§ 40-8-22. Protection of resources — Long-term care insurance partnership program.
(a) The department of human services shall coordinate a program entitled the Rhode Island
Partnership for Long-Term Care whereby private insurance and funds may be utilized
to finance long-term care. The department shall seek appropriate amendments to its
state plan for medical assistance under Title XIX, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., of the Social Security Act (Medicaid), or waivers of state plan requirements,
to allow protection of resources and income pursuant to this section. The protection
shall be provided, to the extent approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and
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§ 40-8-22. Protection of resources — Long-term care insurance partnership program.
(a) The department of human services shall coordinate a program entitled the Rhode Island
Partnership for Long-Term Care whereby private insurance and funds may be utilized
to finance long-term care. The department shall seek appropriate amendments to its
state plan for medical assistance under Title XIX, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., of the Social Security Act (Medicaid), or waivers of state plan requirements,
to allow protection of resources and income pursuant to this section. The protection
shall be provided, to the extent approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, for any purchaser of a precertified, long-term-care policy delivered,
issued for delivery, or renewed and shall last for the life of the purchaser. Notwithstanding
any provision of the general laws, the resources of an individual, to the extent the
resources are equal to the amount of qualifying long-term-care insurance benefits
payments provided pursuant to a policy of long-term-care insurance precertified in
accordance with department regulations and chapter 34.2 of title 27, shall not be considered by the department in a determination of: (1) His or her
eligibility for Medicaid; (2) The amount of any Medicaid payment; or (3) In any subsequent
recovery by the state of a payment for medical services. The precertified policies
shall be known as "Medicaid qualifying long-term care partnership policies.�
(b) The department shall count insurance benefit payments toward resource exclusion to
the extent the payments: (1) Are for services covered under the state plan for medical
assistance, including nursing home care, or formal services delivered to insureds
in the community as part of a care plan; (2) Are for the lower of the actual charge
or the amount paid by the insurance company; and (3) Are for services provided after
the individual meets the coverage requirements for long-term-care benefits established
by the department for this program. The department shall adopt rules and regulations
to implement the provisions of this section and relating to determining eligibility
of applicants for Medicaid and the coverage requirements for long-term-care benefits.