1. A. Individuals shall be denied admission to or discharged from the Children’s Choice Waiver if one of the following criteria is met:

   1. 1. the individual does not meet the financial eligibility requirements for the Medicaid Program;
   2. 2. the individual does not meet the requirements for ICF/ID level of care;
   3. 3. the individual is incarcerated or placed under the jurisdiction of penal authorities, courts or state juvenile authorities;
   4. 4. the individual resides in another state or has a change of residence to another state;

   5. 5. the participant is admitted to an ICF/ID or nursing facility with the intent to stay and not to return to waiver services:

      1. a. The waiver participant may return to waiver services when documentation is received from the treating physician that the admission is temporary and shall not exceed 90 days.
      2. b. the participant will be discharged from the waiver on the ninety-first day if the participant is still in the ICF/ID or nursing facility;
   6. 6. the health and welfare of the individual cannot be assured through the provision of children’s choice services within the individual’s approved plan of care;
   7. 7. the individual fails to cooperate in the eligibility determination/re-determination process and in the development or implementation of the approved plan of care.
2. B. Recipients of the Children’s Choice Waiver who reach their twenty-first birthday will transfer to the most appropriate OCDD adult waiver as long as they remain eligible for waiver services.

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 39:2498 (September 2013), amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 43:2524 (December 2017).