460 IAC 17-3-3 Per diem reimbursement rates

Sec. 3. (a) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for the residential care assistance program, a facility that is not licensed under IC 16-28 that is providing residential care shall receive per diem reimbursement of twenty-seven dollars ($27) for each recipient. If such facility charges the general public a rate of less than twenty-seven dollars ($27), the facility shall receive per diem reimbursement from the division equal to the rate the facility charges the general public. (b) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for the residential care assistance program, a facility that is licensed under IC 16-28 that is providing residential care shall receive per diem reimbursement of thirty-nine dollars and thirty-five cents ($39.35) for each recipient receiving residential care assistance from the division. This per diem reimbursement takes into account the rules for residential care for facilities that are licensed under IC 16-28. If such facility charges the general public a rate of less than thirty-nine dollars and thirty-five cents ($39.35), the facility shall receive per diem reimbursement from the division equal to the rate the facility charges the general public. (c) If a recipient has applied excess income toward residential care assistance pursuant to IC 12-10-6-4(b), the amount paid by the division to the affected provider will be reduced by the amount received by the recipient.