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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 71 - Welfare
Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons
Part 14 - Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008
§ 71-5-1409. Nursing Facility Transition Initiative
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TN Code § 71-5-1409 (2021)
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- The commissioner shall develop and implement a nursing facility transition initiative.
- The commissioner shall specify in contractor risk agreements with contractors responsible for coordination of medicaid primary, acute and long-term care services requirements related to nursing facility-to-community transitions.
- Contractor requirements shall include identification of nursing facility residents who may be appropriate for transition to home and community-based settings, as well as assessment and care plan development by a qualified entity. The contractor shall plan and facilitate those transitions in a timely manner. Contractors shall be permitted to coordinate or subcontract with local community-based organizations to assist in the identification, planning and facilitation processes, and may offer, as a cost-effective alternative to continued institutional care, a per-person transition cost allowance not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) for items such as, but not limited to, first month's rent, rent deposits, utility deposits, kitchen appliances, furniture and basic household items.
- It is the legislative intent of this section to provide more opportunities for home and community-based services for the at-risk population, subject to the availability of funding in each year's appropriations bill.
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