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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 30. Department of Medical Assistance Services
Chapter 10. State Plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act Medical Assistance Program; General Provisions
12/22/2024

12VAC30-10-790. Preadmission screening and annual resident review in nursing facilities.

A. The Medicaid agency has in effect a written agreement with the State mental health and mental retardation authorities that meet the requirements of 42 CFR 431.621(c).

B. The State operates a preadmission screening and annual resident review program that meets the requirements of 42 CFR 483.100-138.

C. The State does not claim as "medical assistance under the State Plan" the cost of services to individuals who should receive preadmission screening or annual resident review until such individuals are screened or reviewed.

D. With the exception of NF services furnished to certain NF residents defined in 42 CFR 483.118(c)(1), the State does not claim as "medical assistance under the State plan" the cost of NF services to individuals who are found not to require NF services.

E. 12VAC30-20-260 specifies the State's definition of specialized services.

F. Except for residents identified in 42 CFR 483.118(c)(1), the State mental health authority makes categorical determinations that individuals with certain mental conditions or levels of severity of mental illness would normally require specialized services of such an intensity that a specialized services program could not be delivered by the State in most, if not all, NFs and that a more appropriate placement should be utilized.

G. The State describes an categorical determinations it applies in 12VAC30-20-270.

Statutory Authority

Social Security Act Title XIX; 42 CFR 430 to end; all other applicable statutory and regulatory sections.

Historical Notes

Subsections A through E derived from VR460-01-79.19, eff. June 1, 1993; subsections F and G derived from VR460-01-79.20, eff. June 1, 1993.

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