[49 Pa.B. 4391]
[Saturday, August 10, 2019]

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Office of Long-Term Living—Contact: Jennifer Hale (717) 346-0495

Year	Code Citation(s)	Subject	Date Issued	Bulletin    Number
1998	—	Respite Care Nursing Facility Admissions	04/17/98	35-98-06 36-98-06
	—	Medicare Cost-Sharing Payment for Nursing Facility Residents	07/31/98	35-98-10 36-98-10
1999	Ch. 1187	Capital Component Payments for Post-Moratorium Beds	06/28/99	1187-99-01 35-99-05 36-99-05
2008		Nursing Facility Documentation Requirements for Movable Equipment that is Rented or Leased	07/07/08	03-08-04
2009		Provider Rates for Services Funded through the OBRA, Independence and COMMCARE Waivers	06/25/09	05-09-02 17-09-02 36-09-02 41-09-02 43-09-02 55-09-02 59-09-02
2010		Office of Long Term Living Home and Community Based Program Policy Clarification Update (Omnibus Bulletin)	11/23/10	05-10-08 51-10-08 55-10-08 59-10-08
		Nursing Home Transition Outreach Form	10/08/10	05-10-05 51-10-05 52-10-05 55-10-05 59-10-05
		Standards and Reimbursement Rates for the Enhanced Older Adult Daily Living Center Program for Medicaid Aging Waiver Participants	04/20/10	03-10-02 41-10-02 55-10-02
2011		Accessibility Adaptations and Assistive Technology	10/11/11	05-11-07 51-11-07 52-11-07 54-11-07 55-11-07 59-11-07
		Community Integration Changes provided in the MA Home and Community—Based Waiver Program	09/29/11	05-11-05 51-11-05 52-11-05 55-11-05 59-11-05
		Program Fraud & Financial Abuse in Office of Long Term Living MA Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Programs	08/08/11	05-11-04 51-11-04 52-11-04 54-11-04 55-11-04 59-11-04
		Recession of OLTL Bulletin 05-10-07, 51-10-07, 52-10-07, 5-10-075, 59-10-07	06/30/11	05-11-03 51-11-03 52-11-03 55-11-03 59-11-03
2012	CH. 1187	Nursing Facility Participation Review Process and Guidelines—statement of policy	06/30/12	42 Pa.B. 3748
	CH 52 CH 52	OLTL Service Coordination Rate in Effect OLTL Rate for Enrollment	07/14/12 06/30/12	42 Pa.B. 4545 42 Pa.B. 381
	CH 52	OLTL Fee Schedule Rates established	06/09/12	42 Pa.B. 3343
2013	CH 52	Rescission of Office of Long-Term Living HCBS Directives, Bulletins and Other Policy Documents	12/04/13	05-13-11 51-13-11 55-13-11 59-13-11
	CH 52	Statewide Waiting List Guidelines for Office of Long-Term Living Medicaid Waivers and the Act 150 Program	11/05/13	05-13-08 51-13-08 55-13-08 59-13-08
	CH 52	Clarification of type, scope, amount, duration and frequency of services	05/16/13	05-13-05 08-13-05 11-13-05 17-13-05 19-13-05 25-13-05 26-13-05 41-13-05 51-13-05 54-13-05 55-13-05 59-13-05
	CH 52	Providing for Absence Policies in the Enhanced Adult Daily Living Centers	03/22/13	03-13-03 41-13-03 55-13-03
	CH 52	Billing Instructions-Home and Community Based Waiver Provider's Billing of Procedure Codes Based on Authorized Service Plans through PROMISeTM	02/07/13	05-13-02 51-13-02 54-13-02 55-13-02 59-13-02
	CH 52 CH 52	OLTL Enrollment Fee Increase OLTL Service Coordination Rate Increase	01/26/13 01/26/13	43 Pa.B. 589 43 Pa.B. 590
	CH 52	Maintaining Waiver Eligibility While in an Institution	01/24/13	05-13-01 51-13-01 52-13-01 55-13-01 59-13-01
	—	Preventable Serious Adverse Events in Nonpublic and County Nursing Facilities	09/13/14	03-14-08
2014	CH 52	Final Fee Schedule Rates for Personal Assistance Services (Agency) Final Fee Schedule Rates for Personal Assistance Services (Consumer) Final Fee Schedule Rates for Service Coordination Services           Service Coordination After-Hours Coverage	09/13/14   09/13/14   09/13/14           06/19/14	44 Pa.B. 5935 44 Pa.B. 5935 44 Pa.B. 5935           51-14-07 55-14-07 59-14-07
		Financial Management Services Information	05/12/14	51-14-07 54-14-07 55-14-07 59-14-07
		Revised Target Resident (MI, ID, ORC) Reporting Form (MA 408)	02/12/14	03-14-12
	CH 52	Release of OLTL Home and Community-Based Services Provider Handbook	01/30/14	03-14-02 05-14-02 08-14-02 11-14-02 17-14-02 19-14-02 23-14-02 25-14-02 26-14-02 41-14-02 51-14-02 54-14-02 55-14-02 59-14-02
		OLTL Home and Community-Based Services Service Authorization Form	01/15/14	51-14-01 55-14-01 59-14-01
	CH 52	Critical Incident Management	04/16/15	05-15-02 51-15-02 54-15-02 55-15-02 59-15-02
2015	CH 52	Rescission of HCBS Directives, Bulletins and other Policy Documents	10/27/2015	54-15-03 59-15-03
		Medical Assistance Fee Schedule; Addition of Maximum Overtime Rates for Personal Assistance Services (Consumer) and Respite (Consumer)	01/02/16	46 Pa.B. 106
2016		Medical Assistance Fee Schedule Revisions in the Aging, COMMCARE, Independence and OBRA Waivers	01/02/16	46 Pa.B. 107
		Overtime and Minimum Wage Requirements in Participant-Directed Models of Service	01/11/2016	54-16-01 59-16-01
		Electronic Submission of Nursing Facilities' MA-11 Cost Reports, Supporting Documentation and Signed Certification Report	03/01/2016	03-16-02
		Provider Choice Protocol	03/08/2016	59-16-03
		Act 150 Program Guidelines	05/12/2016	54-16-04 59-16-04
		Employment and Employment Related Services	07/26/2016	59-16-07
		Organized Health Care Delivery System	08/29/2016	59-16-11
		Guidance for Nursing Facilities—MDS Section Q	10/03/2016	03-16-10 59-16-10
		Individual Service Plan Development, Review, and Implementation Nursing Home Transition Program Changes Participant Reviews Home and Community-Based Settings Requirements	10/14/2016 10/28/2016 12/28/2016 12/28/2016	59-16-13 59-16-09 59-16-12 59-16-14
		Medical Assistance Fee Schedule; Final Rates for Additional Services Added to the COMMCARE and Independence Waivers	11/19/16	46 Pa.B. 7398
2018		Standardized Participant Information Packet	01/16/2018	59-18-01
		Revised Pennsylvania Preadmission Screening Resident Review (PASRR) Level I Identification Form (MA 376)	08/01/2018	01-18-03 03-18-03 07-18-03 59-18-03
		Revised Pennsylvania Preadmission Screening Resident Review (PASRR) Level II Evaluation Form (MA 376.2)	08/01/2018	01-18-04 03-18-04
		Electronic Submission of the Cost Report (MA-11) Form for Reporting Periods Ending 12/31/18 and Thereafter	09/04/2018	03-18-05
		Rescission of HCBS Directives, Bulletins and Other Policy Documents	09/17/2018	59-18-06
2019		Standardized Physician Certification Form	01/29/2019	59-19-01
		Act 150 Program Sliding Fee Scale for Calendar Year 2019	02/11/2019	54-19-02 59-19-02
		Hearings and Appeals	02/11/2019	59-19-03
		Implementation of the Functional Eligibility Determination Process	04/01/2019	IEB-19-04 IAE-19-04 07-19-04

