Section 40-8.10-1. – Purpose.

§ 40-8.10-1. Purpose. In order to ensure that all Medicaid recipients eligible for long-term care have access to the full continuum of services they need, the secretary of the executive office of health and human services, in collaboration with the directors of EOHHS departments, shall offer eligible Medicaid recipients the full range of services as […]

Section 40-8.10-2. – Definitions.

§ 40-8.10-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Core services” mean homemaker services, environmental modifications (home accessibility adaptations, special medical equipment (minor assistive devices), meals on wheels (home delivered meals), personal emergency response (PERS), licensed practical nurse services, community transition services, residential supports, day supports, supported employment, supported living arrangements, private duty nursing, supports […]

Section 40-8.10-3. – Levels of care.

§ 40-8.10-3. Levels of care. (a) The secretary of the executive office of health and human services shall coordinate responsibilities for long-term-care assessment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Importance shall be placed upon the proper and consistent determination of levels of care across the state departments for each long-term-care setting, including behavioral […]

Section 40-8.10-4. – Long-term care assessment and coordination.

§ 40-8.10-4. Long-term care assessment and coordination. (a) The executive office of health and human services shall implement a long-term-care-options counseling program to provide individuals or their representative, or both, with long-term-care consultations that shall include, at a minimum, information about long-term-care options, sources and methods of both public and private payment for long-term-care services; […]

Section 40-8.10-5. – Payments.

§ 40-8.10-5. Payments. The executive office of health and human services shall not make payment for a person receiving a long-term home healthcare program, while payments are being made for that person for inpatient care in a skilled nursing and/or intermediate-care facility or hospital. History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 23, § 9; P.L. […]

Section 40-8.10-6. – Rules and regulations.

§ 40-8.10-6. Rules and regulations. The secretary of the executive office of health and human services, the directors of the department of human services, the office of healthy aging, the department of children, youth and families and the department of behavioral healthcare, development disabilities and hospitals are hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary […]