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Introduced Version House Bill 3124 History

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H. B. 3124


(By Delegate Phillips)

[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the

Committee on Senior Citizen Issues then Finance.]





A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-5-21, relating to the Department of Health and Human Resources and Medicaid, if applicable and eligible, providing financial assistance to persons in assisted living facilities.

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 §9-5-21, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

§9-5-21. Financial assistance to persons in assisted living facilities.

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a number of citizens and residents of West Virginia require the services of an assisted living facility but do not require to be in a nursing home facility. Many of these citizens and residents are not able to pay the full cost of the assisted living facility, but are financially able to pay a portion of the cost. It is in the public interest of the state that these citizens and residents be able to stay in the assisted living facilities rather than in a nursing home with limited financial support from the state and Medicaid, if applicable and eligible. The provisions of subsection (b) are enacted for the purpose of addressing a solution to this situation. (b) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources shall promulgate rules to provide financial assistance to any person living in an assisted living facility who cannot pay the full cost of that assisted living facility, but is financially able to pay a portion of the cost. The rules shall provide for determining the financial ability of the person living in the assisted living facility and for periodic updates. The rules shall also provide that the Department of Health and Human Resources or Medicaid, or both the Department of Health and Human Resources and Medicaid shall reimburse the difference between what the resident can afford to pay and what the assisted living facility charges the resident.




NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require
the Department of Health and Human Resources and Medicaid, if applicable and eligible, to provide financial assistance to persons in assisted living facilities.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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