(a)  Provision of assisted living supportive services paid for with government funds in an assisted living facility as defined and delineated in this chapter shall be provided only to those persons who are eligible for, or at risk for, placement in a nursing facility and who have had a long-term care assessment which indicates the person can receive appropriate care in the assisted living facility.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-4

  • assisted living facility: means a publicly or privately operated residential development (including a designated wing or section of that development) certified and financed by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation that provides lodging, meals and assisted living supportive services to two (2) or more adults and which is licensed by the state pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
  • Assisted living supportive services: means : Personal care and services, homemaker, chore, attendant care, companion services, medication oversight (to the extent permitted under state law), therapeutic social and recreational programming, provided in a home-like environment in a licensed assisted living facility, in conjunction with residing in the facility. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
  • assisted living unit: means an apartment, condominium, bed or other dwelling quarters in an assisted living facility as defined by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
  • Government funds: means funds provided under the provisions of chapter 8 of Title 40. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
  • Long-term care assessment: means a program, approved by the directors of human services and elderly affairs, that provides a uniform health, social and functional assessment of persons in need of long-term care services due to chronic impairment or disability. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  The long-term care assessment required under this chapter shall be completed by persons designated by the director of elderly affairs and the director of the department of human services and shall include representatives of the department of human services and persons designated by the department of elderly affairs to provide long-term care assessment services under § 42-66.6-3.

(c)  If a person determined to be eligible to receive waiver services under this chapter desires to reside in an assisted living unit and an appropriate assisted living facility is available, the department of elderly affairs shall authorize the placement.

(d)  Continued provision of assisted living supportive services paid for with government funds in an assisted living facility shall be based on a reassessment of the recipient’s care needs to be performed at least every one hundred and eighty (180) days.

History of Section.
P.L. 1997, ch. 198, § 1.