Section 0720-19-.04 - APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE(1)(a) The Department will take appropriate steps to notify eligible providers and potentially - eligible persons of the availability of this program of the requirements to participate and of the process to make an application.(b) All applications shall be made upon forms provided by the Department. Completed applications shall be submitted to the Department for review. Failure to submit a completed application within forty-five (45) days of the applications being mailed out by the Department will result in the applicant being denied participation in the program for the current fiscal year. A decision on the application will be made within thirty (30) days of its receipt.(c) Potential providers must apply in the name of the licensee.(d) Current residents of a residential home for the aged which has been approved to participate, or which has a pending application should apply through a representative of the home for the aged.(e) Potential residents may apply themselves, through another, or through a representative of a home for the aged, but should also identify an approved provider who is willing to admit them as a resident.(f) Reimbursement will not be made until both the residential home for the aged and the resident have been approved for participation.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0720-19-.04
Original rule filed June 7, 1974; effective July 7, 1974. Repeal and new rule filed January 13, 1987; effective February 27, 1987. Amendment filed June 19, 1995; effective September 2, 1995. Transferred from chapter 1200-08-07 pursuant to Public Chapter 1119 of 2022 effective 7/1/2022.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 12-4-320 (Public Acts of 1986, Chapter 927), and 68-11-209.