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-8309 - Transition Services
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Transition Services are time limited, non-recurring set-up expenses available for individuals who have been offered and approved for a Community Choices Waiver opportunity and are transitioning from a nursing facility to a living arrangement in a private residence where the individual is directly responsible for his/her own living expenses.
B. Allowable expenses are those necessary to enable the individual to establish a basic household (excluding expenses for room and board) including, but not limited to:
C. These services must be prior approved in the participant's POC.
D. These services do not include monthly rental payments, mortgage expenses, food, recurring monthly utility charges, and household appliances and/or items intended for purely diversional/recreational purposes. These services may not be used to pay for furnishing or to set-up living arrangements that are owned or leased by a waiver provider.
E. Support coordinators shall exhaust all other resources to obtain these items prior to utilizing the waiver.
F. Funds are available up to the lifetime maximum amount identified in the federally-approved waiver document.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
