Section 29-5000. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

5000.1These rules establish the standards and conditions of participation for home care agencies providing Medicaid reimbursable personal care aide (PCA) services under the District of Columbia Medicaid Program’s State Plan for Medical Assistance (Medicaid State Plan).

 

5000.2       Medicaid reimbursable PCA services support and promote the following goals:

 

(a)  To provide cueing or necessary hands-on assistance with the activities of daily living to beneficiaries who are unable to perform one or more activities of daily living; and

 

(b)  To encourage home and community-based care as a preferred and cost-effective alternative to institutional care.

 

 

authority

An Act to enable the District of Columbia to receive federal financial assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act for a medical assistance program, and for other purposes approved December 27, 1967 (81 Stat.774; D.C. Official Code § 1-307.02 (2012 Repl.)) and Section 6(6) of the Department of Health Care Finance Establishment Act of 2007, effective February 27, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-109; D.C. Official Code § 7-771.05(6)(2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 3957 (May 23, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 1760, 1761 (March 2, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 15537 (November 8, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 14134 (November 18, 2016).