{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-1408","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-1408","heading":"Strategies to encourage utilization of cost-effective home and community-based services - Requirements related to nursing facility diversion","body":"(a) The commissioner shall develop and implement strategies to encourage the utilization of cost-effective home and community-based services in lieu of institutional placement. (b) The commissioner shall specify in contractor risk agreements with integrated long-term care contractors requirements related to nursing facility diversion. The requirements may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Documentation prior to approval of nursing facility admission that an individual and the individual's family or other caregivers have been advised of home and community-based alternatives and that the alternatives are not appropriate, cost-effective or desired; and (2) A requirement for care coordinators to work with hospital discharge planners and to provide face-to-face visits in nursing facilities within a minimum number of days following admission to develop a plan, as appropriate, for transition back to a home or community-based setting. Acts 2008 , ch. 1190, § 9.\n(a) The commissioner shall develop and implement strategies to encourage the utilization of cost-effective home and community-based services in lieu of institutional placement.\n(b) The commissioner shall specify in contractor risk agreements with integrated long-term care contractors requirements related to nursing facility diversion. The requirements may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Documentation prior to approval of nursing facility admission that an individual and the individual's family or other caregivers have been advised of home and community-based alternatives and that the alternatives are not appropriate, cost-effective or desired; and (2) A requirement for care coordinators to work with hospital discharge planners and to provide face-to-face visits in nursing facilities within a minimum number of days following admission to develop a plan, as appropriate, for transition back to a home or community-based setting.\n(1) Documentation prior to approval of nursing facility admission that an individual and the individual's family or other caregivers have been advised of home and community-based alternatives and that the alternatives are not appropriate, cost-effective or desired; and\n(2) A requirement for care coordinators to work with hospital discharge planners and to provide face-to-face visits in nursing facilities within a minimum number of days following admission to develop a plan, as appropriate, for transition back to a home or community-based setting.","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":"813a141d17461289658b6b401b45f16aaf7926e189f12c2273702cc6997e6efc","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-1407","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-71-5-1409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}