La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § XXI-13707
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section XXI-13707 - Programmatic Allocation of Waiver OpportunitiesA. The intellectual/developmental disabilities request for services registry, hereafter referred to as "the registry," is the list that documents and maintains the person's name and protected request date for waiver services. A person's protected request date for any OCDD waiver is the date of the first face-to-face interview in which he/she applied for waiver services and is determined eligible for developmental disabilities services by the entry unit. The order of entry into an OCDD waiver is needs based from the registry arranged by an urgency of need assessment and date of application for developmentally disabled (DD) waiver services.B. Funded OCDD waiver opportunities shall be offered based on the following priority groups: 1. individuals living at a publicly operated ICF-IDD or who lived at a publicly operated ICF-IDD when it was transitioned to a private ICF-IDD through a cooperative endeavor agreement (CEA facility), or their alternates. Alternates are defined as individuals living in a private ICF-IDD who will give up the private ICF-IDD bed to an individual living at a publicly operated ICF-IDD when it transitioned to a private ICF-IDD through a cooperative endeavor agreement (CEA Facility). Individuals requesting to transition from a publicly operated ICF-IDD are awarded a slot when one is requested, and their health and safety can be assured in an OCDD waiver. This also applies to individuals who were residing in a publicly operated facility at the time the facility was privatized and became a CEA facility. The funded waiver opportunity will be reserved for a period not to exceed 120 days; however, this 120-day period may be extended as needed;2. individuals on the registry who have a current unmet need as defined by a screening for urgency of need (SUN) score of (three) urgent or (four) emergent and the earliest registry date shall be notified in writing when a funded OCDD waiver opportunity is available.C. The Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities has the responsibility to monitor the utilization of NOW opportunities. At the discretion of the OCDD, specifically allocated waiver opportunities may be reallocated, to better meet the needs of citizens with developmental disabilities in the state of Louisiana.D. Funded waiver opportunities will only be allocated to individuals who successfully complete the financial and medical eligibility process required for waiver certification.La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XXI-13707
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 31:2900 (November 2005), amended LR 33:2440 (November 2007), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 37:3526 (December 2011), LR 40:70 (January 2014), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 432529 (12/1/2017), Amended LR 481546 (6/1/2022).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.