2016 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 40 - Human services
Chapter 40-8.9 - Medical Assistance – Long-Term Care Service and Finance Reform
Section 40-8.9-6 - Reporting.

§ 40-8.9-6 Reporting.

Annual reports showing progress in long-term-care system reform and rebalancing shall be submitted by April 1st of each year by the executive office of health and human services to the joint legislative committee on health care oversight as well as the finance committees of both the senate and the house of representatives and shall include: the number of persons aged sixty-five (65) years and over and adults with disabilities served in nursing facilities; the number of persons transitioned from nursing homes to Medicaid supported home- and community-based care; the number of persons aged sixty-five (65) years and over and adults with disabilities served in home and community care, to include home care, adult day services, assisted living and shared living; the dollar amounts and percent of expenditures spent on nursing facility care and home- and community-based care; and estimates of the continued investments necessary to provide stability to the existing system and establish the infrastructure and programs required to achieve systemwide reform and the targeted goal of spending fifty percent (50%) of Medicaid long-term care dollars on nursing facility care and fifty percent (50%) on home- and community-based services.

History of Section.
(P.L. 2006, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 286, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 223, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 5; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 7, § 5.)