§321-91 - Program of home health services. - Hawaii Statutes

PART VIII.  HOME HEALTH SERVICES

 

     §321-91  Program of home health services.  The department of health is authorized to establish and administer a program to provide home health services, pursuant to the provisions of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.  Home health services shall mean ancillary paramedical services rendered in the patient's home, and shall include, but not be limited to, professional nursing care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and hearing therapy, medical social services, and home health aide services.  The authority of the department hereunder shall be liberally construed in order that the State may receive the maximum benefits of said Title XVIII. [L 1966, c 23, pt of §2; HRS §321-91]