(a) The administrative action plan shall identify the funds to be transferred into the consolidated long-term care services fund.
(b) The funds shall include Medi-Cal long-term institutional care, the Medi-Cal Personal Care Services Program, and the In-Home Supportive Services Program and may include funds from the following programs and services:
(1) Multipurpose Seniors Services Program.
(2) Alzheimer’s Day Care Resources Centers Program.
(3) Linkages Program.
(4) Respite Program.
(5) Adult Day Health Care Program.
(6) Medi-Cal home health agency services.
(7) Medi-Cal home-based and community-based waiver programs.
(8) Medi-Cal hospice services.
(9) Medi-Cal acute care hospital services.
(10) Other Medi-Cal services, including, but not limited to, primary, ancillary, and acute care.
(c) Optional program funds enumerated in subdivision (b) of Section 14139.32 shall be included in the long-term care services fund in any case where a program was funded prior to its integration into the pilot project.
(d) In determining which project sites to select for participation in the pilot program, the department shall give preference to those sites that include funds from the largest number of programs existing within the project site at the time the site applies for selection, provided the administrative action plan meets all other selection criteria. With the exception of up to one rural county, preference shall be given to project sites that include primary, ancillary, and acute care in the consolidated fund, provided their administrative action plan meets all other selection criteria.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 875, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)