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Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-11-232

Construction of chapter regarding providing assisted-care living facility services and care

Acts 1996, ch. 818, § 5.

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall require or authorize the state medicaid agency or a managed care organization to approve, supply or cover the services set out in § 68-11-201 for assisted-care living facilities.

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall require or authorize the state medicaid agency or a managed care organization to approve, supply or cover medically necessary home care services provided in an assisted-care living facility, where the home care services are provided, supervised or directed by any person or entity with an ownership or control interest or by a managing employee of an entity with an ownership or control interest in the licensed assisted-care living facility or a licensed nursing home.

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall require any other third party payer to approve, supply or cover medically necessary home care services provided in an assisted-care living facility, where the home care services are provided, supervised or directed by any person or entity with an ownership or control interest or by a managing employee of an entity with an ownership or control interest in the licensed assisted-care living facility or a licensed nursing home.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.