N.J.S.A. 30:4D-17.25 — Definitions relative to long-term care for Medicaid recipients.

30:4D-17.25 Definitions relative to long-term care for Medicaid recipients. 3. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services. "Funding parity between nursing home care and home and community-based care" means that the distribution of the amounts expended for these two categories of long-term care under the Medicaid program reflects an appropriate balance between the service delivery costs of those persons whose needs and preferences can most appropriately be met in a nursing home and those persons whose needs and preferences can most appropriately be met in a home or community-based setting. "Home and community-based care" means Medicaid home and community-based long-term care options available in this State, including, but not limited to, the Global Options Waiver, Adult Day Health Services, Traumatic Brain Injury, AIDS Community Care Alternatives Program, Community Resources for People with Disabilities, and Community Resources for People with Disabilities Private Duty Nursing. L.2006, c.23, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.374.

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