5111.875 [Effective Until 8/31/2010] Conversion of beds in acquired intermediate care facility.
5111.875 [Effective Until 8/31/2010] Conversion of beds in acquired intermediate care facility.
(A) For the purpose of increasing the number of slots available for home and community-based services and subject to sections 5111.877 and 5111.878 of the Revised Code, a person who acquires, through a request for proposals issued by the director of developmental disabilities, a residential facility that is an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded and for which the license as a residential facility was previously surrendered or revoked may convert some or all of the facility’s beds from providing ICF/MR services to providing home and community-based services if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The person provides the directors of health, job and family services, and developmental disabilities at least ninety days’ notice of the person’s intent to make the conversion.
(2) The person complies with the requirements of sections 5111.65 to 5111.688 of the Revised Code regarding a voluntary termination as defined in section 5111.65 of the Revised Code if those requirements are applicable.
(3) If the person intends to convert all of the facility’s beds, the person notifies each of the facility’s residents that the facility is to cease providing ICF/MR services and informs each resident that the resident may do either of the following:
(a) Continue to receive ICF/MR services by transferring to another facility that is an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded willing and able to accept the resident if the resident continues to qualify for ICF/MR services;
(b) Begin to receive home and community-based services instead of ICF/MR services from any provider of home and community-based services that is willing and able to provide the services to the resident if the resident is eligible for the services and a slot for the services is available to the resident.
(4) If the person intends to convert some but not all of the facility’s beds, the person notifies each of the facility’s residents that the facility is to convert some of its beds from providing ICF/MR services to providing home and community-based services and inform each resident that the resident may do either of the following:
(a) Continue to receive ICF/MR services from any provider of ICF/MR services that is willing and able to provide the services to the resident if the resident continues to qualify for ICF/MR services;
(b) Begin to receive home and community-based services instead of ICF/MR services from any provider of home and community-based services that is willing and able to provide the services to the resident if the resident is eligible for the services and a slot for the services is available to the resident.
(5) The person meets the requirements for providing home and community-based services at a residential facility.
(B) The notice provided to the directors under division (A)(1) of this section shall specify whether some or all of the facility’s beds are to be converted. If some but not all of the beds are to be converted, the notice shall specify how many of the facility’s beds are to be converted and how many of the beds are to continue to provide ICF/MR services.
(C) On receipt of a notice under division (A)(1) of this section, the director of health shall do the following:
(1) Terminate the certification of the intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded if the notice specifies that all of the facility’s beds are to be converted;
(2) Reduce the facility’s certified capacity by the number of beds being converted if the notice specifies that some but not all of the beds are to be converted.
(D) The director of health shall notify the director of job and family services of the termination or reduction under division (C) of this section. On receipt of the director of health’s notice, the director of job and family services shall do the following:
(1) Terminate the person’s medicaid provider agreement that authorizes the person to provide ICF/MR services at the facility if the facility’s certification was terminated;
(2) Amend the person’s medicaid provider agreement to reflect the facility’s reduced certified capacity if the facility’s certified capacity is reduced.
The person is not entitled to notice or a hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code before the director of job and family services terminates or amends the medicaid provider agreement.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, (Vetoed Provisions) §101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 7, SB 79, § 1, eff. 10/6/2009.
Effective Date: 2008 HB562 06-24-2008
This section is set out twice. See also § 5111.875, as amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 33, HB 398, § 1, eff. 8/31/2010.
5111.875 [Effective 8/31/2010] Conversion of beds in acquired intermediate care facility
(A) For the purpose of increasing the number of slots available for home and community-based services and subject to sections 5111.877 and 5111.878 of the Revised Code, a person who acquires, through a request for proposals issued by the director of developmental disabilities, a residential facility that is an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded and for which the license as a residential facility was previously surrendered or revoked may convert some or all of the facility’s beds from providing ICF/MR services to providing home and community-based services if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The person provides the directors of health, job and family services, and developmental disabilities at least ninety days’ notice of the person’s intent to make the conversion.
(2) The person complies with the requirements of sections 5111.65 to 5111.689 of the Revised Code regarding a voluntary termination as defined in section 5111.65 of the Revised Code if those requirements are applicable.
(3) If the person intends to convert all of the facility’s beds, the person notifies each of the facility’s residents that the facility is to cease providing ICF/MR services and informs each resident that the resident may do either of the following:
(a) Continue to receive ICF/MR services by transferring to another facility that is an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded willing and able to accept the resident if the resident continues to qualify for ICF/MR services;
(b) Begin to receive home and community-based services instead of ICF/MR services from any provider of home and community-based services that is willing and able to provide the services to the resident if the resident is eligible for the services and a slot for the services is available to the resident.
(4) If the person intends to convert some but not all of the facility’s beds, the person notifies each of the facility’s residents that the facility is to convert some of its beds from providing ICF/MR services to providing home and community-based services and inform each resident that the resident may do either of the following:
(a) Continue to receive ICF/MR services from any provider of ICF/MR services that is willing and able to provide the services to the resident if the resident continues to qualify for ICF/MR services;
(b) Begin to receive home and community-based services instead of ICF/MR services from any provider of home and community-based services that is willing and able to provide the services to the resident if the resident is eligible for the services and a slot for the services is available to the resident.
(5) The person meets the requirements for providing home and community-based services at a residential facility.
(B) The notice provided to the directors under division (A)(1) of this section shall specify whether some or all of the facility’s beds are to be converted. If some but not all of the beds are to be converted, the notice shall specify how many of the facility’s beds are to be converted and how many of the beds are to continue to provide ICF/MR services.
(C) On receipt of a notice under division (A)(1) of this section, the director of health shall do the following:
(1) Terminate the certification of the intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded if the notice specifies that all of the facility’s beds are to be converted;
(2) Reduce the facility’s certified capacity by the number of beds being converted if the notice specifies that some but not all of the beds are to be converted.
(D) The director of health shall notify the director of job and family services of the termination or reduction under division (C) of this section. On receipt of the director of health’s notice, the director of job and family services shall do the following:
(1) Terminate the person’s medicaid provider agreement that authorizes the person to provide ICF/MR services at the facility if the facility’s certification was terminated;
(2) Amend the person’s medicaid provider agreement to reflect the facility’s reduced certified capacity if the facility’s certified capacity is reduced.
The person is not entitled to notice or a hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code before the director of job and family services terminates or amends the medicaid provider agreement.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 33, HB 398, § 1, eff. 8/31/2010.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, (Vetoed Provisions) §101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 7, SB 79, § 1, eff. 10/6/2009.
Effective Date: 2008 HB562 06-24-2008
This section is set out twice. See also § 5111.875, effective until 8/31/2010.