The ICMT will review all reports of noncompliant clients for evaluation or re-assessment. The Department will determine membership on the ICMT on a case by case basis, but certain members are mandatory. Subsection 4 requires local area agencies on aging to provide volunteer training to all required reporters regarding the detection and report of elder abuse. After three or more violations, the Department may terminate the provider's contract. Providers may seek administrative review of the decision and may appeal to the circuit court.
Violation is defined as a determination of guilt.
The Department is currently required to maintain an employee disqualification list of persons who have abused or neglected in-home services clients. New language provides that any in-home services provider who knowingly employs a person on the disqualification list or on the Family Care Safety Registry will be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Upon initiation or change of services, the Department and a nurse will evaluate the client's condition and assign the client to a category. Each client with a non-nursing plan of service will receive at least two visits by a nurse. The cost of visits will be reimbursed to the provider if services are pre-authorized and will not be included in the maximum amount of medical assistance allowed to the client.