Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-9-1 - Client assessment, referral, and evaluation (CARE) for nursing facilities

(a) Each individual seeking admission to a nursing facility or nursing facility for mental health shall, before admission, receive and complete a preadmission assessment, evaluation, and referral to all available community resources, including nursing facilities, unless one of the following conditions is met:

(1) The individual entered an acute care facility from a nursing facility and is returning to a nursing facility.

(2) The individual is transferring from one nursing facility to another nursing facility.

(3) The individual is entering a nursing facility operated by and for the adherents of a recognized church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing care and services for those who depend upon spiritual means, through prayer alone, for healing.

(4) The individual has been diagnosed as having a terminal illness and has obtained a physician's statement documenting that the individual's life expectancy is six months or less.

(5) The individual is entering a nursing facility from a hospital and the length of stay is expected to be 30 days or less based on a physician's certification.

(b) Each individual entering a nursing facility from the community whose stay is expected to be 30 days or less, based on a physician's certification, shall have sections I and II of the CARE assessment completed, before admission, by a qualified assessor.

(c) Each qualified assessor shall evaluate and refer the individual using the data collection form approved bythe secretary.

(d) The preadmission assessment shall be valid for one year from the date of the initial assessment and reimbursement for the assessment shall be limited to one annual assessment per individual unless, in the judgment of a qualified assessor, the individual's physical, emotional, social, or cognitive status has changed to the extent that another assessment is warranted.

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-9-1

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 39-968; effective, T-26-6-28-95, June 28, 1995; effective Aug. 7, 1995; amended July 15, 2011.