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2008.0701 DRAFT Bulletin Disability Rights Network Access to Records and Joint Investigations |
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Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to communicate the merger of Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy, Inc., (PP&A) and Disabilities Law Project (DLP) to create the Disability Rights Network (DRN), clarify procedures for site visits and access to records by DRN, and to issue the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) and DRN joint investigation protocol.
Draft Bulletin Letter From Kevin Casey
Draft Bulletin Attachment
Comment Schedule
If you would like your comments considered for inclusion in PAR’s comments, please send them to laura@par.net no later than July 21, 2008. Comments are due directly to ODP by July 31, 2008. If you submit comments directly to ODP, please also copy laura@par.net.
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2008.0618 DRAFT Bulletin - Communication Supports and Services |
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Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to establish the Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP) policy on accessing communication supports and services for people in the ODP service system.
Comment Schedule
If you would like your comments considered for inclusion in PAR’s comments, please send them to steve@par.net no later than July 9, 2008. Comments are due directly to ODP by July 16, 2008.
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2008.0610 DRAFT Bulletin - Clarification of Payment Source for Representative Payee Function |
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Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on July 21, 2008, on Clarification of Payment Source for Representative Payee Function DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to provide clarification on payment for the representative payee function.
Comment Schedule
If you would like your comments considered for inclusion in PAR’s comments, please send them to laura@par.net no later than June 10, 2008. Comments were due directly to ODP by June 19, 2008
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2008.0509 DRAFT Bulletin - Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent Financial Management Services (VF/EA FMS) |
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Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on May 16, 2008, on the Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent Financial Management Services (VF/EA FMS) DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) policies on the provision of the Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent (VF/EA) Intermediary Service Organization option available to individuals or their surrogates1 in the Pennsylvania Developmental Programs system who reside in their own private residence or in the home of their family. Such organizations are more recently known as Financial Management Service (FMS) organizations. While there are two FMS options selected by ODP (Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent and Agency with Choice), this bulletin focuses on the provision of VF/EA FMS services. Pennsylvania’s Guide to Participant Directed Services (PA Guide to PDS), developed by ODP, has detailed fact sheets and agreement forms that describe the differences between the two FMS options.
Comment Schedule
Comments were due to PAR by May 9, 2008.
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2008.0312 DRAFT Bulletin Supports Intensity Scale® (SIS®) and PA Plus Manual |
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Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on March 24, 2008, on the Supports Intensity Scale® (SIS®) and PA Plus Manual DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has adopted the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) as the standardized needs assessment for participants in the Person Family Directed Supports (P/FDS) and Consolidated waivers (ages 16 – 72). The purpose of this bulletin is to describe the rollout and implementation strategy of the SIS and PA Plus and includes instruction on the use of the SIS and PA Plus in the development of the Individual Support Plan (ISP) as it relates to the waiver requirement that all ISP’s address assessed needs.
A standardized assessment helps us to understand what supports a person needs to have an Everyday Life. One standardized assessment for all waiver participants will enhance the consistency of the planning process and provides a common structure to promote consistency and accountability for all stakeholders.
Comment Schedule
Comments were due to PAR by March 12, 2008.
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2008.0212 DRAFT Bulletin Procedures for Surrogate Health Care Decision Making |
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Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on February 12, 2008, on the Procedures for Surrogate Health Care Decision Making DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
State law and general standards of practice establish standards of health care to which all individuals are entitled without discrimination. Individuals with mental retardation and mental illness have the right to receive the same health and life-sustaining treatment as offered to non-disabled persons.
Bulletin 00-98-08 issued on November 30, 1998 detailed the applicable standards for surrogate decision-making for individuals with mental retardation over the age of 18. Pennsylvania Act 2006-169 (Act 169) amended Pennsylvania’s law concerning advance health care directives and authorized “health care representatives” (see Definitions section) to make health care decisions for individuals who are not competent and do not have valid and applicable advance health care directives or court-appointed guardians of the person. In light of Act 169, this Bulletin will clarify surrogate health care decision making procedures applicable to individuals with mental illness and mental retardation who are 18 years of age or older. It is expected that health care providers will rely on this bulletin and respect the decisions of surrogate decision makers appointed according to the process detailed herein.
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2008.0121 DRAFT Bulletin Revised Service Definitions |
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2007.1226 DRAFT Bulletin - Lifesharing Safeguards |
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2007.1226 DRAFT Bulletin - Health Care Quality Units |
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Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on December 26, 2007, on the Health Care Quality Units (HCQU) DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this Bulletin is to describe Health Care Quality Units (HCQUs) and their functions, as well as the roles and responsibilities of Administrative Entities (AEs), County Programs, and providers related to HCQUs.
