Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-5-.01

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 560-X-5-.01 - General

(1) Inpatient psychiatric services for recipients age 65 or over, are covered services when provided:

(a) In a free-standing psychiatric hospital exclusively for the treatment of persons age 65 or over with serious mental illness (as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition);

(b) Under the direction of a geriatric psychiatrists;

(c) After the recipient reaches the age of 65; and

(d) To a patient remaining in a facility for the course of the hospitalization.

(2) Inpatient psychiatric services for recipients age 65 and over are unlimited if medically necessary and the admission and/or the continued stay reviews meet the approved psychiatric criteria.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-5-.01

Rule effective October 1, 1982. Amended effective April 12, 1984. Repealed: Filed February 7, 1994; effective March 14, 1994. New Rule: Filed September 6, 1995; effective October 12, 1995.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIII, Issue No. 09, June 30, 2015, eff. 7/16/2015.

Author: Solomon Williams, Associate Director, Institutional Services

Statutory Authority: State Plan, Attachment 3.1-14.