Section 7 AAC 140.520 - Care plan counseling(a) The department will provide care plan counseling to a recipient, or to an individual who may become a recipient, who appears to require placement in a nursing facility before that individual is admitted to the nursing facility. A care plan counselor shall provide an individual with information about alternative methods of meeting the individual's need for nursing facility care.(b) The department will prepare and submit the nursing facility level-of-care authorization form required by 7 AAC 140.525(c) or 7 AAC 140.530(b) for each individual who receives care plan counseling from the department.(c) The department may exempt an individual from care plan counseling in specific geographic regions of the state if the department determines care plan counseling is impractical because of the low volume of nursing facility admissions, the lack of alternative methods of meeting long-term care needs, or the inability to provide care plan counseling on a timely basis. If an individual in a geographic region is exempted from care plan counseling, the nursing facility that admits the individual must meet the requirements of 7 AAC 140.525, 7 AAC 140.530, or 7 AAC 140.535, whichever is applicable to the recipient.(d) Unless the individual is exempt under (c) of this section, a general acute care hospital, inpatient psychiatric hospital, or nursing facility shall inform the department that an individual is in need of care plan counseling by following the procedure in 7 AAC 140.525, 7 AAC 140.530, or 7 AAC 140.535, whichever is applicable to the recipient.Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.07.030
AS 47.07.040