La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § XXI-13705

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

Section XXI-13705 - Denial of Admission or Discharge Criteria

A. Individuals shall be denied admission to or discharged from the NOW if one of the following criteria is met:

1. the individual does not meet the financial eligibility requirements for the Medicaid Program;

2. the individual does not meet the requirement for an ICF-IDD level of care;

3. the individual is incarcerated or placed under the jurisdiction of penal authorities, courts or state juvenile authorities;

4. the individual resides in another state or has a change of residence to another state;

5. the beneficiary is admitted to an ICF-IDD facility or nursing facility with the intent to stay and not to return to waiver services. The waiver beneficiary may return to waiver services when documentation is received from the treating physician that the admission is temporary and shall not exceed 90 days. The beneficiary will be discharged from the waiver on the ninety-first day if the beneficiary is still in the ICF-IDD or nursing facility;

6. the health and welfare of the beneficiary cannot be assured through the provision of NOW services within the beneficiary's approved comprehensive plan of care;

7. the individual fails to cooperate in the eligibility determination/re-determination process and in the development or implementation of the approved POC;

8. continuity of services is interrupted as a result of the individual not receiving a NOW service during a period of 30 or more consecutive days. This does not include interruptions in NOW services because of hospitalization, temporary admission to rehabilitation or nursing facilities, or non-routine lapses in services where the family agrees to provide all needed or paid natural supports. There must be documentation from the treating physician that this interruption will not exceed 90 days in the case of the admission to a rehabilitation or nursing facility. During this 90-day period, the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD) will not authorize payment for NOW services; and/or

9. there is no justification, based on a uniform needs-based assessment and a person-centered planning discussion, that the NOW is the only OCDD waiver that will meet the beneficiary's needs.

La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XXI-13705

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Community Supports and Services, LR 30:1202 (June 2004), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities LR 40:69 (January 2014), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 4451 (1/1/2018, Amended LR 45, Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Community Supports and Services, LR 30:1202 (June 2004), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities LR 40:69 (January 2014), amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 44:51 (January 2018), LR 4543 (1/1/2019), Amended LR 481546 (6/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.