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OH SB141
Bill
Status
6/16/2009
Primary Sponsor
Ray Miller
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AI Summary
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Creates new section 173.501 providing that terminally ill individuals with anticipated life expectancy of five years or less on PACE program waiting lists have priority for enrollment over other waiting list individuals.
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Amends section 5111.851 to add requirement (13) granting priority enrollment to terminally ill individuals with five-year or less life expectancy on waiting lists for home and community-based services Medicaid waiver components.
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Defines key terms including "administrative agency," "home and community-based services medicaid waiver component," "level of care determination," and "skilled nursing facility" for purposes of the waiver program requirements.
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Establishes 12 existing requirements for home and community-based services Medicaid waiver components covering eligibility, level of care determinations, care plans, service restrictions, provider standards, and participant protections.
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Repeals existing section 5111.851 and replaces it with amended version incorporating the new priority enrollment provision for terminally ill individuals.
Legislative Description
To provide that a terminally ill individual with an anticipated life expectancy of five years or less who is on a waiting list for the PACE program or a Medicaid waiver program providing home and community-based services is to have priority over other individuals on such a waiting list.
Terminal illness-less than 5 years to live- priority for home/community-based services
Last Action
To Health, Human Services, & Aging
6/16/2009