Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-1017.4
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Enrollment system
Official statutory text
A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is directed to create a
system of enrollment, Medicaid eligibility, and certification for
home- and community-based services provided by the ADvantage Waiver
Program that provides for presumptive Medicaid eligibility and
certification that is the same as that which exists for nursing
facilities as provided for in administrative rules promulgated by
the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board. The system shall
facilitate the provision of home- and community-based services to
persons at risk of placement in a nursing facility but who elect to
be served in a home- and community-based setting in lieu of nursing
facility services.
B. The Department of Human Services is directed to make such
changes in its regulations, policies and procedures as are necessary
to implement the enrollment, Medicaid eligibility, and certification
requirements established pursuant to subsection A of this section.
C. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall develop and submit
for approval no later than November 1, 2011, applications for
waivers or amendments to waivers of applicable federal laws and
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regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma
Choices for Long-Term Care Act. Copies of all waivers submitted to
the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall
be provided to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate within ten (10) days of their submissions. Waivers and
amendments to waivers approved by the United States Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services as provided in this section shall be
provided to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate within ten (10) days of their approval. The Oklahoma Health
Care Authority shall implement any waivers and amendments to waivers
approved by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services no later than January 1, 2012, or within sixty (60) days of
their approval. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall report the
savings as the result of the Oklahoma Choices for Long-Term Care Act
each year in its annual report.
system of enrollment, Medicaid eligibility, and certification for
home- and community-based services provided by the ADvantage Waiver
Program that provides for presumptive Medicaid eligibility and
certification that is the same as that which exists for nursing
facilities as provided for in administrative rules promulgated by
the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board. The system shall
facilitate the provision of home- and community-based services to
persons at risk of placement in a nursing facility but who elect to
be served in a home- and community-based setting in lieu of nursing
facility services.
B. The Department of Human Services is directed to make such
changes in its regulations, policies and procedures as are necessary
to implement the enrollment, Medicaid eligibility, and certification
requirements established pursuant to subsection A of this section.
C. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall develop and submit
for approval no later than November 1, 2011, applications for
waivers or amendments to waivers of applicable federal laws and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 248
regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma
Choices for Long-Term Care Act. Copies of all waivers submitted to
the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall
be provided to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate within ten (10) days of their submissions. Waivers and
amendments to waivers approved by the United States Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services as provided in this section shall be
provided to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate within ten (10) days of their approval. The Oklahoma Health
Care Authority shall implement any waivers and amendments to waivers
approved by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services no later than January 1, 2012, or within sixty (60) days of
their approval. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall report the
savings as the result of the Oklahoma Choices for Long-Term Care Act
each year in its annual report.
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