1. (a) Time frame for screening Adult Protective Services (APS) referrals. The Review, Evaluate, and Decide (RED) Unit specialists or designees are responsible for screening new referrals on the APS Computer System on a regular basis throughout the day to identify emergency situations and to ensure assignment to the correct county office. Emergencies are reported to 911.
2. (b) Responsibility for screening and assigning referrals. Abuse and Neglect Hotline (Hotline) specialists determine if an urgent response is indicated. The RED Unit specialists or designees :
3. (1) screen referrals to facilitate the timely initiation of the investigation, per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340:5-5-2;
4. (2) assign the response type RED Unit specialists or designees ; and
5. (3) determine which APS specialist is assigned the referral.
6. (c) Referrals involving domestic violence. When referrals allege maltreatment of a vulnerable adult by a spouse, other family, or household member, domestic violence resources are considered in service planning.
7. (d) Referrals involving Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) employees or their families. Specific procedures are followed when a referral of maltreatment is received that involves OKDHS employees.
8. (e) Service case assignments. Service case assignments allow staff to determine the need for services and offer or create a service plan to assist clients. Service case conclusions are written in a manner that documents and supports stability of the service plan, with or without follow-up, before case closure.
9. (f) Referrals involving Soonercare (Medicaid) paid caregiver. Referrals involving paid, unlicensed caregivers, whose services are funded through Soonercare (Medicaid), are sent to Office of Client Advocacy . These workers are subject to the Community Services Worker Registry guidelines. The programs in (A) through (G) of this subsection contract with agencies using workers who are in this category.
10. (A) ADvantage Waiver Services, including Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services and Supports (CD-Pass).
11. (B) State Plan Personal Care Program.
12. (C) Developmental Disability Services.
13. (D) Adult Day Services.
14. (E) Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).
15. (F) Living Choice.
16. (G) Medical Fragile (Med Frag).

Added at 20 Ok Reg 840, eff 6-1-03

Amended at 21 Ok Reg 3082, eff 6-7-04 (emergency)

Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1211, eff 5-26-05

Amended at 27 Ok Reg 990, eff 6-1-10

Amended at 30 Ok Reg 624, eff 6-1-13

Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1592, eff 9-17-18

Amended at 38 Ok Reg 2165, eff 9-15-21

Amended at 41 Ok Reg, Number 23, effective 9-16-24