La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § XXI-13917

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

Section XXI-13917 - Prevocational Services

A. Prevocational services are individualized, person centered services that assist the beneficiary in establishing their path to obtain individualized community employment. This service is time limited and targeted for people who have an interest in becoming employed in an individual job in the community but may need additional skills, information and experiences to determine their employment goal and to become successfully employed. Beneficiaries receiving prevocational services may choose to leave this service at any time or pursue employment opportunities at any time.

1. - 2. Repealed.

B. Prevocational services may be delivered in a combination of these three service types:

1. onsite prevocational services;

2. community career planning;

3. virtual prevocational services.

C. Prevocational services are to be provided in a variety of locations in the community and are not to be limited to a fixed site facility. Activities associated with prevocational services should focus on preparing the beneficiary for integrated individual employment in the community. These services are operated through a provider agency that is licensed by the appropriate state licensing agency. Beneficiaries receiving prevocational services must participate in activities designed to establish an employment related goal as part their CPOC. Prevocational services are designed to help create a path to integrated communitybased employment for which a beneficiary is compensated at or above minimum wage, but not less than the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by individuals without disabilities.

1. Repealed.

D. Prevocational services are provided on a regularly scheduled basis and may be scheduled on a comprehensive plan of care for one or more days per week and may be prior authorized for up to 8,320 units of service in a plan year with appropriate documentation. A standard unit is one-quarter hour (15 minute increment).

E. Exclusions. The following service exclusions apply to prevocational services.

1. Prevocational services are not available to beneficiaries who are eligible to participate in programs funded under section 110 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or sections 602(16) and (17) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, [20 U.S.C. 1401(26) and (29)], as amended, and covered under the Medicaid State Plan, if applicable.

2. Prevocational services cannot be provided or billed during the same hours on the same day as other services.

3. All virtual prevocational services must be approved by the local governing entity or the OCDD state office.

4. Transportation is billed as a separate service.

F. Service Limits

1. Prevocational services cannot exceed 8,320 one-quarter hour units of service per CPOC year.

2. On-site prevocational and community career planning services are time limited and individually based with employment at the individual's highest level of work in the most integrated setting in the community while following applicable federal wage guidelines. Beneficiaries may choose to leave this service at any time or seek employment at any time.

3. Through permission from the local governing entity, a person may complete this service more than once.

G. Licensing Requirements. Providers must be licensed by the Department of Health as a home and communitybased services provider and must meet the module specific requirements for the service being provided.

La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XXI-13917

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Community Supports and Services, LR 30:1205 (June 2004), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 33:1649 (August 2007), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 40:75 (January 2014), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 4455 (1/1/2018), Amended LR 481551 (6/1/2022).

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