Bill > HSB739

Introduced Session

This bill relates to the Medicaid home and community-based services elderly waiver program (elderly waiver), including transition planning and assisted living services. H.F. _____ The bill directs the department of health and human services (HHS) to adopt rules to allow case managers and care coordination team members to work with a resident of a skilled nursing facility, family members of the resident, and other skilled nursing facility staff to initiate transition planning from the skilled nursing facility to the elderly waiver program prior to the discharge of the resident. HHS must also adopt rules to include adults aged 65 or older who are residents of a nursing facility in the definition of targeted population for purposes of case management services furnished to elderly waiver participants. The bill directs HHS to adopt rules to define “assisted living service” to mean personal care and supportive services that are furnished to waiver participants who reside in a homelike, noninstitutional setting. The service must include 24-hour on-site response capability to meet member needs as well as member safety and security through incidental supervision. Assisted living service is not reimbursable if performed at the same time as any service included in an approved consumer-directed attendant care agreement. The rules must also specify certain billing requirements.

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Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2641. (on 02/19/2026)

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