NJ S2325

Medicaid enrollees qualify for adult medical day care services if they require assistance with at least one activity of daily living (such as dressing, bathing, eating, or mobility), have a physician's letter recommending services, and provide current medical history and physical examination records.

Adult medical day care is defined as community-based group programs providing health, social, and support services to functionally or cognitively impaired adults for less than 24 hours per day.

Activities of daily living covered include dressing, bathing, toilet use, transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.

The Commissioner of Human Services must apply for necessary Medicaid State plan amendments or waivers to implement these eligibility changes.

The bill aims to ease current eligibility requirements to allow more individuals to receive community-based care rather than institutional placement.