2020 -- H 7178 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - HOME COMMUNITY CARE | |
SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Solomon, McNamara, Canario, Vella-Wilkinson, and | |
Date Introduced: January 22, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 42-66.3-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-66.3 entitled "Home |
2 | and Community Care Services to the Elderly" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 42-66.3-4. Persons eligible. |
4 | (a) To be eligible for this program the client must be determined, through a functional |
5 | assessment, to be in need of assistance with activities of daily living or and/or must meet a |
6 | required level of care as defined in rules and regulations promulgated by the department; |
7 | (b) Medicaid eligible individuals age sixty-five (65) or older of the state who meet the |
8 | financial guidelines of the Rhode Island medical assistance program, as defined in rules and |
9 | regulations promulgated by the department, shall be provided the services without charge; or |
10 | (c) Persons eligible for assistance under the provisions of this section, subject to the |
11 | annual appropriations deemed necessary by the general assembly to carry out the provisions of |
12 | this chapter, include: (1) any homebound unmarried resident or homebound married resident of |
13 | the state living separate and apart, who is ineligible for Medicaid, at least sixty-five (65) years of |
14 | age or, if under sixty-five (65) years of age, has a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a related |
15 | dementia confirmed by a licensed physician, ineligible for Medicaid, and whose income does not |
16 | exceed the income eligibility limits as defined by rules and regulations promulgated by the |
17 | department two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the federal poverty level; and (2) any married |
18 | resident of the state who is ineligible for Medicaid, at least sixty-five (65) years of age, ineligible |
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1 | for Medicaid, or, if under sixty-five (65) years of age, has a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a |
2 | related dementia confirmed by a licensed physician and whose income when combined with any |
3 | income of that person's spouse does not exceed two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the federal |
4 | poverty level the income eligibility limits as defined in rules and regulations promulgated by the |
5 | department. Persons who meet the eligibility requirement of this subsection shall be eligible for |
6 | the co-payment portion as set forth in ยง 42-66.3-5. |
7 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - HOME COMMUNITY CARE | |
SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY | |
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1 | This act would expand the number of persons eligible for assistance for elderly services |
2 | to include those persons under the age of sixty-five (65) suffering from Alzheimer's disease or a |
3 | related dementia confirmed by a licensed physician with income not exceeding two hundred fifty |
4 | percent (250%) of the federal poverty level. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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