§346D-2 - Establishment of medicaid home and community-based waiver programs.
§346D-2 Establishment of medicaid home and community-based waiver programs. (a) Waiver programs shall be established and administered by the department of human services to provide comprehensive home and community-based services for aged, chronically ill, disabled, developmentally disabled, and mentally retarded individuals, who are certified as requiring acute, skilled nursing, intermediate care facility, or intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded level of care.
(b) These services shall be furnished to individuals in the geographic areas of the State identified in the approved waiver program applications.
(c) Medicaid home and community-based waiver program expenditures shall not exceed the amount authorized by the federal Health Care Financing Administration. [L 1983, c 192, §3; am L 1985, c 207, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 134, pt of §1; am L 1988, c 208, pt of §3; am L 1990, c 324, §3; am L 1991, c 61, §1; am L 1998, c 294, §3]
Cross References
Long term care service development fund, see §321-22.