GUIDANCE MANUALS: Bureau of Home and Community Based Services

• Aging Medicaid Waiver #279
• Attendant Care Waiver #277
• OBRA Medicaid Waiver #0235
• Independence Medicaid Waiver #0319
• Community HealthChoices 1915(b)/(c) waiver—effective January 1, 2019
• Community Health Choices Agreement 2019

Nursing Facility

• Interpretive Guidelines—interpretations of the 1187 Nursing Facility regulations used during audits of the MA-11 Cost Reports
• Instructions for Financial and Statistical Report-Form MA-11
• MA-11 Cost Report Submission System—End User Manual V.6.0
• Nursing Facility Assessment End User Manual
• Resident Data Reporting Manual
• UB-04 Billing Guide for PROMISe^TM Nursing Facilities for County and Nonpublic Nursing
• Facilities and State Restoration Centers—Nursing facility services only applies to county nursing facilities and nonpublic nursing facilities. Regulations related to payment for nursing facility services can be found under 55 Pa. Code Chapters 1187 and 1189 and does not include intermediate care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability, Federal or State-owned long-term care nursing facilities or Veteran's homes.
• Data Book (Participation Review Workbook)

Office of Children, Youth & Families—Contact: Amy Grippi (717) 783-7664

POLICY STATEMENTS:

