) User Introduction for Health Homes and Care Management Agencies - PDF | Recording (YouTube) - March 2021
• Incident Reporting and Management System (IRAMS) User Introduction for HCBS Providers and C-YES - PDF | Recording (YouTube) - March 2021
• Children's Waiver Reporting for Critical Incident and Complaints & Grievances - PDF | Recording (YouTube) - March 2021
• Children's Waiver Enrollment and Disenrollment Webinar - PDF | Recording (YouTube) - March 2021
• Participant Rights and Choice Webinar - PDF | Recording (YouTube) - February 2021
• Medicaid and the Children's Waiver Webinar - PDF | Recording (YouTube) - January 2021
• Understanding Medicaid Webinar - PDF | Recording (YouTube) - January 2021