Sec. 7. The office shall implement the waiver approved by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under 42 C.F.R. § 433.68(e)(2) that provides for the following:

(1) Nonuniform quality assessment fee rates.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-28-15-7

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • continuing care retirement community: means a health care facility that:

    Indiana Code 16-28-15-2

  • health facility: refers to a health facility that is licensed under this article as a comprehensive care facility. See Indiana Code 16-28-15-3
  • office: refers to the office of Medicaid policy and planning established by Indiana Code 16-28-15-5
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) An exemption from collection of a quality assessment fee from the following:

(A) A continuing care retirement community as follows:

(i) A continuing care retirement community that was registered with the securities commissioner as a continuing care retirement community on or before January 1, 2007, and has continuously maintained at least one (1) continuing care agreement since on or before January 1, 2007, with an individual residing in the continuing care retirement community.

(ii) A continuing care retirement community that, for the period January 1, 2007, through June 30, 2009, operated independent living units, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of which are provided under contracts that require the payment of a minimum entrance fee of at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

(iii) An organization registered under IC 23-2-4 before July 1, 2009, that provides housing in an independent living unit for a religious order.

(iv) A continuing care retirement community that meets the definition set forth in section 2 of this chapter.

(B) A hospital based health facility.

(C) The Indiana Veterans’ Home.

Any revision to the state plan amendment or waiver request under this section is subject to and must comply with this chapter.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.162. Amended by P.L.278-2013, SEC.16.

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