5111.891 Eligibility for assisted living program. - Ohio Statutes

5111.891 Eligibility for assisted living program.

To be eligible for the assisted living program, an individual must meet all of the following requirements:

(A) Need an intermediate level of care as determined under rule 5101:3-3-06 of the Administrative Code;

(B) At the time the individual applies for the assisted living program, be one of the following:

(1) A nursing facility resident who is seeking to move to a residential care facility and would remain in a nursing facility for long term care if not for the assisted living program;

(2) A participant of any of the following medicaid waiver components who would move to a nursing facility if not for the assisted living program:

(a) The PASSPORT program created under section 173.40 of the Revised Code;

(b) The choices program created under section 173.403 of the Revised Code;

(c) A medicaid waiver component that the department of job and family services administers.

(3) A resident of a residential care facility who has resided in a residential care facility for at least six months immediately before the date the individual applies for the assisted living program.

(C) At the time the individual receives assisted living services under the assisted living program, reside in a residential care facility that is authorized by a valid medicaid provider agreement to participate in the assisted living program, including both of the following:

(1) A residential care facility that is owned or operated by a metropolitan housing authority that has a contract with the United States department of housing and urban development to receive an operating subsidy or rental assistance for the residents of the facility;

(2) A county or district home licensed as a residential care facility.

(D) Meet all other eligibility requirements for the assisted living program established in rules adopted under section 5111.85 of the Revised Code.

Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.

Effective Date: 10-01-2005; 2007 HB119 07-01-2007; 2008 HB420 12-31-2008