H. B. 2221
(By Delegate Kominar)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance.]
A BILL to amend
the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §9-5-20
, relating to
providing for a pilot project intended to divert low-income
residents from early institutionalization in nursing homes by
providing personal home care in their communities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-5-20
, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
§9-5-20. Pilot project to reduce Medicaid budget by reducing early
institutionalization.
The Department of Health and Human Resources services shall
develop and implement during the fiscal year beginning the first
day of July, two thousand seven, a pilot program consisting of a project-based assisted living Medicaid waiver to be allocated to
the housing authorities for the cities of Williamson, Wheeling and
Moundsville. The pilot program is intended to divert nursing home
admission and to pay for services for low-income elderly in their
licensed personal care homes. The department may contract directly
with the housing authorities in each of these cities to utilize
their facilities for Medicaid eligible residents at high risk for
nursing home placement.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for a pilot
project intended to divert low-income residents from early
institutionalization in nursing homes by providing personal home
care in their communities.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.