Tennessee Statutes
§ 71-5-705 — Program description
Tennessee·Title 71
The director shall ensure that the buy-in program:
(1)Provides categorically needy scope of care;
(2)Provides home- and community-based long-term services and supports for an enrollee who meets the functional requirements for those programs, is approved for those services, and chooses to enroll in the buy-in program;
(3)Approves coverage for six (6) months effective the first of the month in which a person applies and meets program requirements;
(4)Allows a person who is eligible for another TennCare program to choose not to participate in the buy-in program; and (5) Deems a person ineligible for buy-in program coverage for a month in which the person received TennCare benefits under the medically needy program.
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Legislative History
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1002,s 1, eff. 5/21/2024.
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