Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5-5c – Waiver for home and community-based services for traumatic brain …
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Waiver for home and community-based services for traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. The Department shall apply for a waiver from the United States Health Care Financing Administration to allow payment for home and community-based services under this Article for traumatic brain injury patients.
The Department shall submit a Home and Community-Based Services TBI Waiver request to the United States Health Care Financing Administration by January 1, 1998. The waiver shall be requested pursuant to Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The Department shall request a waiver of Section 1902(a)(10)(B) of the Social Security Act in order to target home and community-based services to individuals with a traumatic brain injury meeting the Medicaid eligibility criteria set forth in appendices to the Prototype Waiver request.
Under the waiver, the Department, in cooperation with the Department of Human Services and any other relevant State, local, or federal government agency, may establish a nursing facility pre-screening program to determine whether an applicant who is eligible for medical assistance under this Article and has a traumatic brain injury may use home and community-based services as a reasonable, lower-cost alternative form of care. If a waiver request has not been submitted by January 1, 1998 the Department shall submit the TBI Prototype Waiver request to the United States Health Care Financing Administration.
The Department shall submit a Home and Community-Based Services TBI Waiver request to the United States Health Care Financing Administration by January 1, 1998. The waiver shall be requested pursuant to Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act. The Department shall request a waiver of Section 1902(a)(10)(B) of the Social Security Act in order to target home and community-based services to individuals with a traumatic brain injury meeting the Medicaid eligibility criteria set forth in appendices to the Prototype Waiver request.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 305 ILCS 5/5-5c
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
- United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
Under the waiver, the Department, in cooperation with the Department of Human Services and any other relevant State, local, or federal government agency, may establish a nursing facility pre-screening program to determine whether an applicant who is eligible for medical assistance under this Article and has a traumatic brain injury may use home and community-based services as a reasonable, lower-cost alternative form of care. If a waiver request has not been submitted by January 1, 1998 the Department shall submit the TBI Prototype Waiver request to the United States Health Care Financing Administration.