Administration of budget.

The department of aging shall ensure that the unified long-term care budget established under section 173.43 of the Revised Code is administered in a manner that provides medicaid coverage of and expands access to all of the following as necessary to meet the needs of individuals receiving home and community-based services covered by medicaid components the department of aging administers: (A) To the extent permitted by the medicaid waivers authorizing department of aging-administered medicaid waiver components, all of the following medicaid waiver services provided under department of aging-administered medicaid waiver components: (1) Personal care services; (2) Home-delivered meals; (3) Adult day-care; (4) Homemaker services; (5) Emergency response services; (6) Medical equipment and supplies; (7) Chore services; (8) Social work counseling; (9) Nutritional counseling; (10) Independent living assistance; (11) Medical transportation; (12) Nonmedical transportation; (13) Home care attendant services; (14) Assisted living services; (15) Community transition services; (16) Enhanced community living services; (17) All other medicaid waiver services provided under department of aging-administered medicaid waiver components. (B) All of the following state medicaid plan services as specified in rules adopted under section 5164.02 of the Revised Code: (1) Home health services; (2) Private duty nursing services; (3) Durable medical equipment; (4) Services of a clinical nurse specialist; (5) Services of a certified nurse practitioner. (C) The services that the PACE program provides.