1. A. Children’s Choice Waiver participants who experience a crisis that increases the need for paid supports to a level that cannot be accommodated within the service cap specified in §11301.A on waiver expenditures, may request consideration for a crisis designation. A crisis is defined as a catastrophic change in circumstances rendering the natural and community support system unable to provide for the health and welfare of the participant at the level of benefits offered under Children’s Choice. The procedure in this Chapter has been developed to address these situations.

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, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 27:1015 (July 2001), repromulgated for LAC, LR 28:1986 (September 2002), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 39:2502 (September 2013), amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 43:2526 (December 2017).