Year	Code Citation	Subject	Date Issued	Bulletin Number
1980	Ch. 3140	Funding of Basic Ed. Components of Private Day Treatment Center Programs	10/29/80	99-80-22
1982	Ch. 3130	Notice of Right to Appeal for Spanish-Speaking Clients	12/30/82	3130-82-01
1983	Ch. 3130	Clarification of the Definition of ''Accept for Service''	02/04/83	3130-83-03
	Ch. 3700	Waiver for Foster Family Homes by Foster Family Care Agencies	02/04/83	3700-83-01
	Ch. 3130	Clarification of County C & Y Agency Requirements with Respect to Fee Setting	02/04/83	3130-83-04
	Ch. 3130	Clarification on Caseworker-to-Family Case Load Ratio & Case Management Functions	02/04/83	3130-83-07
	Ch. 3140	Clarification of Adoption Asst. to Relatives in Adoption Cases	05/02/83	3140-83-07
	Ch. 3140	3130.64(b)(2), 3130.67(9), 3140.131(7), 3700.35(b)(1) Reimbursement to Parents for the Cost of Child Visits	08/15/83	3130-83-11 3140-83-13 3700-83-03
1984	Ch. 3001	Transmittal of Interdepartmental Memo. on Nonimmunized Students Excluded from Attending School	07/08/84	99-84-13
	Ch. 3490	Release of Child Abuse Info. to the Media	08/15/84	99-84-20
1985	Ch. 3130	Interstate Compact on Juveniles	09/30/85	99-85-27
	Ch. 3490	Providing Copies of Child Abuse Reports to Subjects	11/20/85	99-85-28
1986	Ch. 3490	Law Enforcement Officials as Perpetrators of Suspected Child Abuse	07/15/86	3490-86-04
	Ch. 3490	Policy Clarifications Regarding Child Protective Services Law and Regulations as Related to Act 33	04/01/86	3490-86-02
	Ch. 3490	Policy Clarifications Regarding Child Protective Services Law and Regulations as Related to Act 33—Part II	06/16/86	3490-86-05
	Ch. 3490	Policy Clarifications Regarding Child Protective Services Law and Regulations as Related to Act 33—Part III	11/01/86	3490-86-08
1987	Ch. 3490	Implementation of Child Protective Service Policies Relating to Alleged Medical Neglect of Disabled Infants	05/01/87	3490-87-01
	Ch. 3490	Sharing Child Abuse Info Among DPW Offices	09/01/87	3490-87-03
	Ch. 3490	Policy Clarification of the Child Protective Services Law and Regulations	06/01/87	3490-87-02
	Ch. 3140	Personal Incident Costs	10/01/87	3140-87-05
	Ch. 3140 Ch. 3170	OCYF Financial Participation in Costs of County Human Service Departments	08/31/87	3140-87-02 3170-87-01
1988	Ch. 3490	Screening Student Interns	05/88	3490-88-01
1989	Ch. 3350	Adoption Record Disclosure	07/01/89	3350-89-01
1991	Ch. 3130	Regulatory Interpretation Guidelines for Revisions to Chapter 3130	09/20/91	3130-91-03
1994		Supervised Independent Living Guidelines	07/94	00-94-07
		Site Visits and Access to Records by PA Protection and Advocacy, Inc.	08/22/94	00-94-19
1995	Ch. 3490	Amendments to the Child Protective Services Law that Become Effective July 1, 1995	09/05	3490-95-02
1996	Ch. 3490	Certification and Training for Children and Youth Workers	06/20/96	3490-96-03
		Surveying and Evaluating Child Welfare Agencies Implementation and Compliance with MEPA	08/15/96	00-96-06
1997	Ch. 3140	Availability of Federal Financial Participation for Profit Residential Child Care Facilities	01/17/97	3140-97-02
		Access to Pennsylvania State Police Records	10/01/97	00-97-09
		Priority Placement Request Procedures for the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children	12/01/97	00-97-12
1998	Ch. 3140	MEPA 1994—Small Business	02/07/98	3140-98-03
		1997 Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators Rules and Regulations Amended Travel Permit	06/01/98	00-98-06
1999	Ch. 3140	Adoption Assistance Questions and Answers	03/17/99	3140-99-01
	Ch. 3490	Drug Convictions Prohibiting Hiring and Approving Foster/Adoptive Parent Applications	02/03/99	3490-99-01
	Ch. 3490	Implementation of Revisions to the Child Protective Services Law as Amended by Act 127 of 1998	10/01/99	3490-99-02
2000	Ch. 3140	AFCARS Planning, Budgeting and Invoicing Procedures	08/15/00	3140-00-02
	Ch. 3490	Child Death Review and Report Protocols	10/10/00	3490-00-01
2001	Ch. 3130	The Second Revised Interim Guidelines for the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997	01/02/01	3130-01-01
	Ch. 3140	Revised Policies and Procedures: Title IV-E Placement Maintenance Eligibility and Reimbursability, Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Eligibility and Title XX Medicaid Eligibility	04/09/01	3140-01-01
	Ch. 3490	Revised Certification and Training Requirements for Children and Youth Supervisors	09/25/01	3490-01-02
2003		Kinship Care Policy	06/30/03	00-03-03
		Megan's Law	04/13/03	00-03-02
	Ch. 3140	Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance	01/01/04	3140-03-02
	Ch. 3350	Statewide Adoption Network Policies and Procedures	01/01/03	3350-03-01
	Ch. 3490	A.Y. v. DPW/Allegheny County	03/10/03	3490-03-01
	Ch. 3490	Federal Criminal History Clearances for PA Residents	04/25/03	3490-03-02
2004		MH/MR Services for Children Placed Out-of-County in Pre-Adoptive or Foster Homes	07/19/04	00-04-02
	Ch. 3140	Child Welfare TANF Services Policies and Procedures	05/17/04	3140-04-06
	Ch. 3140	Approval/Licensing of Foster Family Homes	04/01/04	3140-04-02
	Ch. 3140 Ch. 3490	Child Placements with Emergency Caregivers	07/01/04	3140-04-05 3490-04-01
	Ch. 3700	Medical Foster Care Services for Children Served by County Children and Youth Agencies	07/01/04	Special Transmittal
2005	Ch. 3490	Implementation of Act 160 of 2004 Amending the Child Protective Services Law	09/01/05	3490-05-01
2006		Federal Financial Participation Rate Change for Title IV-E Placement Maintenance and Adoption Assistance Costs	10/18/06	00-06-05
	Ch. 3140	Random Moment Time Study Policy and Procedures— Juvenile Probation Offices	07/28/06	3140-06-03
	Ch. 3140	Federal Title IV-E and Medicaid Administrative Invoicing Procedures	09/12/06	3140-06-05
	Ch. 3140	Random Moment Time Study Requirements Family Service Plan Documentation	10/11/06	Special Transmittal
	Ch. 3800	Strategies and Practices to Eliminate Unnecessary Use of Restraint	01/30/06	Special Transmittal
	Ch. 3490	Safety Assessment and Planning Process	03/15/06	3490-06-01
2007		FFP Rate Change for Title IV-E Placement Maintenance and Adoption Assistance Costs	04/16/07	00-07-01
	Ch. 3490	Protocol to Address Domestic Violence in Families with Child Welfare Involvement	08/03/07	Special Transmittal
2008	Ch. 3350	Expanded Ground for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights	04/03/08	Special Transmittal
	Ch. 3490	Frequency and Tracking of Caseworker Visits to Children in Federally Defined Foster Care	05/01/08	3490-08-05
	Ch. 3140	Title IV-E Foster Case Maintenance and Adoption Assistance Program Costs Allowable for Federal Financial Participation (FFP)	05/12/08	3140-08-01
	Ch. 3350 Ch. 3490 Ch. 3700	Implementation of Safe and Timely Placement of Foster Children Act (P. L. 109-239)	05/12/08	99-08-01
	Ch. 3490	Implementation of Act 126 of 2006 Amending the Child Protective Services Law	03/24/08	3490-08-02
	Ch. 3490	Implementation of Act 179 of 2008 and Act 72 of 2007 Amending the Child Protective Services Law	06/27/08	3490-08-03
	Ch. 3490	Implementation of New Reporting Requirements as Required by Act 146 of 2006 and Act 179 of 2006	10/01/08	3490-08-04
	Ch. 3700	Implementation of Act 68 of 2005 (The Resource Family and Adoption Process Act), Act 73 of 2005 (The Resource Family Care Act), and Act 78 of 2007	10/01/08	3700-08-01
	Ch. 3130 Ch. 3350 Ch. 3700	Impact of Act 109 on Agency Operations	12/29/08	Special Transmittal
2009		Act 76 of 2007	01/07/09	Special Transmittal
	Ch. 3130 Ch. 3140 Ch. 3700	Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008	02/24/09	Special Transmittal
	Ch. 3130	Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978	03/09/09	3130-09-01
