The department of aging shall ensure that the unified long-term care budget established under section 173.43 of the Revised Code is administered in a manner that provides medicaid coverage of and expands access to all of the following as necessary to meet the needs of individuals receiving home and community-based services covered by medicaid components the department of aging administers:

(A) To the extent permitted by the medicaid waivers authorizing department of aging-administered medicaid waiver components, all of the following medicaid waiver services provided under department of aging-administered medicaid waiver components:

(1) Personal care services;

(2) Home-delivered meals;

(3) Adult day-care;

(4) Homemaker services;

(5) Emergency response services;

(6) Medical equipment and supplies;

(7) Chore services;

(8) Social work counseling;

(9) Nutritional counseling;

(10) Independent living assistance;

(11) Medical transportation;

(12) Nonmedical transportation;

(13) Home care attendant services;

(14) Assisted living services;

(15) Community transition services;

(16) Enhanced community living services;

(17) All other medicaid waiver services provided under department of aging-administered medicaid waiver components.

(B) All of the following state medicaid plan services as specified in rules adopted under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code:

(1) Home health services;

(2) Private duty nursing services;

(3) Durable medical equipment;

(4) Services of a clinical nurse specialist;

(5) Services of a certified nurse practitioner.

(C) The services that the PACE program provides.

Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013.

Added by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §101.01, eff. 10/16/2009. .