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RSA 151-E:9 · Information and Assistance

Title
XI: HOSPITALS AND SANITARIA
Chapter
151-E · LONG-TERM CARE
Status
current
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151-E:9 Information and Assistance. – The department shall provide information and assistance to each applicant to a nursing facility. Such information and assistance shall:

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Be based upon the principle that services shall be provided in the setting that is least restrictive of the applicant's ability to live independently;

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Take into consideration the applicant's choice of service location;

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Include information regarding the degree to which the services sought are available at home or in some other community-based setting;

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Explain the relative costs to the applicant of choosing care in the home or other setting rather than nursing facility care; and

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Include advice as to whether receiving services in a home or other community-based setting is clinically appropriate for the applicant. Source. 1998, 388:1, eff. Nov. 25, 1998.

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Source note

Source. 1998, 388:1, eff. Nov. 25, 1998.

Source history

  • 1998, 388:1, eff. Nov. 25, 1998

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