Rhode Island General Laws Title 40. Human Services § 40-8.9-6. Recognizing long-term reform performance--Reporting

(1) The number of Medicaid-eligible persons aged sixty-five (65) years and over and adults with disabilities served in nursing facilities;

(2) The number of Medicaid-eligible persons aged sixty-five (65) years and over and adults with disabilities transitioned from nursing homes to Medicaid-supported home- and community-based care;

(3) The number of persons aged sixty-five (65) years and over and adults with disabilities served in Medicaid and office of healthy aging home and community care, to include home care, adult day services, assisted living, the personal choice program, the program of all-inclusive care of the elderly (PACE) and shared living;

(4) The dollar amounts and percent of expenditures spent on nursing facility care and home- and community-based care for those aged sixty-five (65) years and over and adults with disabilities and the average cost of care for nursing facility care and home- and community-based care;

(5) The amount of savings attributed to the value of the reduction in nursing home days, including hospice nursing home days paid for by Medicaid in accordance with § 40-8.9-4, and how the savings, if any, are allocated in the current fiscal year and in the proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year to promote and strengthen community-based alternatives; and

(6) Estimates of the continued investments necessary to provide stability to the existing system and establish the infrastructure and programs required to achieve systemwide reform and the targeted goal of spending fifty percent (50%) of Medicaid long-term-care dollars on nursing facility care and fifty percent (50%) on home- and community-based services.