Provides medical indemnity fund reimbursement for care provided by a family member certified as a complex care assistant; directs the commissioner of health to develop a certification process for individuals as complex care assistants.
Establishes a family caregiver program which shall receive reimbursement from Medicaid and directs the commissioner of health to secure approval from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for family caregivers.
Providing for certification of community paramedicine providers, for community paramedicine service coverage by casualty insurance carriers and for medical assistance reimbursement.
Directs the director of the office of the aging to establish a caregiver crisis hotline to provide emotional support resources for informal caregivers of a person in need of assistance.
Directs the department of health to establish and administer a program for the certification, operation, and oversight of two prescribed pediatric extended care centers to provide supportive services to medically stable and medically complex children who require continual care.
Directs the department of health to establish and administer a program for the certification, operation, and oversight of two prescribed pediatric extended care centers to provide supportive services to medically stable and medically complex children who require continual care.