455 Ind. Admin. Code 1-1-1

Current through December 4, 2024

Section 455 IAC 1-1-1 - Purpose

Authority: IC 12-9.1-2-3

Affected: IC 12-10-12-33; IC 12-10-12-34; IC 12-15

Sec. 1.

The purpose of the health facility preadmission screening program is to determine whether there are community services available for individuals who need assistance with the tasks of daily living that would be more appropriate than care in a health facility and, if so, to deny permission to enter a health facility unless the individual is willing to forego eligibility for certain Medicaid reimbursement for a period of time beginning from the date of admission as specified in IC 12-10-12-33 and IC 12-10-12-34.

455 IAC 1-1-1

Division of Aging; 455 IAC 1-1-1; filed Jul 25, 1985, 3:39 p.m.: 8 IR 1984; filed Aug 7, 1995, 10:00 a.m.: 18 IR 3383; readopted filed Nov 14, 2001, 4:45 p.m.: 25 IR 1270; readopted filed Nov 30, 2007, 4:47 p.m.: 20071226-IR-460070733RFA; readopted filed Nov 15, 2013, 3:22 p.m.: 20131211-IR-455130453RFA

Readopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:55 a.m.: 20191211-IR-455190488RFA

Transferred from the Department on Aging and Community Services ( 450 IAC 1-1-1) to the Division of Aging and Rehabilitative Services ( 460 IAC 1-1-1) by P.L. 41-1987, SECTION 23, effective July 1, 1987.

Transferred from the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services ( 460 IAC 1-1-1) to the Division of Aging ( 455 IAC 1-1-1) by P.L. 153-2011, SECTION 21, effective July 1, 2011.