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ID S1310
Bill
AI Summary
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Expands personal assistance services eligibility to include children who meet medical necessity criteria for personal care services (PCS), in addition to elderly persons and persons with disabilities
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Creates new provider category "PCS family alternate care provider" for individuals licensed to provide personal care services to 1-2 children unable to reside in their own homes who require medically oriented task assistance
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Replaces "case management" terminology with "service coordination" throughout the statute, defining it as a brokerage model that assists Medicaid-eligible individuals in gaining access to necessary care and services
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Establishes annual uniform reimbursement rates for personal assistance agencies based on prevailing hourly rates for comparable nursing home and ICF/MR positions, with a 55% supplemental component for travel, administration, training, and payroll costs
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Requires the department to establish separate annual uniform reimbursement rates for PCS family alternate care providers according to methodology described in agency rule
Legislative Description
Amends existing law relating to personal assistance services to revise legislative intent; to revise definitions; to provide for the establishment of annual uniform reimbursement rates for certain agencies, to provide for a certain supplemental component for certain agencies and to provide for the establishment of annual uniform reimbursement rates for certain providers according to a methodology.
HEALTH AND WELFARE
Last Action
Governor signed Session Law Chapter 347 Effective: 07/01/10
4/12/2010