NASHVILLE (AP) -- A proposal that will allow the state to offer more home and community-based care has passed the House.
The House voted 97-0 to pass the bill championed by Gov. Phil Bredesen and sponsored by Rep. Dennis Ferguson, a Democrat from Harriman.
The Senate must approve some small differences between its version and the House's.
TennCare, the state expanded Medicaid program, currently spends almost all its annual $1.2 billion long-term care budget on nursing homes.
The legislation would begin the process of directing about half of those funds toward home-based care over the next decade.
It also seeks to simplify the process for determining eligibility and for enrolling in home-based care programs.
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