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title: "Florida Home Care Medicaid | Funding LTC Marketplace"
url: https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/florida/home-care-medicaid/
description: "The SMMC Long-Term Care waiver that pays for care at home — and Florida's frailty-ranked pre-enrollment list, the state's version of a waitlist."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
author: George A. Mellendorf, CLTC, LTCP (Central States Insurance Services, Inc.)
publisher: Funding LTC Marketplace
note: Educational content; not legal, tax or financial advice. Markdown copy of the HTML page at the URL above.
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Florida · Home & Community Care

# Florida Home Care Medicaid

Last updated 2026-10-20

For care delivered at home rather than in a facility, Florida runs its Medicaid dollars through the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long-Term Care program, known as SMMC LTC. Once someone is enrolled, they pick a Medicaid long-term care plan, and that plan is required to authorize, at minimum, a defined set of services: personal care, homemaker assistance, adult day care, assisted living facility services, home-delivered meals, respite care, case management, various therapies, medication management, transportation, and a personal emergency response system. This baseline benefit package is set out in Florida Statutes Section 409.98.

## Sources and official resources

- [Florida DCF: ESS Program Policy Manual](https://www.myflfamilies.com/services/public-assistance/additional-resources-and-services/ess-program-manual/)
- [CMS: 2026 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards](https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib04272026.pdf)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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