A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is directed to create a system of enrollment, Medicaid eligibility, and certification for home- and community-based services provided by the ADvantage Waiver Program that provides for presumptive Medicaid eligibility and certification that is the same as that which exists for nursing facilities as provided for in administrative rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board. The system shall facilitate the provision of home- and community-based services to persons at risk of placement in a nursing facility but who elect to be served in a home- and community-based setting in lieu of nursing facility services.

B. The Department of Human Services is directed to make such changes in its regulations, policies and procedures as are necessary to implement the enrollment, Medicaid eligibility, and certification requirements established pursuant to subsection A of this section.

C. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall develop and submit for approval no later than November 1, 2011, applications for waivers or amendments to waivers of applicable federal laws and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Choices for Long-Term Care Act. Copies of all waivers submitted to the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall be provided to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate within ten (10) days of their submissions. Waivers and amendments to waivers approved by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as provided in this section shall be provided to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate within ten (10) days of their approval. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall implement any waivers and amendments to waivers approved by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services no later than January 1, 2012, or within sixty (60) days of their approval. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall report the savings as the result of the Oklahoma Choices for Long-Term Care Act each year in its annual report.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 297, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2011.