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10 GCA § 2912.6

Home Health Services

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 10 — Health and Safety
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(a)The following home health services shall be covered by MIP for one hundred

(100)days per year when medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician:

(1)home health visits by licensed practitioner or home health aide;

(2)prescribed medical supplies not otherwise available over the counter; and

(3)intermittent equipment and appliances provided on a part-time or intermittent basis by a licensed home health agency within a recipient’s residence.

(4)Standard Wheelchairs;

(5)Walkers;

(6)Crutches;

(7)Standard Hospital Beds;

(8)Bedside Rails;

(9)Bedpans;

(10)Oxygen Related Equipment.

(b)Home Health Services Not Covered. The following home health agency services shall not be covered:

(1)private duty nursing, domiciliary care or rest cures; and

(2)unskilled services.

(c)Limitations and Exclusions. All home health services are subject to the stated benefit limitations and exclusions outlined in § 2912 through § 2913.

§ The story of this section

  1. Enacted by P.L. 25-163 § 1 — introduced as Bill 467-25 · introduced by Simon A. Sanchez II
  2. Amended by P.L. 27-30 § 2 — introduced as Bill 155-27 · introduced by Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.