HB1349 - Tennessee: Hospitals And Health Care Facilities, Medicaid And Medicare, Tenncare

Companion Bill SB1156. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Prohibits the definition of "assisted-care living resident" from being interpreted to deny the admission or retention of residents who are eligible for waiver-based home and community-based services so long as personal safety and individual care plan are consistent with the placement. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201. Fiscal Summary for HB1349 / *SB1156Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1349 / *SB1156 ON MARCH 19, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AS AMENDED, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1156, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1, AS AMENDED, adds a prohibition against interpreting the definition of "assisted-care living resident" to deny the retention, in addition to the admittance, of residents who are eligible for waiver-based home and community-based [...]

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