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1312 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71,
1413 Chapter 5, relative to TennCare.
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1615 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
1716 SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-164, is amended by adding the
1817 following as a new subsection:
1918 (h) The director of TennCare shall take those actions the director deems
2019 necessary to enable the bureau of TennCare to make available to an enrollee in Part A
2120 of the Katie Beckett program the option to use the wraparound home- and community-
2221 based services funds allotted to the enrollee by means of a health reimbursement
2322 arrangement. Such actions may include seeking a waiver amendment or new federal
2423 waiver.
2524 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.