HCS CSSB 57(FIN): "An Act relating to home- and community-based services under the medical assistance program; relating to medical assistance for recipients of Medicaid waivers; establishing an adult care home license and procedures; providing for the transition of individuals from foster care to adult home care settings; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 57(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to home- and community-based services under the medical assistance 02 program; relating to medical assistance for recipients of Medicaid waivers; establishing 03 an adult care home license and procedures; providing for the transition of individuals 04 from foster care to adult home care settings; and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 47.07.045 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 07 (e) Unless prohibited by federal law, the state shall allow a legally responsible 08 person to provide personal care services under this section to a recipient of medical 09 assistance under the 1915(k) state plan option under 42 U.S.C. 1396n. 10 * Sec. 2. AS 47.07 is amended by adding a new section to read: 11 Sec. 47.07.048. Adult home care services. (a) The department shall pay for 12 adult home care services for an individual at a daily rate set by the department in 13 regulation if 14 (1) the individual is enrolled in and receiving medical assistance under
01 AS 47.07.020; 02 (2) the individual is at least 18 years of age; 03 (3) the individual is enrolled in home and community-based waiver 04 services under AS 47.07.045; 05 (4) the individual's support plan is approved for adult home care 06 services; and 07 (5) the person providing the services to the individual holds an adult 08 care home license issued under AS 47.32. 09 (b) Notwithstanding the limitations of Medicaid coverage under 10 AS 47.07.020, an individual may receive habilitative and rehabilitative care in 11 addition to adult home care services. 12 (c) The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section, 13 including regulations that 14 (1) set a daily rate for adult home care services to be paid under this 15 section; 16 (2) establish standards for caring for an individual receiving adult 17 home care services in the home care setting; 18 (3) establish standards for operating an adult care home; 19 (4) establish a procedure for transitioning an individual from a licensed 20 foster care home to a licensed adult care home; and 21 (5) establish a simple and efficient process to allow a foster parent who 22 holds a foster home license issued under AS 47.32 to transition from the foster home 23 license to an adult care home license under AS 47.32.033 for the purpose of 24 maintaining the placement of and services provided to an individual who is 25 (A) transitioning out of foster care; 26 (B) enrolled in home and community-based waiver services 27 under AS 47.07.045; and 28 (C) 18 years of age or older. 29 * Sec. 3. AS 47.32.010(b) is amended to read: 30 (b) The following entities are subject to this chapter and regulations adopted 31 under this chapter by the Department of Health:
01 (1) ambulatory surgical centers; 02 (2) assisted living homes; 03 (3) child care facilities; 04 (4) freestanding birth centers; 05 (5) home health agencies; 06 (6) hospices, or agencies providing hospice services or operating 07 hospice programs; 08 (7) hospitals; 09 (8) intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual 10 disability or related condition; 11 (9) maternity homes; 12 (10) nursing facilities; 13 (11) residential child care facilities; 14 (12) residential psychiatric treatment centers; 15 (13) rural health clinics; 16 (14) subacute mental health facilities; 17 (15) adult care homes. 18 * Sec. 4. AS 47.32 is amended by adding a new section to read: 19 Sec. 47.32.033. Adult care home license. (a) The Department of Health may 20 issue a license to a person under this section and regulations adopted under this section 21 to operate an adult care home to provide 24-hour oversight and care on a continuing 22 basis for up to two individuals if each individual is 23 (1) 18 years of age or older; and 24 (2) enrolled in Medicaid home and community-based waiver services 25 under AS 47.07.045. 26 (b) An adult care home shall provide care to an individual under this section in 27 accordance with the approved services established in the individual's plan of care, 28 which shall identify the specific physical, mental, and social care needs of the 29 individual. 30 (c) The Department of Health may establish standards in regulation that 31 authorize care for up to three individuals based on unusual circumstances, including
01 historical or familial connections of the individuals receiving services. 02 * Sec. 5. AS 47.32.900(2) is amended to read: 03 (2) "assisted living home" 04 (A) means a residential facility that serves three or more adults 05 who are not related to the owner by blood or marriage, or that receives state or 06 federal payment for services regardless of the number of adults served; the 07 Department of Health [DEPARTMENT] shall consider a facility to be an 08 assisted living home if the facility 09 (i) provides housing and food services to its residents; 10 (ii) offers to provide or obtain for its residents 11 assistance with activities of daily living; 12 (iii) offers personal assistance as defined in 13 AS 47.33.990; or 14 (iv) provides or offers any combination of these 15 services; 16 (B) does not include 17 (i) a correctional facility; 18 (ii) an emergency shelter; 19 (iii) a program licensed under AS 47.10.310 for 20 runaway minors; 21 (iv) a type of entity listed in AS 47.32.010(b)(6) - (10), 22 (15), or (c)(2) [AS 47.32.010(b)(6) - (10) OR (c)(2);] 23 * Sec. 6. AS 47.32.900 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 24 (21) "adult care home" means a home in which the adult head of 25 household resides and provides 24-hour care on a continuing basis under a license 26 issued under AS 47.32.033 for an individual eligible under AS 47.07.048. 27 * Sec. 7. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 28 read: 29 MEDICAID STATE PLAN. The Department of Health shall submit as necessary for 30 approval by the United States Department of Health and Human Services amendments to the 31 state plan under AS 47.07.040, a section 1915(c) waiver, or a section 1115 demonstration
01 waiver under 42 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396p (Social Security Act) to allow enrolled individuals to 02 receive adult home care services under AS 47.07.048, enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, including, 03 if approved as not being a duplicative service, allowing other long-term care services under 42 04 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396p (Title XIX, Social Security Act) while receiving adult home care 05 services under AS 47.07.048(c), enacted by sec. 2 of this Act. 06 * Sec. 8. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 07 read: 08 CONDITIONAL EFFECT; NOTIFICATION. (a) Section 2 of this Act takes effect 09 only if, and to the extent that, before July 1, 2027, the United States Department of Health and 10 Human Services approves amendments submitted under sec. 7 of this Act. 11 (b) The commissioner of health shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing within 30 12 days after the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves amendments 13 to the state plan. 14 * Sec. 9. If AS 47.07.048, enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, or a portion of AS 47.07.048, 15 enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, takes effect, it takes effect on the day after the date the revisor of 16 statutes receives notice from the commissioner of health under sec. 8(b) of this Act.