(a) As used in this section, 'complex rehabilitation technology': (1) Means items classified within medicare as group 3, group 4, or group 5 power wheelchairs and manual wheelchairs with the HCPCS billing codes K0005 and E1161; and(2) Includes options and accessories related to any of such items.(b) The commissioner of finance and administration, or the commissioner's designee, shall recognize complex rehabilitation technology as a separate covered service from other items considered to be durable medical equipment within medicare, and must list complex rehabilitation technology benefits separately on any proposed budget document or other financial publication made available to the public if the budget document or other financial publication establishes a change in reimbursement for complex rehabilitation technology.Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 96,s 1, eff. 3/28/2019.
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