(a) The long-term care services agency shall be responsible and at risk for implementing the administrative action plan. The long-term care services agency shall do all of the following:
(1) Respond, or provide for response to, consumer needs on a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis.
(2) Conduct comprehensive assessments.
(3) Determine eligibility for long-term care services based on the assessment information.
(4) Provide for contractual arrangements for the provision of, and payment for, sufficient services to meet the long-term care needs of the eligible beneficiary in his or her home, community, residential facility, nursing facility, or other location based on the mix of programs or services included in the administrative action plan.
(5) Provide linkages to acute care hospitals.
(6) Maintain control over utilization of services that are authorized.
(7) Monitor the quality of care provided to consumers.
(8) Maintain a consumer grievance process.
(9) Manage the overall cost-effectiveness of the pilot project for its duration.
(b) Services may be provided through contracts with community-based providers. In instances where a specific service does not exist in the community, the long-term care services agency may facilitate the development of local programs that provide these services or may provide the services directly, if doing so can be demonstrated to be cost effective.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 875, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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