TITLE XII
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE

Chapter 161-N
HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCY SERVICES

Section 161-N:1

    161-N:1 Purpose. – Older adults and people with disabilities, including children with special health care needs, require the support of home health care services. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure medically-necessary home health care services are available to Medicaid recipients at their residences and in non-institutional locations outside of the residence in which normal life activities take place.

Source. 2016, 273:1, eff. June 16, 2016.

Section 161-N:2

    161-N:2 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
II. "Home health care services" means care provided by a home health care agency licensed under RSA 151, when that care is provided at the residence of the recipient or in a non-institutional setting where normal life activities take place. The residence of the recipient shall not include a hospital, a nursing facility, or an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, except for home health care services in an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities that are not required to be provided by the facility.

Source. 2016, 273:1, eff. June 16, 2016.

Section 161-N:3

    161-N:3 Home Health Care Services Location. – Medicaid coverage of medically-necessary home health care services shall be available to Medicaid recipients at their residences and in any non-institutional setting in which normal life activities take place.

Source. 2016, 273:1, eff. June 16, 2016.

Section 161-N:4

    161-N:4 Rulemaking. –
The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
I. Further definition of home health care services under RSA 161-N:3.
II. Content and format of forms required under this chapter.
III. Any other matter necessary to the proper administration of this chapter.

Source. 2016, 273:1, eff. June 16, 2016.