Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-5-79

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 21, May 23, 2024

Section 30-5-79 - Scope of and reimbursement for home-and community-based services for persons with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities

The scope of home-and community-based services for persons with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities shall consist of those services provided under the authority of the applicable federally-approved waiver to the Kansas medicaid state plan.

(a) Prior to the development of any plan to provide services, the need for services shall be determined by an individualized assessment of the prospective recipient by a provider of community-based screening services.

(b) Home-and community-based services shall be provided in accordance with an individualized, written plan of care approved in writing by the Kansas department of social and rehabilitation services. Each annual review and amendment of this plan shall be approved in the same fashion. This plan shall:

(1) Be based on needs identified during the screening assessment;

(2) specify each service to be provided and why each service was selected, or how each service will address any specific need identified by the assessment;

(3) specify the frequency, and within what limits, each service shall be provided;

(4) specify what other support services are required and the plan for obtaining them;

(5) be prepared in consultation with the recipient or the recipient's guardian, if one has been appointed;

(6) be approved in writing by the recipient or the recipient's guardian, as appropriate; and

(7) be reviewed at least annually and updated as necessary.

(c) Reimbursement for home-and community-based services for persons with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities shall be based upon reasonable fees as related to customary charges, except that no fee shall be paid in excess of the range maximum. The effective date of this regulation shall be October 28, 1991.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-5-79

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 39-708c; effective, T-30-8-9-91, Aug. 30, 1991; effective Oct. 28, 1991.