Kentucky HB488 amends the Medicaid home and community based waiver program to include assisted living services for eligible participants.

Kentucky HB488 modifies the Medicaid home and community based waiver program to include assisted living services for eligible participants. The bill requires the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit a waiver amendment application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services within 90 days of the act's effective date. The amendment would cover assisted living services for HCB waiver participants who are 65 years or older, ambulatory, likely to require nursing facility admission without these services, and residing in an assisted living community.

Kentucky HB488 amends the Medicaid home and community based waiver program to include assisted living services for eligible participants.

Kentucky HB488 modifies the Medicaid home and community based waiver program to include assisted living services for eligible participants. The bill requires the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit a waiver amendment application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services within 90 days of the act's effective date. The amendment would cover assisted living services for HCB waiver participants who are 65 years or older, ambulatory, likely to require nursing facility admission without these services, and residing in an assisted living community.