New Jersey Statutes 30:4D-6j. Criteria for Medicaid admission to certain long-term care facilities for HIV/AIDS patients
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4D-6j
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
1. a. Subject to federal financial participation under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.), the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall establish special long-term care facility admission criteria for Medicaid-eligible persons with HIV infection or AIDS, which would apply to facilities that only serve persons with HIV infection or AIDS.
b. The criteria shall enable admission of:
(1) persons with HIV infection who have medical or psycho-social co-morbidities, including, but not limited to: diabetes, cancer, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis B or C, substance abuse, mental illness or dementia; and
(2) persons with AIDS-defining illness and infection, including those persons newly diagnosed with HIV infection, which illness or infection includes, but is not limited to: pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus (CMV), oral-esophageal candidiasis, wasting, bacterial pneumonia, lymphoma, cryptococcal meningitis, mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) or Kaposi’s sarcoma.
b. The criteria shall enable admission of:
(1) persons with HIV infection who have medical or psycho-social co-morbidities, including, but not limited to: diabetes, cancer, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis B or C, substance abuse, mental illness or dementia; and
(2) persons with AIDS-defining illness and infection, including those persons newly diagnosed with HIV infection, which illness or infection includes, but is not limited to: pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus (CMV), oral-esophageal candidiasis, wasting, bacterial pneumonia, lymphoma, cryptococcal meningitis, mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) or Kaposi’s sarcoma.
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