§ 42-66.8-7 - Additional assisted living waiver request.
SECTION 42-66.8-7
§ 42-66.8-7 Additional assisted livingwaiver request. – In addition to the waiver request required by § 42-66.8-2, the directorsof the departments of human services and elderly affairs shall cooperate andcollaborate in obtaining approval from the health care financing administrationfor additional home and community based waiver services designated to fundassisted living support services for an additional one hundred eighty (180)persons, including fifty (50) persons with Alzheimer's disease or anotherdementia with similar care and service needs, residing in licensed assistedliving residences that demonstrate the capacity to meet the standards forservice and care required under the conditions of the waiver. Application forthe additional one hundred eighty (180) persons shall be submitted to thefederal government by January 1, 2002. For purposes of this section, "assistedliving residence" means those facilities licensed by the state pursuant tochapter 17.4 of title 23.