12-4-320 - Pilot program to reimburse licensed residential homes for aged. - Tennessee Statutes

12-4-320. Pilot program to reimburse licensed residential homes for aged.

(a)  The board for licensing health care facilities may, by regulation, establish a pilot program to reimburse licensed residential homes for the aged, as defined by § 68-11-201, to the exclusion of institutional homes for the aged, in those counties having a metropolitan form of government and in those counties having a population according to the 1980 or any subsequent census of:

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These regulations may, in the discretion of the board, distinguish between the types of facilities and between beds within a facility to implement this pilot program, the cost of which shall not exceed the amount provided for this purpose in the general appropriations act.

(b)  Upon the effective date of these regulations, the department of health shall reimburse such residential homes for the aged in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for each resident whose total income does not exceed eight hundred dollars ($800) per month and whose income is limited to payments made under the Social Security Act or supplemental security income (SSI) benefits. The department may promulgate regulations to certify these income limitations upon which the facility may claim reimbursement.

(c)  (1)  This section shall have no application unless funding is specifically provided for and included in the general appropriations bill.

     (2)  The implementation of this section and the expenditure of any funds to implement this section shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration.

[Acts 1986, ch. 927, §§ 1, 2; 1987, ch. 364, §§ 1-3; 1988, ch. 955, §§ 1, 2; 1989, ch. 372, §§ 1-3; 1993, ch. 513, §§ 1-3; 2003, ch. 355, § 13; 2004, ch. 645, § 1; 2005, ch. 477, § 1; 2007, ch. 570, § 1; 2008, ch. 1178, § 1; 2009, ch. 251, § 1.]