173.351 Residential state supplement program patient determination.
173.351 Residential state supplement program patient determination.
(A) As used in this section:
“Area agency on aging” has the same meaning as in section 173.14 of the Revised Code.
“Long-term care consultation program” means the program the department of aging is required to develop under section 173.42 of the Revised Code.
“Long-term care consultation program administrator” or “administrator” means the department of aging or, if the department contracts with an area agency on aging or other entity to administer the long-term care consultation program for a particular area, that agency or entity.
“Nursing facility” has the same meaning as in section 5111.20 of the Revised Code.
“Residential state supplement program” means the program administered pursuant to section 173.35 of the Revised Code.
(B) Each month, each area agency on aging shall determine whether individuals who reside in the area that the area agency on aging serves and are on a waiting list for the residential state supplement program have been admitted to a nursing facility. If an area agency on aging determines that such an individual has been admitted to a nursing facility, the agency shall notify the long-term care consultation program administrator serving the area in which the individual resides about the determination. The administrator shall determine whether the residential state supplement program is appropriate for the individual and whether the individual would rather participate in the program than continue residing in the nursing facility. If the administrator determines that the residential state supplement program is appropriate for the individual and the individual would rather participate in the program than continue residing in the nursing facility, the administrator shall so notify the department of aging. On receipt of the notice from the administrator, the department of aging shall approve the individual’s enrollment in the residential state supplement program in accordance with the priorities specified in rules adopted under division (F) of section 173.35 of the Revised Code. Each quarter, the department of aging shall certify to the director of budget and management the estimated increase in costs of the residential state supplement program resulting from enrollment of individuals in the program pursuant to this section.
(C) Not later than the last day of each calendar year, the director of aging shall submit to the general assembly a report regarding the number of individuals enrolled in the residential state supplement program pursuant to this section and the costs incurred and savings achieved as a result of the enrollments.
Effective Date: 2007 HB119 07-01-2007