Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 112, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.
(a)Subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of a medicaid state plan amendment electing the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) as a state medicaid option, as provided for by Subtitle I (commencing with Section 4801) of Title IV of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) and Part 460 (commencing with Section 460.2) of Subchapter E of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, PACE program services shall become a covered benefit of the Medi-Cal program, subject to utilization
controls and eligibility criteria that require that the beneficiary be certifiable for nursing facility services based on Medi-Cal criteria.
(b)Covered services under the PACE benefit of the Medi-Cal program include those set forth in 42 C.F.R. 460.92.
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