{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-1405","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-1405","heading":"Single entry point into the long-term care system","body":"The commissioner shall ensure that there is a single entry point into the long-term care system that is responsible for ensuring that persons seeking care and their families have access to readily available, easy-to-understand information about long-term care options. Functions performed by the single entry point may include counseling and assistance in evaluating long-term care options, screening and intake for long-term care programs, facilitated enrollment for medicaid financial eligibility and assistance with evaluation of level of care in order to facilitate determination of medical eligibility for medicaid long-term care services. Activities performed by the single entry point shall be conducted based on clear and consistent policies, processes and timelines in order to expedite access to available long-term care programs and services. To ensure the most seamless and efficient system possible, medicaid-eligible persons shall not be required to go back through the single entry point in order to access long-term care services, but rather shall have a single entity that is responsible for coordinating all of the medicaid benefits the member may need, including medical, behavioral, nursing facility and home and community-based services.","path":["TN Code","Title 71","Chapter 5"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"36bff82af4360bc9457840be59a08a364c5a7a9af63b08d703d59988f6fc958a","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-1404","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-1406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}