Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-1017.2
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Legislative findings
Official statutory text
The Legislature finds that:
1. Oklahoma has a successful home- and community-based services
program known as the ADvantage Waiver Program for the frail, elderly
and adults with physical disabilities age twenty-one (21) and over
who do not have an intellectual disability nor a cognitive
impairment. The ADvantage Waiver Program provides the following
services: case management, transitional case management, personal
care, advanced supportive/restorative, skilled nursing - home health
setting, RN assessment evaluation, occupational therapy, physical
therapy, respiratory therapy, speech/language therapy, adult day
health, personal care in adult day health, therapy in adult day
health, home-delivered meals, NF extended respite, in-home respite,
in-home extended respite, environmental modifications, hospice,
consumer-directed personal care assistant services and supports,
assisted living, and specialized medical equipment and supplies;
2. Many Oklahomans who could safely stay at home with cost-
effective home- and community-based services go into nursing
facilities the day assistance is needed because their eligibility
for nursing facility supports is "presumed" by the nursing facility,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 247
while eligibility for home and community supports can take weeks or
months. If their circumstances are such that they need immediate or
urgent care, they lose their choice to live and receive their
services at home. Once they are in a nursing facility, they may
lose their home or the supports they need to stay at home; and
3. The cost of serving Oklahomans who are in nursing facilities
when they could be living and receiving services at home is
significantly higher than the cost of serving them with home- and
community-based services.
1. Oklahoma has a successful home- and community-based services
program known as the ADvantage Waiver Program for the frail, elderly
and adults with physical disabilities age twenty-one (21) and over
who do not have an intellectual disability nor a cognitive
impairment. The ADvantage Waiver Program provides the following
services: case management, transitional case management, personal
care, advanced supportive/restorative, skilled nursing - home health
setting, RN assessment evaluation, occupational therapy, physical
therapy, respiratory therapy, speech/language therapy, adult day
health, personal care in adult day health, therapy in adult day
health, home-delivered meals, NF extended respite, in-home respite,
in-home extended respite, environmental modifications, hospice,
consumer-directed personal care assistant services and supports,
assisted living, and specialized medical equipment and supplies;
2. Many Oklahomans who could safely stay at home with cost-
effective home- and community-based services go into nursing
facilities the day assistance is needed because their eligibility
for nursing facility supports is "presumed" by the nursing facility,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 247
while eligibility for home and community supports can take weeks or
months. If their circumstances are such that they need immediate or
urgent care, they lose their choice to live and receive their
services at home. Once they are in a nursing facility, they may
lose their home or the supports they need to stay at home; and
3. The cost of serving Oklahomans who are in nursing facilities
when they could be living and receiving services at home is
significantly higher than the cost of serving them with home- and
community-based services.
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