	Ch. 3170	Out of Home Placement Services—Contract Documentation	04/07/09	3170-09-01
	Ch. 3170	Out of Home Placement Services—Contract Documentation	08/25/09	3170-09-02
	Ch. 3700 Ch. 3800	Disaster Planning	10/09/09	Letter from Deputy Secretary
	Ch. 3800	Strategies and Practices to Eliminate the Use of Unnecessary Restraints	12/19/09	3800-09-01
	Ch. 3800	Prone Restraints in Children's Facilities	12/19/09	3800-09-02
	Ch. 3140	Implementation of Child Care Funding Policy Beginning State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2010-2011	07/01/09	3140-09-03
	Ch. 3130 Ch. 3140	Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008—Adoption Program Requirements	12/30/09	Special Transmittal
2010	Ch. 3130	Shared Case Responsibility and Procedures	05/03/10	3130/10/01
		Permanent Legal Custodian		3130/10/02 3140/10/03
		Educational Portions of ''Non-Educational'' Residential Treatment	01/04/10	OMHSAS-10-02
	Ch. 3130	Termination of Parental Rights and Compelling Reasons	01/05/10	Special Transmittal
	Ch. 3140	Needs-Based Plan/Budget Amendment	04/20/10	3140-10-01
	Ch. 3130	Shared Case Responsibility Policy and Procedures	05/03/10	3130-10-01
		YDC/YFC Interim Per Diem Rates Effective July 1, 2010	07/01/10	00-10-01
	Ch. 3130	Permanent Legal Custodian Policy	07/30/10	3130-10-02 3140-10-03
	Ch. 3130	Change in Process for Verifying Paternity	08/04/10	Special Transmittal
	Ch. 3800	Act 45 of 2010 Regarding Restraint Use and Reporting Requirements of Pregnant Females	08/04/10	3800-10-01
	Ch. 3130	Implementation of 45 CFR Part 1356 Chafee Nation Youth in Transition Database Part 1	08/09/10	3130-10-03
	Ch. 3130	Educational Stability & Continuity of Children Receiving Services from the County Children & Youth Agency (CCYA) Including the Use of an Education Screen	09/17/10	3130-10-04
	Ch. 3130	Clean Indoor Air Act Compliance Guidance	09/17/10	3130-10-05
	Ch. 3170	Out of Home Placement Services—Contract Documentation	12/23/10	3170-10-02
		Complex Case Planning	12/28/10	00-10-02
2011	Ch. 3130	Basic Health Information Form (CY980)	04/01/11	3130-11-01
	Ch. 3350	Implementation of Act 101 of 2010	04/25/10	3350-11-01
	Ch. 3490	Developmental Evaluation and Early Intervention Referral Policy	Issued 06/07/10; Revised 06/01/11	3490-10-01
	Ch.3140	Fiscal Year 2012-13 Children, Youth and Family's Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2011-12 Implementation Plan Instructions	Issued 05/27/11; Revised 06/17/11	3140-11-01
	Ch. 3140	Act 148 Invoicing Procedures for County Child Welfare Services	07/06/11	3140-11-02
		YDC/YFC Interim Per Diem Rates Effective 7/1/11	09/15/11	00-11-02
	Ch. 3130	Youth Independent Living Services Guidelines (and Appendix)	07/08/11	3130-11-04
	Ch. 3490	Implementation of Act 201 of 2002 (Safe Haven)	07/15/11	3490-11-01
2012		Master Client Index (MCI) Service Expansion YDC/YFC Interim Per Diem Rates Effective July 1, 2012	02/15/12 08/02/12	00-12-01 00-12-01
	Ch. 3490	Statewide General Protective Services (GPS) Response Times	04/13/12	3490-12-01
	Ch. 3130, 3680 3800	Children in Foster Care Act (Act 119 of 2010)	02/10/12	3130-12-02 3680-12-01 3800-12-02
	Ch. 3140	Random Moment Time Study Policies and Procedures County Children and Youth Agencies	05/07/12	3140-12-02
	Ch. 3130	Concurrent Planning Policy and Implementation	05/11/12	3130-12-03
2013		YDC/YFC Interim Per Diem Rates Effective July 1, 2013	10/07/13	00-13-01
	Ch. 3140	Fiscal Year 2012/13 Act 148 Invoicing and Medicaid Invoicing Procedures for County Child Welfare Services	05/15/13	3140-13-01
	Ch. 3140	County Children and Youth Program Title XX and Title IV-B Procedures	06/28/13	3140-13-04
	Ch. 3140	Fiscal Year 2014-15 Children, Youth and Family's Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2013-14 Implementation Plan Instructions	07/03/13	3140-13-03
	Ch. 3140	Fiscal Year 2013/14 Act 148 Invoicing and Medicaid Invoicing Procedures for County Child Welfare Services	09/11/13	3140-13-05
	Ch. 3140	Federal Title IV-E Invoicing Procedures Manual	10/15/13	3140-13-06
2014	Ch. 3800	Search and Seizure in Programs that Serve Children and Youth	02/28/14	3800-14-01
2014		Information Sharing Policies and Procedures for Communication Between Agencies and Individuals Who Supervise and Care for Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Placement and the Physical Health and Behavioral Health Managed Care Organizations	05/23/14	00-14-01
		YDC/YFC Interim Per Diem Rates Effective July 1, 2014	05/30/14	00-14-02
		Act 80 of 2012 and Act 91 of 2012	10/16/14	Special Transmittal
	Ch. 3130	Youth Independent Living Services Guidelines	12/08/14	3130-14-01
	Ch. 3130, 3700, 3800	Implementation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act relating to the Registration of Juvenile Offenders	09/17/14	3130-14-02 3700-14-01 3800-14-02
	Ch. 3140	Fiscal Year 2015-16 Children, Youth and Family's Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2014-15 Implementation Plan Instructions	05/14/14	3140-14-01
		Fiscal Year 2014-15 Act 148 Invoicing and Medicaid Invoicing Procedures for County Child Welfare Services	11/21/14	3140-14-02
	Ch. 3800	Search and Seizure in Programs that Serve Children and Youth	02/28/14	3800-14-01
2015		YDC/YFC Interim Per Diem Rates Effective July 1, 2015	07/01/15	00-15-02
	Ch. 3140	Fiscal Year 2016-17 Children, Youth and Family's Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2015-16 Implementation Plan Instructions	05/15/15	3140-15-01
		Policy Clarification Termination of Parent Rights for Adoption Assistance	03/27/15 01/08/16	3140-15-01 3140-15-02
2016         2017	Ch. 3490         Ch. 3140         Ch. 3350	Implementation of Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review and Report Protocols as Required by Act 33 of 2008 and Act 44 of 2014   YDC/YFC Interim Per Diem Rates Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Fiscal Year 2017-18 Children, Youth and Family's Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2016-17 Implementation Plan Instructions   YDC/YFC Interim Per Diem Rates Fiscal Years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes	07/15/15     07/01/16   06/06/16     07/10/17     05/23/17	3490-15-01     00-16-01   3140-16-01     00-17-01     3350-17-01
2018	Ch. 3700 +3680	Policy Clarification: Immunization Requirements for Prospective Resource Parents	01/23/18	3680-18-02 3700-18-02
	Ch, 3140	Federal Title IV-E Invoicing Procedures Manual	02/15/18	3140-18-02
	Ch. 3140	Fiscal Year 2019-20 Children, Youth and Family's Needs-Based Plan and Fiscal Year 2018-19 Implementation Plan Instructions	05/14/18	3140-18-03
	Ch. 3350	Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes	06/11/18	3350-18-02
		YDC-YFC Interim Per Diem Rates FYs 2018-19 and 2019-2020	06/27/18	00-18-01
	Ch. 3130	Revised and Reissued Indian Child Welfare Act	07/20/18	3130-18-02
	Ch. 3130	Concurrent Planning Policy and Implementation	07/20/18	3130-18-06
	Ch. 3130	Relative Notification and Definition of a Sibling (Reissued)	09/13/18	Special Transmittal
	Ch. 3130, 3700, +3800	Reasonable and Prudent Parenting Standards	09/27/18	3800-18-01 3700-18-03 3130-18-04
	Ch. 3490	Policy Clarification: Release of GPS Referral Source to Parents	11/06/18	3490-18-01
	Ch. 3680	Policy Clarification: Health requirements for children adopted by a prospective resource parent & whether they are required to immunize their own children	11/06/18	3680-18-02
2019	Ch. 3170	Requirements for Reimbursement of Placement Services to Children in Substitute Care	03/08/19	3170-19-01
	Ch. 3350	Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Unit of Service Payment Rates and Programmatic Changes	06/07/19	3350-19-02

