5111.871 Alternative to intermediate care facility for mentally retarded.

5111.871 Alternative to intermediate care facility for mentally retarded.

The department of job and family services shall enter into a contract with the department of developmental disabilities under section 5111.91 of the Revised Code with regard to one or more of the components of the medicaid program established by the department of job and family services under one or more of the medicaid waivers sought under section 5111.87 of the Revised Code. The contract shall provide for the department of developmental disabilities to administer the components in accordance with the terms of the waivers. The directors of job and family services and developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the components.

If the department of developmental disabilities or the department of job and family services denies an individual’s application for home and community-based services provided under any of these medicaid components, the department that denied the services shall give timely notice to the individual that the individual may request a hearing under section 5101.35 of the Revised Code.

The departments of developmental disabilities and job and family services may approve, reduce, deny, or terminate a service included in the individualized service plan developed for a medicaid recipient eligible for home and community-based services provided under any of these medicaid components. The departments shall consider the recommendations a county board of developmental disabilities makes under division (A)(1)(c) of section 5126.055 of the Revised Code. If either department approves, reduces, denies, or terminates a service, that department shall give timely notice to the medicaid recipient that the recipient may request a hearing under section 5101.35 of the Revised Code.

If supported living, as defined in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code, is to be provided as a service under any of these components, any person or government entity with a current, valid medicaid provider agreement and a current, valid certificate under section 5123.161 of the Revised Code may provide the service.

If a service is to be provided under any of these components by a residential facility, as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, any person or government entity with a current, valid medicaid provider agreement and a current, valid license under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code may provide the service.

Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 7, SB 79, § 1, eff. 10/6/2009.

Effective Date: 06-26-2003; 07-01-2005; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007