Eligibility Criteria for Medical Assistance Programs and Services

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
4. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services
5. Service System
6. Eligibility Criteria for Medical Assistance Programs and Services

1. Notwithstanding any state law to the contrary, eligibility criteria for medical assistance programs and services pursuant to title 71, chapter 5, for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities shall be established by the bureau of TennCare, and set forth in the medicaid state plan, federal waivers, or in rules promulgated by the bureau of TennCare, and shall be subject to the availability of funding in each year's general appropriations act.
2. Notwithstanding any state law to the contrary, eligibility criteria for state-funded programs and services for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities shall be established by the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities and set forth in department rules, and shall be subject to the availability of funding in each year's general appropriations act.

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