55 Pa. Code § 1181.543 - Agencies that manage the evaluation process

(a) Preadmission screening process. For an individual subject to the preadmission screening process, relevant determinations shall be made by the State mental health, mental retardation and developmental disability authority. In this Commonwealth, the Department is that authority. The authority is required to make a determination of whether the referred individual requires nursing facility services and, if the individual does, whether the individual requires active treatment. The Department will notify the designated evaluation agency and each individual involved of its determination using Form PA-PASARR-YN.

(b) Determination by Department. The Department is required to base its determination on an independent physical and mental evaluation performed by a person or entity other than the Department. The Department will therefore not perform the evaluations itself, but will utilize evaluations performed by the Department of Aging through its LAMP sites and other authorized agents. The Department of Aging will utilize Form PA-PASARR-EV as the protocol for the evaluations.

(c) LAMP site counties.

(1) General. The Department, in cooperation with the Department of Aging, is already conducting preadmission screening with respect to persons eligible for MA in counties which have LAMP sites. LAMP assesses the need for nursing facility services in light of the condition of the individual involved in the assessment and of the alternatives available for the care of that individual outside of a nursing facility in the individual's community. LAMP will continue to be available for the assessment of individuals eligible for MA. In designated counties, LAMP will be the agency to which providers will refer applicants for admission to the nursing facility who have been determined to require further determination after the administration of Form PA-PASARR-ID.

(2) Definition. The term "LAMP site" refers to a site doing both LAMP and OBRA assessments and providing alternative community services.

(3) Counties. The counties where OBRA evaluations will be done by LAMP sites and the addresses and telephone numbers of the sites are:

County	AAA Information
Allegheny	Allegheny County Department of Aging 416 County Office Building Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 (412) 355-4305
Erie	Greater Erie Community Action Committee Erie County Area Agency on Aging 18 West Ninth Street Erie, Pennsylvania 16501 (814) 459-4581
Luzerne and Wyoming	Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Bureau for Aging 111 North Pennsylvania Boulevard Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18701 (717) 822-1158
Philadelphia	Philadelphia Corporation for Aging 111 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 (215) 496-0520
Schuylkill	Schuylkill County Area Agency on Aging 13-15 North Centre Street Pottsville, Pennsylvania 17901 (717) 622-3103
Westmoreland	Westmoreland County Office on Aging 2482 South Grande Boulevard Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601 (412) 836-1111
York	York County Area Agency on Aging 141 West Market Street York, Pennsylvania 17401 (717) 771-9610

(d) Preadmission site.

(1) Definition. The term "preadmission site" refers to an AAA which is doing preadmission assessments for MA applicants and persons identified through the OBRA screening process, which are "LAMP Lite," "Diet LAMP" or "modified LAMP" sites.

(2) Counties. The counties where the assessment portion of the LAMP program, as well as OBRA evaluations, will be done by preadmission sites and the addresses and telephone numbers of the sites are:

County	AAA Information
Berks	Berks County Area Agency on Aging 15 South Eighth Street Reading, Pennsylvania 19602-1105 (215) 378-8808
Blair	Blair Senior Services, Inc. 1404 Eleventh Avenue Altoona, Pennsylvania 16601 (814) 946-1235
Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Tioga	Area Agency on Aging for Tioga/ Bradford/Susquehanna/Sullivan Counties 701 Main Street Towanda, Pennsylvania 18848 (717) 265-6121 or 1 (800) 982-4346
Cambria	Cambria County AAA Post Office Box 88 Ebensburg, Pennsylvania 15931 (814) 472-5580
Clearfield	Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging 211 Ogden Avenue Post Office Box 550 Clearfield, Pennsylvania 16830 (814) 765-2696
Clinton and Lycoming	Lycoming/Clinton Bi-County Office of Aging Post Office Box 770 352 Water Street Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 17745 (717) 748-8665
Cumberland	Cumberland County Office on Aging Room 111-R, East Wing Cumberland County Courthouse Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 (717) 240-6110
Fayette, Greene and Washington	Southwestern PA AAA, Inc. Eastgate 8 Monessen, Pennsylvania 15062 (412) 684-9000
Indiana	Aging Services, Inc. of Indiana County 201 Airport Professional Center Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701 (412) 349-4500
Jefferson	Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging Jefferson County Services Center R. D. 5 Brookville, Pennsylvania 15825 (814) 849-3096
Juniata and Mifflin	Mifflin/Juniata AAA, Inc. Post Office Box 750 Lewistown, Pennsylvania 17044 (717) 242-0315
Lackawanna	Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging Lackawanna County Office Building 200 Adams Avenue Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503 (717) 963-6707
Lawrence	Lawrence County AAA- Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Inc. 20 South Mercer Street New Castle, Pennsylvania 16101 (412) 658-5661 or (412) 658-0322
Mercer	Mercer County Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Human Services Complex 120 South Diamond Street Mercer, Pennsylvania 16137 (412) 662-3800 (Extension 538)
Monroe	Monroe County Area Agency on Aging 62 Analomink Street Post Office Box 384 East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18301 (717) 424-5290
Montgomery	Montgomery County Office on Aging and Adult Services Montgomery County Court House Norristown, Pennsylvania 19404 (215) 278-3601
Northampton	Northampton County Area Agency on Aging Gracedale-Southwest Ground Gracedale Avenue Nazareth, Pennsylvania 18064 (215) 746-1990
Northumberland	Northumberland County AAA R. D. 1, Box 943 Shamokin Pennsylvania 17872 (717) 644-4545
Somerset	AAA of Somerset County 132 East Catherine Street Post Office Box 960 Somerset, Pennsylvania 15501 (814) 443-2681

