Virginia Administrative Code
Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 745 - ASSESSMENT IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
Part II - Assessment Services
Section 22VAC40-745-90 - Actions to be taken upon completion of the uniform assessment instrument

1. Upon completion of the uniform assessment instrument for admission, a significant change in the resident's condition, or the annual reassessment, the case manager or a qualified assessor shall forward to the local department of social services financial eligibility worker in the appropriate agency of jurisdiction, in the format specified by the department, the effective date of admission or change in level of care. Qualified assessors who may perform the annual reassessment or a change in level of care for public pay individuals are employees of (i) local departments of social services; (ii) area agencies on aging; (iii) centers for independent living; (iv) community services boards; and (v) local departments of health, or an independent physician to complete the uniform assessment instrument.

2. The completed uniform assessment instrument, the referral to the financial eligibility worker, and other relevant data shall be maintained in the assisted living facility resident's record.

3. The annual reassessment shall be completed by the qualified assessor conducting the initial assessment. If the original assessor is neither willing nor able to complete the assessment and another assessor is not available, the local department of social services where the resident resides following placement in an assisted living facility shall be the assessor.

4. Clients of a community services board shall be assessed and reassessed by qualified assessors employed by the community services board.

5. The facility shall provide to the community services board or behavioral health authority notification of uniform assessment instruments that indicate observed behaviors or patterns of behavior indicative of mental illness, intellectual disability, substance abuse, or behavioral disorders, pursuant to § 63.2-1805B of the Code of Virginia.