Section 443.2 - Medical assistance payments for home health careThe following medical assistance payments shall be made in behalf of eligible persons whose care in the home has been prescribed by a physician, chiropractor or podiatrist:
(1) Rates established by the department for post-hospital home care, as specified by regulations of the department adopted under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act for not more than one hundred eighty days following a period of hospitalization, if such care is related to the reason the person was hospitalized and if given by a hospital as comprehensive, hospital type care in a patient's home;(2) Rates established by the department for home health care services if such services are furnished by a voluntary or governmental health agency.1967, June 13, P.L. 31, No. 21, art. 4, § 443.2, added 1968, July 31, P.L. 904, No. 273, § 5. Amended 1973, Nov. 28, P.L. 364, No. 128, § 1.