§ 40-8.10-1 — § 40-8.10-1. Purpose.

Rhode Island § 40-8.10-1

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 40: Human services
• Ch. 40-8.10: Long-Term Care Service Reform for Medicaid Eligible Individuals

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§ 40-8.10-1. Purpose.

In order to ensure that all Medicaid recipients eligible for long-term care have access to the full continuum of services they need, the secretary of the executive office of health and human services, in collaboration with the directors of EOHHS departments, shall offer eligible Medicaid recipients the full range of services as allowed under the terms and conditions of the Rhode Island Medicaid section 1115 demonstration waiver, including institutional services and the home- and community-based services provided for under the previous Medicaid section 1915(c) waivers, as well as additional services for medication management, transition services, and other authorized services as defined in this chapter, in order to meet the individual needs of the Medicaid recipient.

Legislative History

P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 23, § 9; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 5, § 17.