1. (a) Court-ordered admission. If the individual is receiving services due to a court order, the individual or the individual’s guardian/legal representative must obtain a discharge order from the court that ordered admission.

2. (b) Other admission. If the individual was admitted other than under court order:

   1. (1) Discharge planning begins upon admission; and

   2. (2) Within ten (10) business days of a determination that an individual will be discharged:

      1. (A) The HDC admission coordinator or designee will notify the local education agency (LEA), if any, that serves the individual of the planned discharge; and
      2. (B) The HDC admission coordinator or designee will provide the following information to the individual or the individual’s guardian:

3. (i) A summary of the interdisciplinary team’s recommendations for developmental disabilities services and placements;

   1. (ii) A description of developmental disabilities services, e.g., LEA, day services, etc., that may be available to the individual, including addresses and phone numbers of contact persons for the providers of such services;

      1. (iii) The name, postal address, email address, and phone number of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services service specialist servicing the area where the individual plans to live;

         1. (iv) If available, the option of leave status as an alternative to discharge;
         2. (v) An explanation of the procedures to apply for readmission to an HDC; and
         3. (vi)
4. (a) (a) A copy of the division rule Appeals, 20 CAR pt. 544, that outlines reconsideration to the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services.

5. (b) (b) The director or designee is the final decision maker regarding discharge.

   1. (c) Upon discharge and relocation of the individual from the HDC:
   2. (1) The HDC designee completes a discharge summary within ten (10) days of discharge;

   3. (2)

      1. (A) A copy of the discharge summary is provided to the individual, parent, guardian, or legal representative and division service specialist.
      2. (B) Discharge notification is provided to the LEA, if appropriate;
   4. (3) Within five (5) business days of notification of the discharge, the division service specialist contacts the individual and/or legally responsible party to offer choice of available services, providers, and/or PASSE entity;

   5. (4)

      1. (A) Within seventy-two (72) hours post discharge, initial contact by HDC social worker or assigned staff is made with the individual and/or parent, guardian, or legal representative.
      2. (B) Follow-up contact continues for six (6) months either via telephone or written correspondence; and
   6. (5) Within five (5) days of notification of the discharge, the division specialist will refer the individual to the third-party vendor for an independent assessment.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "III. PROCEDURAL RULES Perspective Eligibility Guidelines" "PASSE" means Provider-Led Shared Savings Entity.