Oklahoma § 56-1017.4 - Enrollment system

§ 56-1017.4. Enrollment system

A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is directed to create a

system of enrollment, Medicaid eligibility, and certification for

home- and community-based services provided by the ADvantage Waiver

Program that provides for presumptive Medicaid eligibility and

certification that is the same as that which exists for nursing

facilities as provided for in administrative rules promulgated by

the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board. The system shall

facilitate the provision of home- and community-based services to

persons at risk of placement in a nursing facility but who elect to

be served in a home- and community-based setting in lieu of nursing

facility services.

B. The Department of Human Services is directed to make such

changes in its regulations, policies and procedures as are necessary

to implement the enrollment, Medicaid eligibility, and certification

requirements established pursuant to subsection A of this section.

C. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall develop and submit

for approval no later than November 1, 2011, applications for

waivers or amendments to waivers of applicable federal laws and

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regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma

Choices for Long-Term Care Act. Copies of all waivers submitted to

the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall

be provided to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State

Senate within ten (10) days of their submissions. Waivers and

amendments to waivers approved by the United States Centers for

Medicare and Medicaid Services as provided in this section shall be

provided to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State

Senate within ten (10) days of their approval. The Oklahoma Health

Care Authority shall implement any waivers and amendments to waivers

approved by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Services no later than January 1, 2012, or within sixty (60) days of

their approval. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall report the

savings as the result of the Oklahoma Choices for Long-Term Care Act

each year in its annual report.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 297, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2011.