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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="15-131" title_number="15" title_name="Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Medical and Pharmacy Assistance Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall investigate development of integrated care systems and the feasibility and desirability of applying for a home- and community-based services waiver in order to maximize federal matching funds for the provision of services to adults who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Have functional disabilities, including Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Have family income not greater than 200% of the federal poverty level; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Would otherwise require nursing home institutionalization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The services covered under the waiver under this section may include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Routine and emergency respite care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Adult day care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Personal care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Case management; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Homemaker services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department may place a reasonable limit on the number of individuals or on the geographic area of the State included in the waiver under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