GUIDANCE MANUALS:

• Audit Clause Language for Use in All County Child Welfare Service Provider Contracts
• Indirect Costs Under the County Cost Allocation Plan Guidelines
• Reporting of Indirect Costs—County Children and Youth Services
• Local Management Agency Policy and Procedures Manual
• PA Standards for Child Welfare Practice
• Model Petitions and Court Orders
• Foster Care Visitation Manual
• Safety Assessment and Management Process Reference Manual (last updated 06/09)
• Special Transmittal on Safe Sleep Environment Recommendations for Infants One Year of Age and Under (10/28/08)
• Pennsylvania's Child Welfare Practice Model
• Model Set of Standards for Pennsylvania's Multidisciplinary Investigative Teams

INTERNAL GUIDELINES:

• Youth Development Center/Youth Forestry Camp Policy Manual
• Report on Recommended Best Practices for IV-E & TANF Programs

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POLICY STATEMENTS:

Year	Code Citation	Subject	Date Issued	Bulletin Number
1980     1981	Ch. 5310   Ch. 4210 Ch. 4226 Ch. 4220 Ch. 5100   Ch. 4226   Ch. 4000	Fee for Service Funding of Mental Health Community Residential Rehabilitation (CRR) Programs   Office of Mental Health County Program Record Retention Policy Eligibility of ''At Risk'' Children for MH/MR Services   Interpretation of Section 6404.3.2 of the 6400 MH/MR Regulations Search of Visitors and Residents/Patients at State-Operated Mental Hospitals, Long-Term Care Units and Restoration Centers Funding of Early Intervention Services for Children Identified as MR, Mentally Disabled, or At Risk   Responsibility for Collection of Tuition Exp. Under Act 199 of 1980 for Out-of-State Residents	12/05/80     02/17/81   05/05/81   02/20/81   12/07/81     12/21/81     03/17/82	6100-80-02     5000-81-01   99-81-23   6000-81-02   99-81-59     99-81-49     199-82-01
1982	Ch. 4210 Ch. 11 Ch. 5310 Ch. 5310 Ch. 11   Ch. 5100 Ch. 11 Ch. 5310 Ch. 11	Procedures for Discharge of Mentally Retarded Patients at State Mental Hospitals Financial Competency Statements 8600 Letters of Agreement Between CRR Service Providers and County Administrative Programs Building Occupancy Requirement for CRR Service Providers Vecchione Competency Determinations, Procedures, and Alternatives Voting Rights and Procedures New Vecchione Petition Forms Community Residential Rehabilitation Services for Young Adult Clients Monitoring the Guardianship Petitioning Process at State Centers and State Mental Hospitals	04/02/82   04/16/82 05/10/82   06/25/82   07/16/82   08/17/82 08/20/82 09/15/81   09/24/82	99-82-14   99-82-14 8000-82-04   8000-82-06   99-82-33   99-82-36 99-82-39 99-82-50   99-82-47
1983	Ch. 1101 1150       Ch. 11 Ch. 5100   Ch. 5100   Ch. 5100   Ch. 5310     Ch. 5210 Ch. 5100   Ch. 20	Payment of Residential Placement Costs for Mentally Retarded or Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children in Residential Facility   Guardianship Petitioning Process—Redeterminations Informed Consent to Non-Psychiatric Health Care at State Mental Hospitals. Referral Procedures for ''Guilty but Mentally Ill'' Individuals Notification of State Mental Hospital 302 Commitments   Guidelines for the Development of Children's Community Residential Rehabilitation Services (CRRS) Programs Patient Care Review Committee Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Programs Associated with School Programs Guidelines for Voluntary and Involuntary Patients Refusing Physical Examination on Admission Expiration of 4th Provisional Cert. of Compliance	03/08/83       07/18/83 08/02/83   08/08/83   08/08/83 09/15/83     09/21/83 11/14/83   11/22/83   12/15/83	99-83-10         99-82-47 99-83-26   99-83-23   99-83-29 99-83-35     99-83-38 99-83-41   99-83-42   99-83-49
1984	Ch. 13 Ch. 4300 Ch. 4210 Ch. 5100       Ch. 4310	Charges for Evaluation and Reports Requested by OVR Guidelines for the Physical Structure of Seclusion Rooms County Indirect Cost Allocation Plan Guidelines     Treatment Team Management   Guidelines for Delivery of MH Forensic Svs. To Persons in Co. Jails & Persons on Prob. Or Parole Use of Authorized Absence at Discharge Care and Maintenance Policy Standards for Psychological Services in State Mental Hospitals and South Mountain Restoration Center	04/13/84 05/01/84 06/13/84     08/01/84   08/27/84   08/23/84 08/29/84 10/12/84	99-84-11 99-84-19 99-84-22     99-84-30   99-84-38   99-84-39 99-84-42 99-84-49
1985	Ch. 4300	County Indirect Cost Allocation Plan Guideline Update—Maintenance In Lieu of Rent as a Direct Cost (Joint MH/MR Bulletin)	08/22/85	99-85-17
	Ch. 1153	Requirements for Treatment Plans & Documentation of Treatment	10/31/85	29-85-02 33-85-02
	Ch. 4210	Readmission from Community Placement Within 30 Days of Discharge	05/03/85	99-85-21
	Ch. 5100 Ch. 5100 Ch. 11 Ch. 4310 Ch. 5100	Administration of Psychotropic Medication to Protesting Patients Treatment of Persons During Pendency of a 304 or 305 Commitment Petition Predischarge Money Management Planning Care and Maintenance Policy Guidelines for Indigent Certification Guidelines for Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)	03/11/85   07/22/85   10/28/85 12/10/85   03/05/85	99-85-10   99-85-19   99-85-38 99-85-44   99-86-06
1986	Ch. 4000	Procedures for Review of Service Eligibility and Termination Decisions	01/17/86	99-86-01
	Ch. 3490	Implementation of Act 33 of 1985	03/19/86	99-86-11
	Ch. 5100	Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Community Support Programs: Social Security Work Incentives Education: A Crucial Strategy in the Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill Community Support Programs: The Job Training Partnership Act Families of Mentally Ill Self Help Movement	05/08/86 06/23/86   05/21/86   03/18/86   03/18/86	99-86-14 99-86-20   99-86-16   99-86-10   99-86-07
1987	Ch. 4305	Client Liability Community MH/MR Liability	05/21/87	4305-87-02
	Ch. 5100   Ch. 4305         Ch. 3490	Notice of Grievance & Appeal Proc. Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Revised MH/MR Client Liability Community Services Regulations Model Policy and Procedures AIDS/HIV Blind/Visually Impaired Patients The Consumer's Self-Help Alternative OMH Policy on Application of Act 33 and Administrative Bulletin 00-85-96	09/08/87   01/08/87   07/22/87 01/15/87 01/15/87 01/16/87	99-87-23   4305-87-01   99-87-26 99-87-08 99-87-05 99-87-04
1988	Ch. 4305 Ch. 1151 1163 Ch. 1101 1150   Ch. 1153   Ch. 1101	Quarterly Liability Summaries MA Revisions to Chapters 1151 and 1163 Regulations   Fee Schedule Revisions and Transportation Requirements   Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Appropriate Billing for Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Providers and Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics County Payment Exception for TCM Services	01/29/88 06/29/88   06/30/88   07/12/88 03/01/88   11/04/88	4305-88-01 11-88-02   00-88-14   00-88-12 00-88-03   1101-89-01
1989	Ch. 4210	Abatement for Liability for Psychological Evaluations	09/14/89	00-89-17
	Ch. 1550	Signature Requirements	09/25/89	00-89-07
		Accessiblilty of Appropriate MH Services for Persons who are Hearing Impaired	10/10/89	00-89-09
	Ch. 5100	Requirement to Notify County Administrators	11/28/89	00-89-12
1990		SSI Disability for Children	09/27/90	00-90-24
1991                       1992	Ch. 1151   Ch. 1153     Ch. 5100     Ch. 4300       Ch. 1151       Ch. 1151   Ch. 1153 Ch. 5310   Ch. 5310   Ch. 5100               Ch. 14	Certification of Need—Medical Assistance Patients Under the Age of 21 Clozaril Monitoring and Evaluation Visit Physicians Services Coverage Annual Income and Expenditure Reports Certification and Appeal Process Patient/Client Information System   MA Patients Under 21—Certification of Necessity   Transmittal of General Family Based Mental Health Services Program Issues OMAP Independent Team—Certification of Need—MA Patients Under the Age of 21 Clozapine Support Services Community Residential Rehabilitation Services (CRRS) Length of Stay Policy Clarification of CRR Regulation Section 5310.33(e)   Policy and Guidelines on Ensuring the Protection of Human Rights (Patient Rights) Patient Care Evaluation Studies MH Crisis Intervention Services Implementation     Community Integrated Employment Program Definitions   Patient Abuse Investigations Investigator's Resource Manual	06/24/91   11/06/91   06/10/91     10/21/91   07/01/91   04/30/91   02/27/92   02/21/92   01/31/92 04/03/92   04/03/92   05/05/92   06/24/92 10/15/92     11/10/92   12/14/92	13-91-01   29-91-07   SMH-91-03     OMH-91-13 OMH-91-09 OMH-91-05 OMH-91-19 13-92-03   01-92-04 OMH-92-05 OMH-92-06 OMH-92-07 SMH-92-01 OMH-92-16 OMH-92-12 OMH-92-14
1993	CH. 1101           Ch. 5221   Ch. 1101       Ch. 4210	PAYMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED IN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE Patient Smoking Tuberculosis Surveillance and Management Immunization of Patients/Residents and Employees Resource Coordination Implementation   Cooperation with Utilization Review   MH Crisis Intervention Service Guidelines   Medical Assistance for Children	01/01/93       06/15/93 06/15/93 07/09/93 07/30/93   09/17/93   08/09/93   09/15/93	1165-93-07 01-93-04     SMH-93-02 SMH-93-03 SMH-93-04 OMH-93-09 OMH-93-08 OMH-93-10 00-93-23
	Ch. 5221	Intensive Case Management Record Requirement Providing Service to Persons with Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorder	09/21/93 11/09/93	5221-93-01 00-93-29
1994	Ch. 1150	Outpatient Psychiatric Services for Children Under 21 Years of Age       Responsibilities of South Mountain Restoration/Long Term Care Facilities Regarding Implementation of Nursing Home Reform Legislation Responsibilities of South Mountain Restoration/Long Term Care Facilities Regarding Implementation of Nursing Home Reform Legislation	01/11/94         02/14/94     02/23/94	01-94-01 41-94-01 48-94-01 49-94-01 50-94-01 OMH-94-03   OMH-94-02   OMH-94-07 OMH-94-09
