Current through September, 2024
Section 17-1418-5 - Scope of services(a) Placement services include one or more of the following activities for the individual meeting eligibility requirements specified in section 17-1418-4: (1) Determination that domiciliary care home placement is appropriate;(2) Assistance to the individual in learning about, applying for, and receiving income entitlements such as social security benefits, state supplemental payments, veterans' benefits, or financial assistance;(3) Placement into an appropriate domiciliary care home; and(4) Monitoring of the individual's domiciliary care home placement to assist with adjustment and to maintain the placement, as appropriate.(b) Case management services include one or more of the following activities for the individual meeting eligibility requirements specified in section 17-1418-4: (1) Provision of services to the individual in placement and to the individual's relatives and friends, including: (A) Counseling to resolve problems which made the individual's placement necessary; and(B) Preparing and arranging with the individual, caregivers, and relatives or friends for the individual's return home or move to another out-of-home placement, including other long-term permanent care, as appropriate; and(2) Assistance to remain in a particular domiciliary care home if the individual does not wish to be moved and the operator is agreeable to the individual remaining, except when: (A) The individual requires a higher level of care than the current home is able to provide; or(B) The individual no longer needs domiciliary care services.(c) The services specified in subsections (a) and (b) shall be continued for a period not to exceed ninety calendar days after the department determines the individual's placement to be stable. The department's determination of stability shall include input from the individual and home operator and be based on there being no problems which would interfere with the individual continuing in the placement.[Eff 6/2 9/92; am and comp 4/17/95; comp 12/5/97; comp 1/23/03] (Auth: HRS §§ 346-14, 346-53) (Imp: HRS §§ 346-14, 346-53, 42 U.S.C. §1397 c )