Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part VII - Long Term Care
Subpart 3 - Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Chapter 315 - Client Rights
Section VII-31503 - Notification of Rights

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code VII-31503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. All clients, families, and/or responsible parties will sign a statement that they have been fully informed verbally and in writing of the following information at the time of admission and when changes occur during the client's stay in the facility:

1. the facility's rules;

2. their rights;

3. their responsibilities to obey all reasonable rules and respect the personal rights and private property of clients; and

4. rules for conduct at the time of their admissions and subsequent changes during their stay in the facility.

B. Changes in client right policies will be conveyed both verbally and in writing to each client, family, and/or responsible party at the time of or before the change.

C. Receipt of the change will be acknowledged in writing by:

1. each client who is capable of doing so;

2. client's family; and/or

3. responsible party.

D. A client's written acknowledgment will be witnessed by a third person.

E. Each client must be fully informed in writing of all services available in the ICF/MR and of the charges for these services including any charges for services not paid for by Medicaid or not included in the facility's basic rate per day charges. The facility must provide this information either before or at the time of admission and on a continuing basis as changes occur in services or charges during the client's stay.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:153, R.S. 28.390, 42 CFR 483.420 and 483.410 (1), (2), (3), Title XIX of the Social Security Act, Section 601 of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and Age Discrimination Act of 1975.

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