Healthcare (Long-Term Care)

This Senate Resolution honors the Kentucky state Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program for its advocacy work on behalf of nursing home and assisted living facility residents. The bill formally recognizes the program's efforts to protect resident rights, investigate complaints, and improve care quality across over 600 facilities serving more than 40,000 people. It directs the Senate Clerk to send a copy of the resolution to Senator Amanda Mays Bledsoe for delivery, serving as a commemorative acknowledgment rather than creating new policy requirements.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to prepare and submit a waiver amendment application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to amend the 1915(c) HCB waiver program to include coverage for assisted living services; establish coverage limits; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; require the cabinet or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1).