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OH HB398
Bill
Status
8/31/2010
Primary Sponsor
Ron Amstutz
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AI Summary
HB 398 Summary
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Establishes a unified waiting list for the PASSPORT program, PACE program, Choices program, and Assisted Living program administered by the Department of Aging.
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Creates "home first" components for PASSPORT, PACE, and Assisted Living programs that prioritize enrollment for individuals at imminent risk of nursing facility admission, including those already admitted, hospitalized, or subject to abuse/neglect reports.
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Revises Medicaid debt collection procedures for nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities undergoing closure, voluntary termination, or change of operator, including establishment of a debt estimation methodology and process for reviewing debt summary reports.
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Allows successor liability agreements that enable entering operators, exiting operators, or affiliated operators to assume facility debts in exchange for reduced payment withholding, with specific eligibility and agreement requirements.
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Modifies Certificate of Need denial criteria by replacing vague operator standards with specific deficiency citation counts and establishing definitions for "actual harm but not immediate jeopardy" and "immediate jeopardy" deficiencies under federal regulations.
Legislative Description
; and to amend Section 209.20 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly to revise the waiting list provisions of the PASSPORT, PACE, and Assisted Living programs, to revise the law governing the collection of long-term care facilities' Medicaid debts, and to revise the law governing the reasons for denying a Certificate of Need application.
PASSPORT/Assisted Living- waiting list/ long-term care debts- certificate of need denials
Last Action
Effective Date
8/31/2010