Action | Licensed Assisted Living Facilities Regulation Comprehensive Revision |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 11/6/2015 |
The Auxiliary Grant guidance document indicates that a resident is no longer considered an Auxiliary Grant recipient when his residency ends in an Alf or AFC home. This occurs when a resident is absent from the facility or home 14 consecutive days, when they are discharged, has left the facility without plans of returning or Medical evidence indicates that they are not returning. When a person is discharged from the hospital to a nursing facility for rehab, the resident's level of care changes and because they are in a nursing facility their funding level has changed to Long Term Care. An Auxiliary Grant resident is unable to meet the requirements of a bedhold policy unless they are private pay. The local department of social services are not able to pay for holding a bed at a assisted living facility or adult foster care home. Also, according to Social Security Administration policy if a person goes to jail for an extended period of time they are not eligible to receive SSI; therefore, they are not eligible for the Auxiliary Grant as well.