Bill > S0696

This bill modifies Rhode Island's long-term care Medicaid regulations to increase resource eligibility limits for individuals seeking home-based care and to improve reporting requirements for assisted living facilities and adult day service providers. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) to raise resource limits to $12,000 for single persons and $18,000 for couples, enabling more individuals to qualify for home and community-based services while maintaining financial resources to support independent living. Additionally, the bill requires Medicaid-certified assisted living residences and adult day service providers to submit semi-annual reports to EOHHS detailing the number of persons served each month and their certification categories. This legislation aims to support individuals with long-term care needs by expanding access to home-based services, promoting individual choice and self-determination, and ensuring better tracking of service utilization across these care settings. The changes are part of a broader effort to shift long-term care funding toward home and community-based services, with the goal of allocating at least 50% of Medicaid long-term care funding to these more flexible and often less restrictive care options.

Health and Social Services

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