1. A. The Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration is a federal demonstration grant awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Department of Health. The MFP demonstration is a transition program that targets individuals using qualified institutional services and moves them to home and community-based long-term care services. The MFP rebalancing demonstration will stop allocation of opportunities when the demonstration expires.

   1. 1. For the purposes of these provisions, a qualified institution is a nursing facility, hospital, or Medicaid enrolled intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID).

2. B. Individuals must meet the following criteria for participation in the MFP Rebalancing Demonstration.

   1. 1. Individuals with a developmental disability must:

      1. a. occupy a licensed, approved Medicaid enrolled nursing facility, hospital, or ICF/IID bed for at least 60 days; and
      2. b. be Medicaid eligible, eligible for state developmental disability services, and meet an ICF/IID level of care.
   2. 2. The beneficiary or his/her responsible representative must provide informed consent for both transition and participation in the demonstration.
3. C. Individuals in the demonstration are not required to have a protected date on the intellectual/developmental disabilities request for services registry (RFSR).
4. D. All other ROW provisions apply to the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration.
5. E. MFP beneficiaries cannot participate in ROW shared living services which serve more than four persons in a single residence.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 41:2155 (October 2015), amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 47:1508 (October 2021), LR 48:1559 (June 2022), LR 50:1828 (December 2024).