Current through August 26, 2024
(1) POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES. A center shall have written policies and procedures which explain
the process for discharge of a resident. Those policies and procedures shall
ensure that center professional staff document and date in the resident's
treatment record all of the following:
(a)
That center professional staff have attempted involvement of the resident, if
able to understand, and the resident's parents or guardian and legal custodian,
if any, and placing person or agency, if different, in developing the plan for
aftercare.
(b) That center
professional staff have prepared in writing, at least 30 days before the
planned discharge of the resident, an aftercare plan for the resident that
includes all of the following:
1.
Identification of persons and agencies participating in development of the
aftercare plan.
2. Recommendations
for continuing or additional services and identification of service
providers.
3. The name, address and
telephone number of the person or agency to receive the former resident upon
discharge and the relationship, if any, of the former resident to that person
or the head of that agency.
(c) That center professional staff have
provided copies of the aftercare plan to the resident, if able to understand,
and the resident's parents, guardian and legal custodian and placing person or
agency if not the same.
(2) PREPARATION FOR DISCHARGE.
(a) The center shall document in the
resident's treatment record efforts made by center staff to prepare the
resident and the resident's family for discharge including but not limited to,
discussing with them their feelings about becoming a family unit again or,
where applicable, efforts to help the resident and resident's family adjust to
a different placement or living arrangement.
(b) Each resident who has not had a health
examination within the periodicity schedule of the medical assistance
HealthCheck program shall have a complete health examination before
discharge.
(c) The center shall
ensure that at discharge a resident's personal clothing and belongings go with
the resident.
(3)
DISCHARGE SUMMARY. The center shall send to the placing person or agency within
30 days following the resident's discharge a copy of the former resident's
discharge summary and place a copy in the former resident's treatment record.
The discharge summary shall include all of the following:
(a) The date and reason for
discharge.
(b) A summary of
services provided during care.
(c)
An assessment of goal achievement.
(d) A description of remaining
needs.
(4) ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS FOR RESIDENTS FROM OUT-OF-STATE. The center shall notify the
department's interstate compact office at the end of each month of all
out-of-state resident discharges from the center for that month, who received
each resident at discharge and the destination of the resident at
discharge.
Mail or fax written information of the above to:
Department of Children and Families, Interstate Compact on Placement of
Children, Division of Safety and Permanence, 201 W. Washington Avenue, P.O. Box
8916, Madison, WI 53708-8916. The fax number is (608) 422-7170 - attn.
ICPC.
