§ 71-5-1417. Funding for Medicaid Long-Term Care Services
The commissioner shall provide medicaid long-term care services subject to the availability of funding in each year’s appropriations bill.
§ 71-5-1418. Long-Term Care Client Information, Referral and Assistance Agency
To address the need of this state to develop for the future the framework and infrastructure for a comprehensive long-term care system that makes an appropriate place for both institutional care and a broad array of home-based and community-based services (HBCS), this section establishes a program that is intended to provide information, referral and assistance […]
§ 71-5-1419. Operational Plan and Budget for Home-Based and Community-Based Services to Elderly and Disabled Individuals
By January 1, 2000, the long-term care services planning council, in consultation with the long-term care advisory council, shall develop an operational plan and budget projections for a program for home-based and community-based services (HBCS) to elderly and disabled individuals in need of assistance. The program should provide services to elderly and disabled individuals in […]
§ 71-5-1311. Veterans Education Benefits
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, to the extent permitted by federal law, the value of federal veterans education benefits received by an applicant shall not be included as any form of income when making eligibility determinations for assistance under this part.
§ 71-5-1401. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008.”
§ 71-5-1402. Objectives of Long-Term Care System
The long-term care system shall recognize that aging is not a disease, but rather a natural process that often includes increasing needs for assistance with daily living activities. To the maximum extent possible and appropriate, the system shall be based on a model of care delivery that acknowledges that services delivered in home and community-based […]
§ 71-5-1403. Part Definitions
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Budget allowance” means the amount of money that can be directed, utilizing the services of a fiscal intermediary, by a medicaid-eligible long-term care member participating in this consumer-directed care option, to pay for home and community-based long-term care services defined under the medicaid state plan […]
§ 71-5-1404. Development and Implementation of a Statewide Fully Integrated Risk-Based Long-Term Care System
The commissioner shall develop and implement a statewide fully integrated risk-based long-term care system that integrates medicaid-reimbursed primary, acute and long-term care services, building in strong consumer protections and aligning incentives to ensure that the right care is delivered in the right place at the right time. The long-term care system shall rebalance the overall […]
§ 71-5-1405. Single Entry Point Into the Long-Term Care System
The commissioner shall ensure that there is a single entry point into the long-term care system that is responsible for ensuring that persons seeking care and their families have access to readily available, easy-to-understand information about long-term care options. Functions performed by the single entry point may include counseling and assistance in evaluating long-term care […]
§ 71-5-1406. Implementation of Policies and Processes by Commissioner
The commissioner shall implement policies and processes that expedite the determination of medicaid categorical and financial eligibility and medical eligibility for home and community-based programs and services, either through contracted functions of the department of human services or within the bureau of TennCare. The policies and processes may include, but are not limited to, presumptive […]