La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § XV-7301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-7301 - Introduction

A. Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Personal Care Services (PCS)

1. Personal Care Services are services which prevent institutionalization and enable the beneficiary to live in the community. PCS are tasks which are medically necessary when physical or cognitive limitations due to illness or injury necessitate assistance with:

a. eating;

b. toileting;

c. bathing;

d. bed mobility;

e. transferring;

f. dressing;

g. locomotion;

h. personal hygiene; or

i. bladder or bowel requirements.

2. Repealed.

La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XV-7301

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 21:947 (September 1995), repromulgated for LAC codification, LR 29:177 (February 2003), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 45905 (7/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.