Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part XXI - Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
Subpart 7 - Community Choices Waiver
Chapter 83 - Covered Services
Section XXI-8305 - Environmental Accessibility Adaptations
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXI-8305
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Environmental accessibility adaptations are necessary physical adaptations that will be made to the home to reasonably assure the health and welfare of the participant, or enable the participant to function with greater independence in the home.
1. There must be an identified need for
environmental accessibility adaptations as indicated by:
a. the interRAI assessment; or
b. supporting documentation of the
need.
2. A credentialed
environmental accessibility adaptation assessor must complete a written report
that includes:
a. verification of the need
for the adaptation(s);
b. draft job
specifications; and
c. cost
estimates for completion of the environmental accessibility
adaptation(s).
3. The
work must be completed by an enrolled, licensed contractor.
4. Environmental accessibility
adaptation(s)shall meet all job specifications as outlined in the written
report before payment is made to the contractor that performed the
environmental accessibility adaptation(s).
a.
If final inspection, conducted either by OAAS staff or the assessor, reveals
that the adaptation(s) is substandard, the costs of correcting the work will be
the responsibility of the party in error.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
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