RTC Waiver
The RTC Waiver is a program that uses a team-based approach called Wraparound to provide mental health and medical services to youth with intensive mental health needs. The team - including the youth, family members, care coordinators and service providers - develops a plan of care that allows the youth to receive services and supports in the community rather than in a residential treatment center. The plan of care and services are individualized to the strengths and needs of each family.
Youth can receive services for up to two years. Because of the specialized services, the RTC waiver has a limited number of openings, or slots, each year.
- RTC Waiver Brochure - Updated July 2010
- RTC Waiver Brochure - En Espanol Nota: Los servicios no pueden estar disponibles en espanol en todas las areas, pero el programa hara todo posible asistirle.
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Introducing Maryland’s RTC Waiver Article
By Ryan Shannahan, MSW Candidate, UMB School of Social Work
Intern, Innovations Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore
December 2010
Effective 7/14/10, the RTC Waiver is temporarily closed to new referrals. A waiting list is being maintained. A waiting list registration form must be completed and signed by the youth's parent or medical guardian for a slot to be held on the waiting list for a youth.
- Waiting List Policy - Updated August 2010
- Waiting List Registration Form - Updated December 2010
Where can I find the approved waiver application?
The RTC Waiver is a 1915(c) Medicaid Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) Demonstration Waiver. There is a waiver application that has been approved by CMS. See the attached document for more general information about the 1915(c) Community Alternatives to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities National Demonstration Grant Waiver: National 1915(c) CBA PRTF Demonstration Grant.
Where can I find the regulations (rules) for the RTC Waiver?
There are two sets of regulations governing the RTC Waiver:
- COMAR 10.09.79- Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) Demonstration Waiver; and
- COMAR 10.21.10- Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) Demonstration Waiver Providers.
RTC Waiver Service Providers must also be in compliance with the General Medical Assistance Provider Participation Criteria (COMAR 10.09.36). These regulations can be found by going to http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/.
The RTC Waiver is supported by the Maryland Children's Cabinet, Governor's Office for Children, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Project Management and evaluation for the RTC Waiver is provided by the Maryland Child & Adolescent Innovations Institute & Mental Health Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine.
Questions? Interested in participating in the RTC Waiver or becoming an RTC Waiver Provider? Please contact Jennifer Lowther, RTC Waiver Project Manager, at jlowther@psych.umaryland.edu or 410-706-6316.