Florida Department of Health, Division of Children’s Medical Services
CMAT Long-Term Care Eligibility Assessment · About this organization
What you get
A review of complex medical needs to decide whether certain long-term care services are medically necessary.
How to start
Email the regional assessment team and ask what medical records are needed.
Good to know
- Cancer alone is not enough for this service.
The details, as published
CMAT reviews medical and psychosocial information for a Medicaid-eligible person under 21 with medically complex or fragile needs requiring continual supervision and determines medical necessity for Medical Foster Care, pediatric nursing-facility care, or narrow Model Waiver services. Cancer alone is insufficient, and no public family application, referral form, document checklist, or processing time is published.
What help you may get
Medical And Insurance Costs
CMAT Long-Term Care Eligibility Assessment — medical and insurance costs
CMAT reviews medical and psychosocial information for a Medicaid-eligible person under 21 with medically complex or fragile needs requiring continual supervision and determines medical necessity for Medical Foster Care, pediatric nursing-facility care, or narrow Model Waiver services. Cancer alone is insufficient, and no public family application, referral form, document checklist, or processing time is published.
Amount not published
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
CMAT Long-Term Care Eligibility Assessment — navigation guides and advocacy
CMAT reviews medical and psychosocial information for a Medicaid-eligible person under 21 with medically complex or fragile needs requiring continual supervision and determines medical necessity for Medical Foster Care, pediatric nursing-facility care, or narrow Model Waiver services. Cancer alone is insufficient, and no public family application, referral form, document checklist, or processing time is published.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Medical And Insurance Costs: The medical-needs assessment is a step toward approval of long-term care services.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program scope includes U.S. children with cancer, which includes pediatric B-ALL when the stated eligibility rules are met.
Age
Age 0 to age 20, measured at application.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: FL.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
- Contact the appropriate regional CMAT email and ask who may initiate review and what documentation is required.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · Open form or page · CMSCMATMFC_NWBB@FLHealth.gov — Use for the Northwest/Big Bend and North Central counties listed on the official CMAT page. The official page does not identify which actor must make first contact.
- Email · Open form or page · CMSCMAT_MFC_Central@FLHealth.gov — Use for Brevard, Orange, Seminole, or Osceola County. The official page does not identify which actor must make first contact.
- Email · Open form or page · CMSCMAT_MFCTampaBay_SW@FLHealth.gov — Use for the Tampa Bay/Southwest counties listed on the official CMAT page. The official page does not identify which actor must make first contact.
- Email · Open form or page · CMSCMAT_MFCSouth_Southeast@FLHealth.gov — Use for the South/Southeast counties listed on the official CMAT page. The official page does not identify which actor must make first contact.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
No additional limitations are published.
- Who may refer, what documents and processing time apply, and is the duplicated regional email correct?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- CMAT Long-Term Care Eligibility Assessment · checked Aug 24, 2026