	Ch. 1101   Ch. 1101       Ch. 1153	180-Day Exception Requests and Invoice Submission Time Frames 180-Day Exception Requests and Invoice Submission Time Frames Serious Mental Illness: Adult Priority Group   Prior Authorization of Partial Hospitalization Services for Children Beyond the Limit of Total Number of Hours Plan of Care Summary Form Referenced in 01-94-01 Guidelines for Assuring Accessibility of State Mental Hospital Services for Person who are Hearing Impaired	04/11/94   05/27/94   03/04/94   12/30/94   04/01/94 06/28/94	OMH-94-05 33-94-04   01-94-05 SMH-94-02
1995	CH. 1153	ACCESSING OUTPATIENT WRAPAROUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Not Currently Included in the Medical Assistance Program Fee Schedule for Eligible Children Under 21 years of Age	09/08/95	1153-95-01
	Ch. 1163	Revision of Utilization Guidelines for Inpatient Hospital Drug and Alcohol Services Under the Medical Assistance Program	11/06/95	01-95-20 11-95-12 1163-95-01
	Ch. 1163	Guidelines for Inpatient Hospital Drug and Alcohol Services—Non Availability of a Non-Hospital Bed	11/06/95	01-95-21 11-95-13 12-95-08
	Ch. 1150	Mental Health Services Provided in Non-JCAHO Accredited Residential Facility for Children Under 21 Years of Age	09/08/95	1157-95-01 01-95-12 11-95-08 12-95-04 13-95-01 14-95-01 17-95-05 41-95-03 50-95-03 53-95-01
	Ch. 1101                 Ch. 4000   Ch. 1101 Ch. 5100   Ch. 20	Update—JCAHO—Accredited RTF Services                   Room and Board Payments for MH-only Children in Residential Facilities Which are Not JCAHO Accredited Signature Requirement Crime Victim Notification: Act 155 Expanding the Bill of Rights for Victims of Crime License/Approval Process for Community Based Mental Health Service Programs Guidelines for Safeguarding Patient Property   Distribution of PARF Position Statement for State Hospital Vocation Adjustment Services Guidelines for Supporting the Development of Consumer Self-Help	09/08/95                   04/03/95   02/01/95 08/25/95   06/12/95   03/01/95   03/15/95   03/15/95	01-95-13 11-95-09 12-95-05 13-95-02 14-95-02 17-95-06 41-95-04 50-95-04 53-95-02 1165-95-01 4000-95-01   01-95-01 SMH-95-01   OMH-95-08 OMH-95-05 OMH-95-04 OMH-95-03
1996	—   Ch. 20   Ch. 1150	Summer Therapeutic Activities Program Procedure for Service Descriptions (for BHRS Providers) Non-Renewal of Licenses for Community Based Mental Health Providers that have Suspended Services Procedure for Claiming Federal Reimbursement of Administrative Costs for Medicaid Funded MH services Tuberculosis Infection Control Program Implementation of Act 28 of 1995 in OMH-Operated Long Term Care Units and South Mountain Restoration Center	04/25/96 04/29/96 05/24/96   06/14/96   08/09/96 08/26/96	50-96-03 01-96-11 OMH-96-02 OMH-96-04 SMH-96-01 SMH-96-02
1997	Ch. 14   Ch. 4305           Ch. 1150	Reporting Alleged Neglect of Care of Dependent Persons under Act 28 of 1995 Quarterly Liability Summaries Supplement and Amendment Role of State Mental Hospital and Restoration Center Boards of Trustees Training for EPSDT Expanded Services Providers (Provider Type 50) on Completing MA Invoices   Change in Billing Procedures for Psychotherapy	01/15/97   02/07/97   3/21/97   07/07/97     07/14/97	OMH-97-01 00-97-02   SMH-97-01   50-97-03     28-97-06 29-97-06
	—	Change in Procedure for Requesting and Billing Therapeutic Staff Support (TSS) Services	09/17/97	01-97-16 41-97-02 48-97-02 49-97-06 50-97-05
1998	Ch. 4300	Reporting Requirements for Services Funded Through County Base and CHIPP Funds	02/17/98	OMH-98-01
	Ch. 1223	Drug and Alcohol Clinics with Provisional Licenses	03/03/98	28-98-01 1123-98-01
	Ch. 1163	Revision of Utilization Guidelines for Inpatient Hospital Drug and Alcohol Services Under the Medical Assistance Program	05/18/98	1163-98-01
	Ch. 5310     Ch. 1153     Ch. 1163	Licensing Compliance Prediction Instrument Application in the Licensing of Community Residential Rehabilitation Services Clozapine Support Services Change in Billing Procedure for Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services Revision of Utilization Guidelines for Inpatient Hospital Drug and Alcohol Services under MA	08/01/98     12/29/98 07/10/98   05/18/98	OMH-98-02   01-98-19 01-98-10   01-98-06
1999	—	Procedures for Licensed, Enrolled Mental Retardation Providers to Access and Submit Claims for Outpatient Behavioral Health services for Individuals Under 21 years of age	12/03/99	17-99-02 50-99-03
		Emeriti v. Philadelphia Center for Human Development 720 A.2d 1032 (Pa. 1998) (Duty to Ward Third Parties—Tarasoff in Pennsylvania)	09/15/99	OMHSAS-99-09
	Ch. 1153	Medication Management Visit	04/26/99	28-99-02 29-99-01
	Ch. 1153 Ch. 1223   Ch. 1141       Ch. 4300	Increase Fees for Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics, Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Programs and Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Clinics Maximum Allowable Rates of Reimbursement for Psychiatric Physicians Mental Health Research Involving Human Subjects   Sanctions Policy for Noncompliance with MH/MR Income and Expenditure, Consolidated Waiver, and Cost Settlement Reporting Requirements	06/23/99     03/24/99   07/28/99   11/02/99	28-99-03 29-99-02 33-99-01 OMHSAS-99-02 OMHSAS-99-06 OMHSAS-99-10
2000		Guidelines for Identifying Persons with Mental Retardation and Mental Illness for State Mental Health Hospital Discharge	05/15/00	00-00-04
	Ch. 4300	The Roles and Responsibilities of County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Programs in the Development of a Child's Individual Education Program Clarification of Billing Instructions for Methadone Maintenance Services Changes in Terminology in MA Program Fee Schedule for Type of Services/Procedure Code AG/W1855 Freedom of Choice for MA Recipients Requiring Behavioral Health Services Prior Authorization of Therapeutic Staff Support Services	10/04/00     08/21/00   03/13/00   12/29/00   12/29/00	OMHSAS-00-04   28-00-03   28-00-01   01-00-16   01-00-13
	Ch. 5100	Age of Consent for Voluntary Outpatient Mental Health Treatment	06/18/01	OMHSAS-01-04
		Accessibility of Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Persons Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late Deafened, or Deaf-Blind	10/01/01	OMHSAS-01-06
	Ch. 5100	Procedures for Client Rights Grievances and Appeals	08/10/01	SMH-01-03
	Ch. 4300	Accessibility of State Mental Health Facilities for Persons who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or Deaf-Blind Behavior Specialist Consultant and Mobile Therapist Community Support Services Fee Schedule   Revisions to Policies and Procedures Relating to Mobile Therapy and Behavioral Specialist Consultant Addition of Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS) to the MA Fee Schedule The Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (RTF)	06/18/01   4/26/01 06/01/01   06/01/01   06/21/01   07/23/01	SMH-01-01 01-01-04 OMHSAS-01-02 01-01-05   01-01-07   53-01-01
2002		Coordination of treatment and support for people with a diagnosis of serious mental illness who also have a diagnosis of mental retardation	12/17/02	00-02-16
	Ch. 1223	Drug and Alcohol Clinics with Provisional Licenses	10/26/02	28-02-02
	Ch. 5100	Interpretation of Pennsylvania Law Related to 402(b) Commitment	09/12/02	OMHSAS-02-04
		The Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Mental Health Facilities and Programs	04/08/02	OMHSAS-02-01
		Performance Expectations and Recommended Guidelines for the County Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP)	06/06/02	OMHSAS-02-02
	Ch. 1101	Generic Drugs Documentation and Recordkeeping Requirements Residential Treatment (RTF) Services Provided in a Secure Setting Reissue of MA Bulletin Adding BHRS to the MA Program Fee Schedule Reminder to Providers who Prescribe BHRS of Documentation Requirements	04/01/02 03/21/02 10/01/02   03/06/02   04/03/02	SMH-02-01 29-02-03 01-02-11   01-02-05   01-02-07
2003	Ch. 1223         Ch. 4300	Elimination of the Requirement for the Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Clinic's Supervisory Physician to Perform a Comprehensive Medical Examination Within 15 days following the Intake and Before the Provision of Treatment   Community Support Services Fee Schedule Additional Place of Service (Office) for Psychotherapy Availability of Training for Completion of Provider BHRS Reports	10/01/03         07/01/03   01/06/03 01/31/03	28-03-02         OMHSAS-03-01 01-03-01 01-03-02
	Ch. 1101         Ch. 1101	Site Visits and Access to Records by Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy, Inc. Process to Handle Residential Treatment Facility Reports of Death, Serious Injury, or Attempted Suicide (Serious Occurrences) Obligation of MA Providers Participating in Managed Care Delivery System to Comply with MA Regulations OMHSAS Bulletin Series Update (1980-2003)	02/19/03   06/13/03     08/01/03   12/19/03	00-03-02   53-03-01     99-03-09   OMHSAS-03-04
2004	Ch. 1223	Methadone Take-Home Services Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and Rural Health Clinics Providing BHRS Services for Children Placed Out of County in Pre-Adoptive or Foster Homes Revised Reporting Requirements for BHRS in the HealthChoices Program Discontinuation of the Provider BHRS Reports and Issuance of the BHRS Provider Handbook Revision to STAP Annual Service Description Requirements Employee and Contractor's Use of Personal Pager and Cellular Telephones	02/01/04 04/02/04   07/19/04   11/30/04   11/30/04   12/23/04   11/05/04	28-04-01 08-04-01   00-04-02   08-04-05   08-04-06   08-04-07   SMH-04-02
2005	Ch. 1153	Psychological/Psychiatric/Clinical Re-Evaluations and Re-Authorization for Behavioral Health Rehabilitation (BHR) Services for Children and Adolescents with Behavioral Health Needs Compounded by Developmental Disorders	06/24/05	07-05-01
	Ch. 5100	Transporting Patients	02/28/05	SMH-05-02
	Ch. 5100	Administrative Transfers between State Mental Hospitals Civil Sections	04/29/05	SMH-05-04
