173.392 Payment of noncertified provider.

(A) The department of aging may pay a person or government entity for providing community-based long-term care services under a program the department administers, even though the person or government entity is not certified under section 173.391 of the Revised Code if all of the following are the case:

(1) The person or government entity has a contract with the department of aging or the department’s designee to provide the services;

(2) The contract includes detailed conditions of participation for providers of services under a program the department administers and service standards that the person or government entity is required to satisfy;

(3) The person or government entity complies with the contract;

(4) The contract is not for medicaid-funded services, other than services provided under the PACE program administered by the department of aging under section 173.50 of the Revised Code.

(B) The director of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing both of the following:

(1) Contracts between the department of aging and persons and government entities regarding community-based long-term care services provided under a program the department administers;

(2) The department’s payment for community-based long-term care services provided under such a contract.

Effective Date: 09-29-2005