La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § IX-1131

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section IX-1131 - Monitoring the Plan of Support

A. Support coordinator or community services professional will maintain at least quarterly contact with the participant, with documentation to the record, for the duration of supports; contact can be face-to-face or by telephone except that home or vehicle modification(s) will professional to ensure the modifications are completed and accepted by the participant or his/her family prior to payment. Regardless of the manner of monitoring, a record of monitoring activities shall be maintained in the participant record at the LGE office.

B. Active plans of support will be monitored for the duration of support provision; the participant record will clearly indicate the period during which monitoring will occur and the point at which monitoring can be terminated.

C. Monitoring of supports shall address fiscal issues of whether receipts satisfy and conform to the conditions of delivery of the plan of support. Processing of receipts and billing forms shall not be considered an adequate monitoring of delivery of support.

D. Monitoring of the plan of support will involve follow-up of questionable fiscal practices, including attempts to recoup inappropriate payment if necessary. Such instances will include, but not be limited to, when adequate receipts are not submitted, when eligibility is in question, or when the individual or family has demonstrated questionable compliance with program policy.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § IX-1131

Promulgated by the Department of Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 43670 (4/1/2017), Amended by the Department of Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 46354 (3/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 28:824.