New Mexico has rolled many of its waiver programs for those with physical and medical disabilities into a comprehensive 1115 demonstration waiver called Turquoise Care (previously Centennial Care). New Mexico retains three 1915(c) HCBS waivers for people with developmental disabilities and one for individuals who are medically fragile. The DD waiver and Medically Fragile waiver do not count parent income; we are unsure whether the Mi Via and Supports waivers count parent income or not. See the Turquoise page for information on Turquoise Care, and the Division of Developmental Disabilities for information on continuing 1915(c) waivers. See also this chart comparing waivers.

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Last updated 3/11/25

Programs in New Mexico

  • Target Population: Children and adults who are medically fragile AND developmentally disabled.
  • Ages: all ages
  • Levels of Care: Intermediate Care Facility
  • Income Waiver: Yes, the waiver is based on the child’s income only. Parent income is not counted.
  • Waiver Type: 1915(c)
  • Spots: 210
  • Expiration Date: 6/30/2026
  • Description from medicaid.gov: Provides case management, customized community group supports, home health aide, respite, nutritional counseling, skilled therapy for adults, behavior support consultation, environmental modifications, individual directed goods and services, private duty nursing, specialized medical equipment and supplies, specialized therapies, and vehicle modifications for individuals who are medically fragile, ages 0 – no max age.
  • Online State Information: Medically Fragile Waiver
  • Official Federal Information
  • How to Apply: Call 505-670-8954 for the Program Manager or 800-283-8415 for more information.
  • Waiting List: There are 1795 people with developmental disabilities and 16,826 people with physical disabilities on New Mexico’s waiting list.
  • Target Population: Children and adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities, including autism.
  • Ages: all ages
  • Levels of Care: Intermediate Care Facility
  • Income Waiver: Yes, the waiver is based on the child’s income only. Parent income is not counted.
  • Waiver Type: 1915(c)
  • Spots: 4795
  • Expiration Date: 6/30/2026
  • Description from medicaid.gov: Provides case management, community integrated employment, customized community supports, living supports, respite, nutritional counseling, occupational therapy for adults, physical therapy for adults, speech and language therapy for adults, supplemental dental care, adult nursing, assistive technology, behavioral support consultation, crisis support, customized in-home supports, environmental modifications, independent living transition service, non-medical transportation, preliminary risk screening and consultation, remote personal support technology, and socialization and sexuality education for individuals with autism, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities, ages 0 – no max age.
  • Online State Information: DD waiver
  • Official Federal Information
  • How to Apply: Contact your Pre-Service Intake Specialist at 505-350-0034 or 505-470-5825 or contact your Pre-Service Intake Bureau directly.
  • Waiting List: There are 1795 people with developmental disabilities on New Mexico’s waiting list.
  • Target Population: Children and adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities, including autism.
  • Ages: all ages
  • Levels of Care: Intermediate Care Facility
  • Income Waiver: unknown
  • Waiver Type: 1915(c)
  • Spots: 3158
  • Expiration Date: 9/30/2025
  • Description from medicaid.gov: Provides consultant services, customized community group supports, employment supports, home health aide services, homemaker/direct support services, respite, skilled therapy for adults, personal plan facilitation, behavior support consultation, community direct support, emergency response services, environmental modifications, in-home living supports, individual directed goods and services, nutritional counseling, private duty nursing for adults, specialized therapies, and transportation for individuals who are medically fragile, with autism, DD, and ID, ages 0 – no max age.
  • Online State Information: Mi Via
  • Official Federal Information
  • How to Apply: Contact your Pre-Service Intake Specialist at 505-350-0034 or 505-470-5825 or contact your Pre-Service Intake Bureau directly.
  • Waiting List: There are 1795 people with developmental disabilities on New Mexico’s waiting list.
  • Target Population: Children and adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities, including autism. This waiver services as a bridge to provide limited supports to those on the waiting list for the DD waiver.
  • Ages: all ages
  • Levels of Care: Intermediate Care Facility
  • Income Waiver: unknown
  • Waiver Type: 1915(c)
  • Spots: 5000
  • Expiration Date: 6/30/2025
  • Description from medicaid.gov: Provides community supports coordinator, customized community supports – individual, customized community supports –group, employment supports, personal care, assistive technology, behavior support consultation, environmental modifications, non-medical transportation, respite, vehicle modifications for individuals with autism, DD, and ID, ages 0+ to no max age.
  • Online State Information: Supports Waiver
  • Official Federal Information
  • How to Apply: Contact your Pre-Service Intake Specialist at 505-350-0034 or 505-470-5825 or contact your Pre-Service Intake Bureau directly.
  • Waiting List: There are 1795 people with developmental disabilities on New Mexico’s waiting list.
  • Target Population: Children and adults with physical or other health disabilities, including AIDS.
  • Ages: all ages
  • Levels of Care: Intermediate Care Facility, Nursing Facility, Hospital
  • Income Waiver: Yes, the waiver is based on the child’s income only. Parent income is not counted.
  • Waiver Type: 1115
  • Spots: unlimited, but there are restrictions in slots for certain higher income groups
  • Expiration Date: 12/31/2029
  • Description from medicaid.gov: Turquoise Care seeks to modernize the New Mexico Medicaid program to assure that the state is providing the most effective, efficient health care possible for its most vulnerable and needy citizens and to create a sustainable program for the future. This new demonstration creates a comprehensive service delivery system for the New Mexico Medicaid program that is as unique as the State and designed to provide beneficiaries the right care, delivered at the right time, in the right setting. The state seeks to develop and implement a service delivery system that not only integrates care now but ensures that the State can afford to continue the program in future years. The demonstration will enroll most New Mexico Medicaid beneficiaries and New Mexico Medicaid expansion Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries in managed care for a full range of services, including physical health, behavioral health and long term services and supports (home and community based services and institutional care). The demonstration consolidates [most] existing delivery system waivers into a single comprehensive managed care product.
  • Online State Information: Turquoise Care
  • Official Federal Information
  • How to Apply: Apply online or visit your nearest field office.
  • Waiting List: A waiting lists exists for some programs, but the length is unknown. There are 1795 people with developmental disabilities and 16,826 people with physical disabilities on statewide waiting lists.

Additional Information

  • In the Mi Via Waiver, parents/guardians of minors may be paid for some waiver services. “Legally responsible individuals may be paid for waiver services under extraordinary circumstances in order to assure the health and welfare of the participant and avoid institutionalization, and provided that the State is eligible to receive federal financial participation. Extraordinary circumstances include the inability of the legally responsible individual to find other qualified, suitable caregivers when the legally responsible individual would otherwise be absent from the home and, thus, must stay at home to ensure the participant’s health and safety. Legally responsible individuals may not be paid for any services that he or she would ordinarily perform in the household for individuals of the same age who did not have a disability or chronic illness. Legally responsible individuals who may receive payment for the provision of services through Mi Via include biological or adoptive parents of recipients under eighteen (18) and legal spouses of adult participants. Legally responsible individuals may be paid to provide all Mi Via Waiver services, except for transportation of a minor, consultant services, and customized group supports services, and individual directed goods and services….A parent of a minor, a spouse, or other legally responsible individual may not provide more than forty (40) hours of services in a seven (7)-day period.”