Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-3002.7
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Definitions - Options Counseling for Long-term Care
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Program - Consultation.
A. As used in the Oklahoma Options Counseling for Long-term
Care Program Act:
1. “Long-term care facility” means a nursing facility or
assisted living facility;
2. “Options counseling for long-term care” means the process of
providing services pursuant to the Oklahoma Options Counseling for
Long-term Care Program within the Aging and Disability Resource
Consortium (ADRC); and
3. “Representative” means a family member, attorney, hospital
social worker, or any other person chosen by an individual to act on
behalf of the individual:
a. seeking a long-term care consultation, or
b. admitted to a long-term care program or facility.
B. The Options Counseling for Long-term Care Program is hereby
created within the Department of Human Services Aging Services
Division and administered within the Aging Services Division Aging
and Disability Resource Consortium.
C. Subject to available funding, the Options Counseling for
Long-term Care Program, through its partner community agencies,
shall provide individuals or their representatives, or both, with
long-term care options consultation by phone or in person, which
shall include at a minimum the following:
1. A basic review of an individual’s need for information;
2. A review of appropriate long-term care options and costs, if
available;
3. A review of providers who accept either public or private
payment or both public and private payment for long-term care
services;
4. A summary of factors to consider when choosing among the
available programs, services, and benefits; and
5. A summary of opportunities and methods for maximizing the
independence and self-reliance of the individual, including support
services provided by the family and friends of the individual.
D. Options counseling for long-term care under this section may
be provided at any time, whether before or after the individual who
is the subject of a long-term care consultation has been admitted to
a long-term facility.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 279
E. Nothing in the Oklahoma Options Counseling for Long-term
Care Program Act shall be used to implement any provisions of the
federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A. As used in the Oklahoma Options Counseling for Long-term
Care Program Act:
1. “Long-term care facility” means a nursing facility or
assisted living facility;
2. “Options counseling for long-term care” means the process of
providing services pursuant to the Oklahoma Options Counseling for
Long-term Care Program within the Aging and Disability Resource
Consortium (ADRC); and
3. “Representative” means a family member, attorney, hospital
social worker, or any other person chosen by an individual to act on
behalf of the individual:
a. seeking a long-term care consultation, or
b. admitted to a long-term care program or facility.
B. The Options Counseling for Long-term Care Program is hereby
created within the Department of Human Services Aging Services
Division and administered within the Aging Services Division Aging
and Disability Resource Consortium.
C. Subject to available funding, the Options Counseling for
Long-term Care Program, through its partner community agencies,
shall provide individuals or their representatives, or both, with
long-term care options consultation by phone or in person, which
shall include at a minimum the following:
1. A basic review of an individual’s need for information;
2. A review of appropriate long-term care options and costs, if
available;
3. A review of providers who accept either public or private
payment or both public and private payment for long-term care
services;
4. A summary of factors to consider when choosing among the
available programs, services, and benefits; and
5. A summary of opportunities and methods for maximizing the
independence and self-reliance of the individual, including support
services provided by the family and friends of the individual.
D. Options counseling for long-term care under this section may
be provided at any time, whether before or after the individual who
is the subject of a long-term care consultation has been admitted to
a long-term facility.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 279
E. Nothing in the Oklahoma Options Counseling for Long-term
Care Program Act shall be used to implement any provisions of the
federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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