§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.