Rhode Island § 42-66.8-2 § 42-66.8-2. Purpose — Assisted living waiver request.

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§ 42-66.8-2 — § 42-66.8-2. Purpose — Assisted living waiver request.

Rhode Island § 42-66.8-2

Title 42State Affairs and Government

Ch. 42-66.8Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-66.8-2 (2026).

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§ 42-66.8-2. Purpose — Assisted living waiver request.
The purpose of this legislation is to provide assisted living alternatives to low
            and moderate income chronically impaired or disabled elderly and other chronically
            impaired or disabled adults who are eligible for or at risk of placement in nursing
            facility care. The director of the department of elderly affairs and the director
            of the department of human services shall cooperate and collaborate in obtaining approval
            from the health care financing administration for a home and community based services
            waiver designated to fund assisted living supportive services for up to two hundred
           

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§ 42-66.8-2. Purpose — Assisted living waiver request.

The purpose of this legislation is to provide assisted living alternatives to low and moderate income chronically impaired or disabled elderly and other chronically impaired or disabled adults who are eligible for or at risk of placement in nursing facility care. The director of the department of elderly affairs and the director of the department of human services shall cooperate and collaborate in obtaining approval from the health care financing administration for a home and community based services waiver designated to fund assisted living supportive services for up to two hundred (200) persons residing in assisted living facilities certified and financed by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation. The director of the department of elderly affairs and the director of the department of human services shall formulate the waiver application and submit the waiver request no later than September 30, 1997. The waiver shall be reviewed and expanded periodically as funding is made available.