Bill Text: MS SB2258 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Medicaid program coverage; authorize for home/therapeutic leave days for supervised living waiver program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [SB2258 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2258-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Burton
Senate Bill 2258
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR HOME/THERAPEUTIC LEAVE DAYS FOR THE SUPERVISED LIVING WAIVER PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 43-13-117.1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
43-13-117.1. It is the
intent of the Legislature to expand access to Medicaid-funded home- and
community-based services for eligible nursing facility residents who choose
those services. The Executive Director of the Division of Medicaid is
authorized to transfer funds allocated for nursing facility services for
eligible residents to cover the cost of services available through the
Independent Living Waiver, the Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury
Waiver, the Elderly and Disabled Waiver, and the Assisted Living Waiver
programs when eligible residents choose those community services. The amount
of funding transferred by the division shall be sufficient to cover the cost of
home- and community-based waiver services for each eligible nursing facility * * * resident who * * * chooses those services. The
number of nursing facility residents who return to the community and home- and
community-based waiver services shall not count against the total number of
waiver slots for which the Legislature appropriates funding each year. Any
funds remaining in the program when a former nursing facility resident ceases
to participate in a home- and community-based waiver program under this
provision shall be returned to nursing facility funding.
Medicaid coverage of home/therapeutic leave days per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) for a supervised living arrangement is twenty-five (25) days, in addition to Christmas Day, the day before Christmas, the day after Christmas, Thanksgiving Day, the day before Thanksgiving, and the day after Thanksgiving.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.