Program description

The director shall ensure that the buy-in program: (1) Provides categorically needy scope of care; (2) Provides home- and community-based long-term services and supports for an enrollee who meets the functional requirements for those programs, is approved for those services, and chooses to enroll in the buy-in program; (3) Approves coverage for six (6) months effective the first of the month in which a person applies and meets program requirements; (4) Allows a person who is eligible for another TennCare program to choose not to participate in the buy-in program; and (5) Deems a person ineligible for buy-in program coverage for a month in which the person received TennCare benefits under the medically needy program. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1002,s 1, eff. 5/21/2024. The director shall ensure that the buy-in program: (1) Provides categorically needy scope of care; (2) Provides home- and community-based long-term services and supports for an enrollee who meets the functional requirements for those programs, is approved for those services, and chooses to enroll in the buy-in program; (3) Approves coverage for six (6) months effective the first of the month in which a person applies and meets program requirements; (4) Allows a person who is eligible for another TennCare program to choose not to participate in the buy-in program; and (5) Deems a person ineligible for buy-in program coverage for a month in which the person received TennCare benefits under the medically needy program. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1002,s 1, eff. 5/21/2024.