173.39 Community-based long-term care - provider certification for payment.

173.39 Community-based long-term care - provider certification for payment.

(A) As used in sections 173.39 to 173.394 of the Revised Code:

(1) “Community-based long-term care agency” means a person or government entity that provides community-based long-term care services under a program the department of aging administers, regardless of whether the person or government entity is certified under section 173.391 or authorized to receive payment for the services from the department under section 173.392 of the Revised Code. “Community-based long-term care agency” includes a person or government entity that provides home and community-based services to older adults through the PASSPORT program created under section 173.40 of the Revised Code.

(2) “Community-based long-term care services” has the same meaning as in section 173.14 of the Revised Code.

(B) Except as provided in section 173.392 of the Revised Code, the department of aging may not pay a person or government entity for providing community-based long-term care services under a program the department administers unless the person or government entity is certified under section 173.391 of the Revised Code and provides the services.

Effective Date: 09-29-2005; 06-30-2006