La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § XXI-16107

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXI-16107 - Programmatic Allocation of Waiver Opportunities

A. The intellectual/developmental disabilities request for services registry, hereafter referred to as "the registry," shall be used to identify individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who are waiting for an OCDD waiver opportunity. Individuals who are found eligible for developmental disabilities services using standardized tools, and who request waiver services will be added to the registry. The request for services registry (RFSR) is arranged by urgency of need and date of application for developmentally disabled (DD) waiver services.

B. The ROW serves eligible individuals in the following populations and is based on the following priorities:

1. Priority 1. The one-time transition of persons eligible for developmental disability (DD) services in either OAAS Community Choices Waiver (CCW) or OAAS Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) Waiver to the ROW.

2. Priority 2. Individuals living at Pinecrest Supports and Services Center or in a publicly operated ICF/IID when it was transitioned to a private ICF/IID through a cooperative endeavor agreement (CEA facility), or their alternates. Alternates are defined as individuals living in a private ICF/IID who will give up the private ICF/IID bed to an individual living at Pinecrest or to an individual who was living in a publicly operated ICF/IID when it was transitioned to a private ICF/IID through a cooperative endeavor agreement. Individuals requesting to transition from Pinecrest 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 state operated facility at the time the facility was privatized and became a CEA facility.

3. Priority 3. Individuals on the registry who have the highest level of need and the earliest registry date shall be notified in writing when a funded OCDD waiver opportunity is available and that he/she is next in line to be evaluated for a possible waiver assignment, and the ROW shall have justification based on a uniform needs-based assessment and a person-centered planning that the ROW is the OCDD waiver that will best meet the needs of the individual.

4. Priority 4. Individuals transitioning from ICF/IID facilities utilizing ROW conversion.

C. OCDD has the responsibility to monitor the utilization of ROW opportunities. At the discretion of OCDD, specifically allocated waiver opportunities may be reallocated to better meet the needs of citizens with developmental disabilities in the state of Louisiana.

La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XXI-16107

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 33:2441 (November 2007), Amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 422155 (10/1/2015), Amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 4262 (1/1/2016), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 432530 (12/1/2017), Amended LR 451764 (12/1/2019), Amended LR 471508 (10/1/2021).

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