Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-469.2-R1

Redraft Further EHS 469.2

Home Care Rates

Ms. Jehlen, Ms. L'Italien, Ms. Lovely, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Messrs. Brownsberger and Barrett moved that the amendment be amended in section 2, in item 9110-1630, by striking out the text in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

the proposed new text be amended, in section 2, in item 9110-1630, by adding the following words:- “, that the secretary of elder affairs shall develop a pilot program to provide home care services to certain persons whose annual income exceeds, by 15 per cent or less, the income eligibility limit as of January 1, 2016; provided further, that such persons may include those who: (i) are unable to afford sufficient unsubsidized home care for their needs; (ii) pose a risk of higher-cost state-provided care in a nursing facility should they be ineligible for home care; or (iii) lose home care eligibility as a result of a spouse’s death; provided further, that an amount not to exceed $1,075,000 shall be used for the pilot program which shall be allocated between items 9110-1630 and 9110-1633; provided further, the secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2018 on: (a) caseload and expenditures made from the pilot program; (b) projected cost effectiveness from the piloted population including, but not limited to, estimated savings from reduced medical costs, avoided nursing facility admissions and cost sharing by recipients; and (c) the estimated fiscal impact and cost benefits of expanding home care to all eligible persons whose annual income exceeds the  income eligibility limit in effect on January 1, 2016 by 15 per cent or less; provided further"; and

in said section 2, in said item 9110-1630, by striking out the figure “$158,143,536” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$159,218,536”.