173.401 PASSPORT waiver amendment authorizing additional enrollments.

(A) As used in this section:

“Area agency on aging” has the same meaning as in section 173.14 of the Revised Code.

“Long-term care consultation program” means the program the department of aging is required to develop under section 173.42 of the Revised Code.

“Long-term care consultation program administrator” or “administrator” means the department of aging or, if the department contracts with an area agency on aging or other entity to administer the long-term care consultation program for a particular area, that agency or entity.

“Nursing facility” has the same meaning as in section 5111.20 of the Revised Code.

“PASSPORT program” means the program created under section 173.40 of the Revised Code.

“PASSPORT waiver” means the federal medicaid waiver granted by the United States secretary of health and human services that authorizes the PASSPORT program.

(B) The director of job and family services shall submit to the United States secretary of health and human services an amendment to the PASSPORT waiver that authorizes additional enrollments in the PASSPORT program pursuant to this section. Beginning with the month following the month in which the United States secretary approves the amendment and each month thereafter, each area agency on aging shall determine whether individuals who reside in the area that the area agency on aging serves and are on a waiting list for the PASSPORT program have been admitted to a nursing facility. If an area agency on aging determines that such an individual has been admitted to a nursing facility, the agency shall notify the long-term care consultation program administrator serving the area in which the individual resides about the determination. The administrator shall determine whether the PASSPORT program is appropriate for the individual and whether the individual would rather participate in the PASSPORT program than continue residing in the nursing facility. If the administrator determines that the PASSPORT program is appropriate for the individual and the individual would rather participate in the PASSPORT program than continue residing in the nursing facility, the administrator shall so notify the department of aging. On receipt of the notice from the administrator, the department of aging shall approve the individual’s enrollment in the PASSPORT program regardless of the PASSPORT program’s waiting list and even though the enrollment causes enrollment in the program to exceed the limit that would otherwise apply. Each quarter, the department of aging shall certify to the director of budget and management the estimated increase in costs of the PASSPORT program resulting from enrollment of individuals in the PASSPORT program pursuant to this section.

(C) Not later than the last day of each calendar year, the director of job and family services shall submit to the general assembly a report regarding the number of individuals enrolled in the PASSPORT program pursuant to this section and the costs incurred and savings achieved as a result of the enrollments.

Effective Date: 2007 HB119 07-01-2007