Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 745 - ASSESSMENT IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES › Part II - Assessment Services › Section 22VAC40-745-20 - Persons to be assessed

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. All
				  residents of and applicants to assisted living facilities must be assessed
				  face-to-face using the uniform assessment instrument prior to admission, at
				  least annually, and whenever there is a significant change in the resident's
				  condition.
B. For private pay
				  individuals, qualified staff of the assisted living facility or an independent
				  private physician may complete the uniform assessment instrument. Qualified
				  staff of the assisted living facility are employees of the facility who have
				  successfully completed state-approved training on the uniform assessment
				  instrument for either public or private pay assessments. The assisted living
				  facility maintains documentation of the completed training. The administrator
				  or the administrator's designated representative must approve and sign the
				  completed uniform assessment instrument for private pay individuals. A private
				  pay individual may request the assessment be completed by a qualified public
				  human services agency assessor. When a public human services agency assessor
				  completes the uniform assessment instrument for a private pay individual, the
				  agency may determine and charge a fee for private pay applicants and residents;
				  the fee may not exceed the fee paid by DMAS for public pay applicants and
				  residents.
C. For public pay
				  individuals, a uniform assessment instrument shall be completed by a case
				  manager or a qualified assessor to determine the need for residential care or
				  assisted living care services. The assessor is qualified to complete the
				  assessment if the assessor has completed a state-approved training course on
				  the state-designated uniform assessment instrument. Public human services
				  agency assessors who routinely complete, as part of their job descriptions,
				  uniform assessment instruments for applicants to or residents of assisted
				  living facilities prior to January 1, 2004, may be deemed to be qualified
				  assessors without the completion of the training course. Qualified assessors
				  who may authorize assisted living facility services for public pay individuals
				  are employees of (i) local departments of social services; (ii) area agencies
				  on aging; (iii) centers for independent living; (iv) community services boards;
				  (v) local departments of health; (vi) state facilities operated by the
				  Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services,
				  (vii) acute-care hospitals, and (viii) Department of Corrections Community
				  Release Units; and independent physicians.
D. The assisted living facility must
				  coordinate with the assessor to ensure that the uniform assessment instrument
				  is completed as required.
Statutory Authority
§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-1732 of the Code of
						Virginia.