	Ch. 4300	Cost Settlement Policy and Procedures for Community-Based Medicaid Initiatives	08/15/05	OMHSAS-05-01
		Integrated Children's Services Initiative	06/09/05	00-05-05
		Quality at the End of Life for Consumers and Residents Limited English Proficiency (LEP) MA Program Fee Schedule Procedure Code Changes for Behavioral Health Services MA Program Fee Schedule Procedure Code Changes for Case Management Services	09/16/05 01/20/05 09/08/05   10/27/05	SMH-05-05 00-04-13 08-05-05   21-05-03
2006		Memorandum of Understanding Between the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Pennsylvania Department of Aging	02/01/06	OMHSAS-06-01
		Service Priority For: Older Adult Population	02/01/06	OMHSAS-06-02
		Co-Occurring Disorder Competency Approval Criteria for All Facilities Licensed by the Department of Health Division of Drug and Alcohol Program, License or the Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services	02/10/06	OMHSAS-06-03
		Writing of Orders by Administrators	02/13/06	SMH-06-01
	Ch. 5100	Community Incident Management & Reporting System	07/18/06	OHMSAS-06-04
	Ch. 1153 Ch. 5200	Mobile Mental Health Treatment	11/30/06	08-06-18
	Ch. 1151 Ch. 1153 Ch. 1223	BH-FFS Transfer from OMAP to OMHSAS	08/15/06	OMHSAS-06-07
	Ch. 1153       Ch. 4210     Ch. 4210	Revision to Minimum Staff Qualifications of Therapeutic Staff Support (TSS) Workers Guidelines for Following Mental Health Advanced Directives in State Mental Hospitals Admissions/Discharges to County Programs from State Mental Health Facilities Selected Discharges to County Programs from State Mental Health Facilities where the Admitting BSU is Different from the Discharge BSU	08/24/06   09/19/06   11/01/06     12/27/06	08-06-15   SMH-06-03   1527-06-19     1527-06-24
2007	Ch. 1101	Observation Levels of Intensive Treatment   Guidelines for Establishing and Granting Levels of Independence in the State Mental Hospitals Responsibility of MA Providers to Provide Requested Medical/Psychological Information to the Disability Advocacy Program	06/18/07   07/27/07     05/18/07	SMH-P-07-01 SMH-P-07-02   99-07-08
	Ch. 5100 Ch. 1151 Ch. 1163 Ch. 5310 Ch. 5320	Clarification of Act 169, also known as the Older Adult Protective Services Act (OAPSA), in regards to hiring practices for inpatient and residential facilities.	08/02/07	OMHSAS-07-01
2008	Ch. 5310 Ch. 5320	Guidelines for Interagency Planning for Children in Need of Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services or Partial Hospitalization on Services during the School Day	01/04/08	OMHSAS-08-01
		Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)	09/02/08	OMHSAS-08-03
	Ch. 3490	Implementation of Act 179 of 2006 & Act 73 of 2007 Amending The Child Protective Services Law Therapeutic Leave Approval Process   Consumer Meeting Involvement   Consumer Possession and Use of Cellular Telephones	06/27/08   03/20/08   03/20/08   03/20/08	3490-08-03   SMH-P-08-02 SMH-P-08-03 SMH-P-08-04
2009		Guidance for Conducting Functional Behavioral Assessment in the Development of Treatment Plans for Services Delivered to Children with Behavioral Health Needs Compounded by Developmental Disorders	01/09/09	OMHSAS-09-01
	Ch. 1223	Requirements for Clinics Supervisory Physician Reviews and Reevaluations of Diagnoses, Treatment Plans and Updates	04/18/09	OMHSAS-09-03
		Best Practice for Family Involvement with Youth who are in Residential Treatment Facilities (RTFs)	06/15/09	OMHSAS-09-04
	Ch. 5100 Ch. 13	Use of Restraints, Seclusion and Exclusion in State Mental Hospitals and Restoration Center	11/30/09	OMHSAS-09-06
	Ch. 1150   Ch. 14   Ch. 3800   Ch. 3800	Inclusion of External Advocates in Hospital Administrative Investigations Strategies and Practices to Eliminate the Use of Unnecessary Restraints Prone Restraints in Children's Facilities	01/05/09   12/19/09   12/19/09	SMH-P-09-01 3800-09-01   3800-09-02
2010	Ch. 1153 Ch. 2380 Ch. 5200 Ch. 5210 Ch. 6400 Ch. 6500	Medication Prescribing Practices of CRNP's in Mental Health Programs and Mental Retardation Programs	03/27/10	OMHSAS-10-01
	Ch. 4000	Educational Portions of ''Non-Educational'' Residential Placement	01/04/10	OMHASA-10-02
	Ch. 5221	Blended Case Management (BCM) (Revised)	06/14/10	OMHSAS-10-03
	Ch. 4210 Ch. 5100 Ch. 14	Psychological/Psychiatric/Clinical Re-Evaluation and Re-Authorization for Behavioral Health Rehabilitation (BHR) Services Referrals for Admission from Department of Corrections and County Jails Response to Incident of Alleged Improper Sexual Behavior State Hospital Referrals for Potential Nursing Home Placement Management of Incidents of Incidents: SI-815 Incident reporting and Risk Management Policy and Procedural Change	07/09/10     02/01/10   03/10/10   11/17/10   11/10/10	OMHSAS-10-04   SMH-P-10-01 SMH-P-10-02 SMH-P-10-03 SMH-10-01
2011		Non-Discrimination Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Intersex People	01/07/11	OMHSAS-11-01
		Guidelines to Ensure Affirmative Environments and Clinically Appropriate Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Intersex Consumers and Their Family Members	01/07/11	OMHSAS-11-02
	Ch. 41	Clarification of Permissible Arrangements for Psychologists Who Are Associated with the Provision of Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS)	03/08/11	OMHSAS-11-05
	Ch. 14	Administrative Investigations	10/20/11	OMHSAS-11-08
		Unscheduled Use of Medication in the State Hospital System PRN and STAT Medication Orders	04/26/11	SMH-11-01
2012		Summer Therapeutic Activities Program (STAP)	03/01/12	OMHSAS-12-01
	Ch. 4300	Cost Centers for County Based Mental Health Services	03/26/12	OMHSAS-12-02
	Ch. 5100	Unsupervised Leave of Patients Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity	04/04/12	SMH-P-12-01
	Ch. 5100	Proper Implementation of Discharge or Transfer Procedures for Certain Person in the Category ''Acquitted Because of Lack of Criminal Responsibility.'' (Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity)	04/04/12	SMH-P-12-03
	Ch. 5100	Information Sharing Between Regional Forensic Psychiatric Centers and State or County Correctional Facilities Upon Admission and Discharge	04/04/12	SMH-P-12-04
	Ch. 5221	Mental Health Targeted Case Management (TCM) Documentation Requirements	06/14/12	OMHSAS-12-03
2013	Ch. 5221	Targeted Case Management (TCM) Travel and Transportation Guidelines	01/18/13	OMHSAS-13-01
	Ch. 1101	Policy Clarification Regarding Written Prescriptions Orders and Requests—Statement of Policy	06/27/13	OMHSAS-13-02
		2013 HCPCS Updates Related to Behavioral Health Services	10/18/13	OMHSAS-13-03
2014		OMHSAS Guidelines for the Approval of Telepsych Services in HealthChoices	03/18/14	OMHSAS-14-01
	Ch. 1101	Enrollment and Payment of Licensed Providers that Provide Behavioral Specialist Services to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders	05/23/14	OMHSAS-14-02
		Affordable Care Act (ACA) Re-enrollment Guidance for Behavioral Health Providers	08/01/14	OMHSAS-14-03
		Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM 5) Information Sharing Policies and Procedures—Those who Supervise Foster Children and PH and BH-MCOs	09/05/14   05/23/14	OMHSAS-14-04 01-14-01
2015		Community Incident Management & Reporting System OMHSAS Bulletin Series Update—Obsolete Bulletins	04/01/15 10/07/15	OMHSAS-15-01 OMHSAS-15-02
2016	Ch. 1500                                           Ch. 1101	Mental Health Emergency Services Guidelines   Training and Supervision Requirements for TSS that Implement Treatment plans that Include Applied Behavioral Analysis Revised Procedure for Waiver of OMHSAS Program Regulations and Standards Training Requirements for Licensed Behavior Specialists Who Use Behavioral Specialist Consultant-Autism Spectrum Disorder to Provide Applied Behavioral Analysis Guidelines for Referrals and Coordination of Admission to South Mountain Restoration Center for Individuals Discharged from Correctional Facilities Payment for Room and Board when Services are Provided by a CARF or COA Accredited Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) Enrollment and Payment of Provider Entities that Do Not Have a License to Provide Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization, or Family Based Mental Health Services to Use Behavioral Specialist Consultant Services and Therapeutic Staff Support Services to Provide Applied Behavioral Analysis to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Security Guidelines for Regional Forensic Psychiatric Centers   Admissions, Transfers, Level of Care and Service Area Designation for the Regional Forensic Psychiatric Centers Nursing Home Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review Requirements Related to Mental Health Services Peer Support Services—Revised   (OMAP/OMHSAS) Payment for Claims for Services Provided to Children and Adolescents for the Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder	01/08/16   04/10/16   04/19/16   04/26/16     05/10/16     05/16/16   06/06/16           06/23/16   07/14/16   11/10/16   12/12/16   08/17/16	OMHSAS-16-01 OMHSAS-16-02 OMHSAS-16-03 OMHSAS-16-04   OMHSAS-16-05   OMHSAS-16-06 OMHSAS-16-07         OMHSA-16-08 OMHSAS-16-10 OMHSAS-16-11 OMHSAS 16-12 99-16-15
2017		Reissue of Medical Necessity Guidelines for Applied Behavioral Analysis Using Behavioral Specialist Consultant-Autism Spectrum Disorder and Therapeutic Staff Support Services Applied Behavioral Analysis using Behavioral Specialist Consultant-Autism Spectrum Disorder and Therapeutic Staff Support Services Special Pharmaceutical Benefits Program—Mental Health Physician/Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner Collaboration Procedures	1/13/17       01/13/17     08/29/17     08/29/17	OMHSAS 17-01     OMHSAS 17-02   OMHSAS-17-03   OMHSAS-17-04
2018		Consent to Mental Health Treatment for Minor Children	06/29/18	OMHSAS-18-01
2019		Admissions, Discharges, and Continuity of Care for State Mental Hospitals	06/29/18	OMHSAS-19-01

