SB1405 - Tennessee: Aged Persons, Disabled - Aid To

Companion Bill HB1023. Aged Persons - Establishes a pilot project for home and community-based services for 200 elderly citizens in an urban county. - Amends TCA Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB1405 / *HB1023 Increase State Expenditures - $9,840,800 Bill Summary for SB1405 / *HB1023 This bill requires the commissioner of health to enter into a grant agreement for a pilot project with Senior Citizen's, Inc. involving managed home and community-based long-term care services for elderly citizens. The pilot project would be based in a major urban county with a metropolitan form of government and a contiguous suburban county. The pilot project would only serve those persons in the project area who would be eligible for nursing home admission under the Medicaid program. The project would provide services to 200 elderly citizens annually to enable them [...]

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