Kentucky Senate Bill 173 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-19 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish the Hospital-to-Home Transition Program to provide temporary services to elderly and disabled persons when they are discharged from an institutional setting to their home or a community setting; require an applicant to submit a completed application; require the cabinet to make an eligibility determination within 60 days; require the Department for Medicaid Services to submit an application for a waiver to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; require the cabinet to request funding and begin the program by July 1, 2016, subject to funding; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations.

AN ACT relating to in-home care for elderly and disabled persons.

Sen. Paul Hornback [R]

Sen. Morgan McGarvey [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-19	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2015-02-13	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/SB173.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/SB173/bill.doc