Rhode Island General Laws 40-8-23. Contracting standards
The director shall establish and maintain contracting standards for home health aide, homemaker, and nursing services. These standards shall apply to all such services purchased by the state from licensed providers. The contracting standards shall take into consideration industry guidelines published by national accreditation organizations such as the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and self-reporting activities by providers.
History of Section.
P.L. 1996, ch. 341, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40-8-23
- Director: means the director of human services. See Rhode Island General Laws 40-8-2
- Nursing services: means the following items and services furnished to an inpatient in a nursing facility:
(i) Bed and board;
(ii) Nursing care and other related services as are customarily furnished to inpatients admitted to the nursing facility, and drugs, biologicals, supplies, appliances, and equipment for use in the facility, as are customarily furnished in the facility for the care and treatment of patients;
(iii) Other diagnostic or therapeutic items or services, legally furnished by the facility or by others under arrangements made by the facility, as are customarily furnished to inpatients either by the facility or by others under such arrangement;
(iv) Medical services provided in the facility by the inpatient's physician, or by an intern or resident-in-training of a hospital with which the facility is affiliated or that is under the same control, under a teaching program of the hospital approved as provided in subsection (6); and
(v) A personal-needs allowance of seventy-five dollars ($75. See Rhode Island General Laws 40-8-2