(e) OBRA only site.

(1) Definition. The term "OBRA only site" refers to an AAA doing only the OBRA preadmission assessments.

(2) Counties. The counties currently providing evaluations at OBRA only sites, and the addresses and telephone numbers of the sites are:

County	AAA Information
Adams	Adams County Office for Aging, Inc. 100 North Stratton Street Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 (717) 334-9296
Armstrong	Armstrong County AAA 125 Queen Street Kittanning, Pennsylvania 16201 (412) 548-3290
Beaver	Beaver County Office on Aging 599 Market Street, W. B. Beaver, Pennsylvania 15009 (412) 728-5700 (Extension 406)
Bedford, Fulton and Huntingdon	Huntingdon/Bedford/Fulton AAA 240 Wood Street Post Office Box 46 Bedford, Pennsylvania 15522 (814) 623-8149
Bucks	Bucks County Area Agency on Aging 30 East Oakland Avenue Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901 (215) 348-0510
Butler	Butler County AAA 715 Morton Avenue Building 3A Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 (412) 282-3008
Cameron, Clarion, Elk and McKean	Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging Jefferson County Services Center R. D. 5 Brookville, Pennsylvania 15825 (814) 849-3096
Carbon	Carbon County Area Agency on Aging Post Office Box 251 Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania 18229 (717) 325-2726
Centre	Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging 211 Ogden Avenue Post Office Box 550 Clearfield, Pennsylvania 16830 (814) 765-2696
Chester	Chester County Office of Aging 10 North Church Street West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 (215) 431-6350
Columbia and Montour	Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Bureau of Aging 111 North Pennsylvania Boulevard Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18701 (717) 822-1158
Crawford	Active Aging, Inc. 1034 Park Avenue Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335 (814) 336-1792
Dauphin	Dauphin County AAA 25 South Front Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17107-2025 (717) 255-2790
Delaware	County of Delaware Services of the Aging Government Center Media, Pennsylvania 19063 (215) 891-4455
Forest and Warren	Greater Erie Community Action Committee Erie County Area Agency on Aging 18 West Ninth Street Erie, Pennsylvania 16501 (814) 459-4581
Franklin	Franklin County Office for the Aging Franklin County Farm Lane Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201 (717) 263-2153
Lancaster	Lancaster County Office on Aging 50 North Duke Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-1881 (717) 299-7979
Lebanon	Lebanon County AAA 710 Maple Street Room 209-Senior Centers Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17042 (717) 273-9262 or (717) 274-1439
Lehigh	Lehigh County Area Agency on Aging Court House Annex 523 Hamilton Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 (215) 820-3248
Perry	Cumberland County Office on Aging Room 111-R, East Wing Cumberland County Courthouse Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 (717) 240-6110
Pike and Wayne	Wayne/Pike Area Agency on Aging Pike County Program Office 106 Broad Street Milford, Pennsylvania 18337 (717) 296-7813
Potter	Area Agency on Aging for Tioga/ Bradford/ Susquehanna/Sullivan Counties 701 Main Street Towanda, Pennsylvania 18848 (717) 265-6121 or 1 (800) 982-4346
Snyder and Union	Mifflin/Juniata AAA, Inc. Post Office Box 750 Lewistown, Pennsylvania 17044 (717) 242-0315
Venango	Venango County Area Agency on Aging Post Office Box 1130 Franklin, Pennsylvania 16323 (814) 437-6871

Notes

55 Pa. Code § 1181.543

The provisions of this § 1181.543 adopted December 3, 1988, effective 1/1/1989, 18 Pa.B. 5711; amended August 4, 1989, effective upon publication and applies retroactively to January 1, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 3314.