Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-198.11a: Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and

Support Services (Oklahoma CD-PASS) Act – Oklahoma Consumer-Directed

Personal Assistance and Support Services Demonstration Program –

Services included – Duties of Aging Services Division.

A. The Aging Services Division within the Department of Human

Services, upon the approval of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Services, shall establish the Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal

Assistance and Support Services (Oklahoma CD-PASS) Demonstration

Program. The purpose of the Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal

Assistance and Support Services Demonstration Program shall be to

enhance the range of choices and options for Medicaid-eligible

consumers, on a voluntary basis, who require long-term care support

services, and to assist families with a Medicaid-eligible member who

requires long-term care support services to arrange and purchase

their own personal care and related services.

B. The Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and

Support Services Demonstration Program includes, but is not limited

to, the following types of services:

1. a. Basic services, such as getting a recipient in and out

of a bed or in or out of a wheelchair or motorized

chair, or both,

b. Assisting with certain bodily functions, such as

bathing and personal hygiene, dressing and grooming,

and feeding including preparation and cleanup;

2. Ancillary services such as shopping and cleaning;

3. Companion-type services such as transportation, letter

writing and reading; and

4. Any other service requested by the eligible recipient

needing care and services.

C. 1. In developing the Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal

Assistance and Support Services Demonstration Program, the Aging

Services Division shall develop guidelines, eligibility criteria,

program performance standards, and techniques to evaluate the

outcomes of the Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and

Support Services Demonstration Program.

2. The Demonstration Program, at a minimum, shall have the

following requirements:

a. the cost in the aggregate of the services offered

through the CD-PASS Program care plan shall be equal

to or less than the average cost of the Advantage

Waiver Program service or personal care plan as

applicable,

b. the baseline level of consumer satisfaction shall be

measured by an independent third party prior to

initiation of the Demonstration Program,

c. the scope of services offered within the CD-PASS

Program shall comply with current state statutes and

rules, and federal regulations, and

d. program evaluation which shall include an indication

of whether:

(1) consumer satisfaction for CD-PASS Program

participants is higher than or equal to consumer

satisfaction for Advantage Waiver Program

clients, as measured by an independent third

party, and

pe of services offered within the CD-PASS

Program shall comply with current state statutes and

rules, and federal regulations, and

d. program evaluation which shall include an indication

of whether:

(1) consumer satisfaction for CD-PASS Program

participants is higher than or equal to consumer

satisfaction for Advantage Waiver Program

clients, as measured by an independent third

party, and

(2) the percentage of delivered hours of the CD-PASS

Program client care plan are greater than or

equal to the percentage of delivered hours of the

Advantage Waiver Program service or personal care

plan.

D. The Aging Services Division may:

1. Consult with various federal, state and local entities in

order to fulfill the purposes of the Oklahoma Consumer-Directed

Personal Assistance and Support Services Demonstration Program;

2. Contract with entities in fulfilling the purposes of the

Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and Support Services

Demonstration Program; and

3. Upon the approval of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Services and the availability of funds, expand the Oklahoma

Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and Support Services

Demonstration Program statewide if the evaluation provided for in

subsection C of this section demonstrates consumer satisfaction with

and cost effectiveness in the delivery of the Program.

E. The Commission for Human Services and the Oklahoma Health

Care Authority Board shall promulgate any rules necessary to

implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal

Assistance and Support Services Act.