HB0244 - Tennessee: Tenncare

Companion Bill SB0867. TennCare - Adds inpatient rehabilitation facility services as a covered service under the TennCare program when other alternative medical assistance will likely be as costly. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0244 / SB0867(Corrected) Increase State Expenditures - $ 4,356,600 Increase Federal Expenditures - $ 7,643,400 Bill Summary for *HB0244 / SB0867 Under the present law provisions governing TennCare, medical assistance, in the amount, scope, and duration determined by the commissioner of health and to the extent permitted by federal law, may include, among other things, inpatient hospital services, other than services in an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases. This bill adds that inpatient rehabilitation facility services will be covered when other alternative medical assistance [...]

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