North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter C - ADULT PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section .0100 - SERVICE REQUIREMENTS › Section 71C .0104 - PRE-PLACEMENT PROCEDURES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				  county department of social services is responsible for facilitating the
				  completion and prior approval of FL-2, MR-2 and Pre-Admission Screening and
				  Annual Resident Review (PASARR) Level I screening forms for clients receiving
				  Adult Placement Services by following procedures codified in
				  10A NCAC
				  13G .0702,
				  10A NCAC
				  22A .0101,
				  10A NCAC
				  22O .0108 and
				  22O .0114,
				  10 NCAC
				  22B .0201 and
				  22B .0202, and the regulations for
				  Pre-Admission Screening and Annual Resident Review from the Omnibus Budget
				  Reconciliation Acts (0BRA) of 1987 and 1990 published in the Federal Register,
				  Volume 57, No. 230, pages 56450-56514,
				  November 30, 1992.
				  10A NCAC
				  13G .0702, 22A .0101, 22O .0108 and .0114,
				  22B .0201 and .0202, and the regulations for Pre-Admission Screening and Annual
				  Resident Review are incorporated by reference, including subsequent amendments
				  and editions. Copies of these Rules may be obtained from the Office of
				  Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6714,
				  (919) 733-2678, at a cost of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for up to ten
				  pages and fifteen cents ($.15) for each additional page at the time of the
				  adoption of this Rule. Copies of pages
				  56450-56514 of Volume 57, No. 230 of the
				  Federal Register may be obtained from the Performance Reporting and Automation
				  Branch, NC Division of Social Services, 325 N. Salisbury Street, 2415 Mail
				  Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2415, (919) 733-4530, at a cost of ten cents
				  ($.10) per page at the time of adoption of this Rule.
(b) The facilitation of FL-2, MR-2 and PASARR
				  form completion can be accomplished by informing the client, family or other
				  representative of procedures for getting the forms completed and following up
				  to see that the procedures are followed. If the client is not able to follow
				  the procedures and has no family or representative able or willing to do so,
				  the social worker must work more directly with the physician or other health
				  care provider to get the form(s) completed. This includes assisting the client
				  in locating resources for completion of the form, including transportation and
				  a physician.
(c) A Consent for the
				  Release of Information must be obtained for every client who is receiving Adult
				  Placement Services. The consent must be obtained according to rules codified in
				  10A NCAC
				  69, which are incorporated by reference,
				  including subsequent amendments and editions. Copies of these Rules may be
				  obtained from the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center,
				  Raleigh, NC 27699-6714, (919) 733-2678, at a cost of two dollars and fifty
				  cents ($2.50) for up to ten pages and fifteen cents ($.15) for each additional
				  page at the time of the adoption of this Rule.
(d) Social work staff must inform applicants
				  for Adult Placement Services of the availability of State/County Special
				  Assistance for Adults or Medicaid to cover the cost of care in a facility, and
				  the procedures for making an application if they are interested and have not
				  already applied.
(e) Local agency
				  procedures must be established to assure that FL-2, MR-2, and PASARR (Level I
				  screening or notice of final determination) forms are shared among income
				  maintenance and social work staff when they have mutual clients.
(f) The social worker must coordinate with
				  income maintenance staff regarding the eligibility of clients receiving Adult
				  Placement Services, and must assist the client, family or representative in
				  following procedures to establish eligibility for income maintenance programs
				  as needed to facilitate placement or other services.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. March 1,
					 1994;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.