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2007.1206 DRAFT Bulletin - Assuring the Health and Welfare of Medicaid Waiver Participants |
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Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on December 6, 2007, on the Assuring the Health and Welfare of Medicaid Waiver Participants DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to summarize existing practices designed to assure or protect the health and welfare of individuals participating in the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) Medicaid Waivers is protected. Several processes are available to Administrative Entities (AEs), Supports Coordinators, and providers to meet this goal.
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2007.1024 DRAFT Bulletin Process for Qualification and Disqualification of Waiver Providers |
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Became ODP Bulletin 00-08-01 Process for Qualification and Disqualification of Waiver Providers
Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on October 24, 2007, on the Process for Qualification and Disqualification of Waiver Providers DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to outline the standardized process for qualification and disqualification of provider agencies and individual professionals that provide licensed and unlicensed Medicaid Waiver services to individuals in the Consolidated and Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS) Waivers.
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2007.1012 DRAFT Bulletin Procedures for Service Delivery Preference |
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Became ODP Bulletin 00-08-03 Procedures for Service Delivery Preference
Draft Bulletin Purpose
To disseminate the Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP’s) policy regarding an individual’s choice of service delivery preference to individuals for Home and Community-Based Waiver or Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR) services prior to waiver enrollment.
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2007.1012 DRAFT Bulletin Individual Eligibility for Medicaid Waiver Services |
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Became ODP Bulletin 00-08-04 Individual Eligibility for Medicaid Waiver Services
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to issue procedures for the initial determination and re-determination of an individual’s eligibility for services provided under the Medicaid Waivers that provide home and community based services (HCBS) for individuals with mental retardation aged 3 and older. The Department has two Medicaid Waivers for individuals with mental retardation covered by this Bulletin: the Consolidated Waiver and the Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS) Waiver.
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2007.1012 DRAFT Bulletin Due Process and Fair Hearing Procedures for Individuals with Mental Retardation |
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Became ODP Bulletin 00-08-05 Due Process and Fair Hearing Procedures for Individuals with Mental Retardation
Draft Bulletin Purpose
To disseminate the Office of Developmental Program’s (ODP’s) policy on fair hearing for individuals with mental retardation who apply for or receive base-funded services (non-waiver) and for individuals who apply for or receive services through the Consolidated Waiver and the Person/Family Directed Support Waiver.
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2007.0921 DRAFT Bulletin - Agency with Choice Intermediary Service Organizations (ISOs) |
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Became ODP Bulletin 00-08-08 Agency With Choice Financial Management Services (AWC FMS)
Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on September 21, 2007, on the Agency with Choice Intermediary Service Organizations (ISOs) DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify the Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP) policy on the provision of Agency with Choice ISO services to individuals and/or their representatives in the Pennsylvania Mental Retardation system.
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2007.0810 DRAFT Bulletin - Clarification of Payment for Room and Board... |
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Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on August 17, 2007, on the Clarification of Payment for Room and Board DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to provide clarification on the policies for charging room and board to individuals living in community residential facilities that receive funds through the Pennsylvania Mental Retardation System. This bulletin addresses commonly asked questions related to allowable charges for room and board and this bulletin is intended to clarify these questions or interpret the Room and Board Regulations. The bulletin addresses the majority of situations, but may not be all inclusive.
Comment Schedule
Comments due to PAR by August 10, 2007; Comments due to ODP by August 17, 2007
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2007.0701 DRAFT Bulletin - Microboards |
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Became ODP Bulletin 00-07-04 Microboards
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify requirements of Administrative Entities to contract with qualified Microboards for mental retardation services and supports, and to work in cooperation with them to meet the needs of individuals. The bulletin also clarifies the requirements Microboards must meet in order to provide services in the Pennsylvania mental retardation system.
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2007.0321 DRAFT Bulletin - Procedures for Substitute Health Care |
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Click here for PAR's Comments, issued on March 26, 2007, on the Procedures for Substitute Health Care DRAFT Bulletin
Draft Bulletin Purpose
When situations arise where a health care decision is necessary and the individual is not able to make that decision, then a decision must be made on that individual's behalf. This bulletin updates procedures for substitute health care decision making for people receiving services through the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP).
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2006.1129 DRAFT Bulletin - Billing Documentation |
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Became ODP Bulletin 00-07-01 Provider Billing Documentation Requirements for Waiver Services
Draft Bulletin Purpose
The Office of Mental Retardation issued a draft bulletin entitled Provider Billing Documentation Requirements. The bulletin was developed to inform providers of the specific information that must be maintained to document the provision of services and service units, and to validate invoices/billing submissions.
Comment Schedule
Comments were due to OMR by November 29, 2006. PAR's Comments can be viewed in the Public Policy Section of www.par.net.
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