81-2235 Care management unit; reimbursement by department. - Nebraska Statutes

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81-2235. Care management unit; reimbursement by department.(1) Each care management unit may be reimbursed by the Department of Health and Human Services for costs not paid for by the individual or through other reimbursement specified in section 81-2234. Reimbursement by the department shall be based on actual casework time units expended on all care management services provided and shall include expenses for personnel, administration and planning, client eligibility review, contractual services, and necessary support services and other necessary actual and indirect costs. Standardized rates of reimbursement shall be adopted and promulgated by the department and shall be adjusted at least every three years.(2) Appropriations for reimbursement by the department for services provided under sections 81-2229 to 81-2235 and for the costs of the department to administer the program shall be appropriated separately from funds appropriated under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act.(3) Funds appropriated under this section shall not be used to replace funds appropriated under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act and granted to the area agencies on aging prior to August 30, 1987, and used to provide case management or care management services in their planning-and-service area, except that such funds may be replaced by non-Nebraska Community Aging Services funds that are obtained subsequent to August 30, 1987, as allowed under rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services. SourceLaws 1987, LB 42, § 7; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 881. Cross ReferencesNebraska Community Aging Services Act, see section 81-2201.

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81-2235. Care management unit; reimbursement by department.(1) Each care management unit may be reimbursed by the Department of Health and Human Services for costs not paid for by the individual or through other reimbursement specified in section 81-2234. Reimbursement by the department shall be based on actual casework time units expended on all care management services provided and shall include expenses for personnel, administration and planning, client eligibility review, contractual services, and necessary support services and other necessary actual and indirect costs. Standardized rates of reimbursement shall be adopted and promulgated by the department and shall be adjusted at least every three years.(2) Appropriations for reimbursement by the department for services provided under sections 81-2229 to 81-2235 and for the costs of the department to administer the program shall be appropriated separately from funds appropriated under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act.(3) Funds appropriated under this section shall not be used to replace funds appropriated under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act and granted to the area agencies on aging prior to August 30, 1987, and used to provide case management or care management services in their planning-and-service area, except that such funds may be replaced by non-Nebraska Community Aging Services funds that are obtained subsequent to August 30, 1987, as allowed under rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services. SourceLaws 1987, LB 42, § 7; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 881. Cross ReferencesNebraska Community Aging Services Act, see section 81-2201.

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81-2235. Care management unit; reimbursement by department.(1) Each care management unit may be reimbursed by the Department of Health and Human Services for costs not paid for by the individual or through other reimbursement specified in section 81-2234. Reimbursement by the department shall be based on actual casework time units expended on all care management services provided and shall include expenses for personnel, administration and planning, client eligibility review, contractual services, and necessary support services and other necessary actual and indirect costs. Standardized rates of reimbursement shall be adopted and promulgated by the department and shall be adjusted at least every three years.(2) Appropriations for reimbursement by the department for services provided under sections 81-2229 to 81-2235 and for the costs of the department to administer the program shall be appropriated separately from funds appropriated under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act.(3) Funds appropriated under this section shall not be used to replace funds appropriated under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act and granted to the area agencies on aging prior to August 30, 1987, and used to provide case management or care management services in their planning-and-service area, except that such funds may be replaced by non-Nebraska Community Aging Services funds that are obtained subsequent to August 30, 1987, as allowed under rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services. SourceLaws 1987, LB 42, § 7; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 881. Cross ReferencesNebraska Community Aging Services Act, see section 81-2201.