Section 180-RICR-10-00-3.8 - Bed RetentionA. It is the policy of the Rhode Island Veterans Home to allow its residents to retain their bed when absent provided they comply with the Home's maintenance fee regulation, Part 2 of this Subchapter, Rhode Island Veterans Home: Administrative Procedures for the Billing and Collection of Maintenance Fees.B. Residents who are hospitalized and whose nursing care requirements cannot be met at the Rhode Island Veterans Home shall be discharged as of the date notification from the hospital as to the extent of the resident's complexity of care and subsequent admission to another facility.C. Residents shall nominate an individual (next-of-kin or guardian) to exercise their bed retention rights in the event to which they are unable.D. Residents or their nominee, who fails to elect discharge within fifteen (15) days from the date of absence, shall be maintained on the rolls and subject to the procedure for billing and collection of maintenance fees.180 R.I. Code R. 180-RICR-10-00-3.8
Adopted effective 1/20/2019