10A NCAC 71C .0104       PRE-PLACEMENT PROCEDURES

(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 .0114, 10 NCAC 22B .0201 and .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.

History Note:        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.