GUIDANCE MANUALS:

• Community Hospital Integration Projects Program (CHIPP) Guidelines
• Updated Olmstead Plan for Pennsylvania's Mental Health System

Office of Developmental Programs—Contact: Julie Mochon (717) 783-5771

POLICY STATEMENTS:

Year	Code Citation	Subject	Date Issued	Bulletin Number
1981		Search of Visitors and Residents at State Centers and Mental Retardation Units	9/19/81	99-81-40
		Policies and Procedures Governing Admissions, Commitment, Transfers, and Discharges at State-Operated Mental Retardation Facilities	12/01/81	99-81-51
1982		Guidelines for State Center Boards of Trustees	2/17/02	99-82-02
		Responsibility for Collection of Tuition Expenses Under Act 199 for Out-of-State Residents	3/17/82	199-82-01
		Notice of Assessments	4/16/82	99-82-15
		New Vecchione Petition Forms	8/20/82	99-82-39
		Monitoring the Guardianship Petitioning Process at State Centers and State Mental Hospitals	9/24/82	99-82-47
		State Supplemental Security Income Supplement for Licensed Personal Care Boarding Home Residents		297-82-73
		Personal Care Boarding Home Resident Assessment Summary	12/31/82	II-30-82-02
1983		Guardianship Petitioning Process at State Centers	2/11/83	99-83-05
		Payment of Residential Placement Costs for Mentally Retarded or Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children in Residential Facilities	3/8/83	99-83-10
		Guidelines for State Center Board of Trustees—Revision	8/18/83	99-83-21
1984		County Indirect Cost Allocation Plan Guidelines	6/13/84	99-84-22
		Personal Care Boarding Home Supplement	6/27/84	297-84-43
1985		County Indirect Cost Allocation Plan Guideline Update—Maintenance in Lieu of rent as a Direct Cost	8/22/85	99-85-17
		Tobacco Products Purchase (with State Funds) for Client use in MR Facilities	10/15/85	99-85-19
1986		Revised Definition of Developmentally Disabled Persons Who Receive Services in Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICRs/MR)	12/31/86	42-435-86-01
		Choking Prevention and Management	12/4/86	00-86-14
1987		Clarification of Definition of Developmentally Disabled Persons Receiving Services in Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded	12/9/87	4398-87-01
	CH. 4305	Client Liability—Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services	5/21/87	4305-87-02
		Documentation Requirements—Waiver Requests for Increases for Workers' Compensation Costs	9/25/87	99-87-15
		Conversion of Comm. Res. MR Facilities to ICF/MR	10/23/87	99-87-17
		Case Management Services	11/19/87	99-87-18
		State Employees Acting in Voluntary Capacity to Control Client Funds	11/19/87	00-87-18
1988		Quarterly Liability Summaries	1/29/88	4305-88-01
	Ch. 6000	Change in Zoning Requirements for Licensing Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded	10/3/88	6000-88-07
	Ch. 1181	OBRA-87—Nursing Home Reform	12/28/88	1181-88-08
	Ch. 6000	Administration and Management of Client Funds	10/05/88	6000-88-08
		Applicability of Appropriate Life Safety Codes	8/9/88	00-88-09
1989	Ch. 6000	Guidelines for Enhancing and Conducting Direct and Independent Assessment	10/16/89	6000-89-01
	Ch. 1101	Copayment Exemption for Targeted Case Management Services	11/4/88	1101-89-01
		Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Relief of Upper Airway Obstruction	3/1/89	SC-89-01
		Care and Services Policy for State Centers and MR Units	8/25/89	SC-89-02
		New Federal ICF/MR Regulations	2/7/89	00-89-03
		Account Code Structure—Offices of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Cost Center Definitions	7/28/89	00-89-05
		Abatement of Liability for Psychological Evaluations	09/14/89	00-89-17
		LEKOTEK	11/1/89	00-89-18
1990	Ch. 6000	Family-Driven Family Support Services	12/12/90	6000-90-01
		Children's Cardiac Program	1/31/90	00-90-03
		Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program	4/9/90	00-90-12
		Department of Health Programs for Young Children	4/9/90	00-90-14
		Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Disability Benefits for Children	9/27/90	00-90-24
1991		Mental Health/Mental Retardation Annual Income and Expenditure Reports	10/21/91	OMH-91-13
		Opportunities and Supports for Older Persons with Mental Retardation	11/1/91	00-91-17
		Joint Statement by the Department of Public Welfare and The Department of Aging	7/31/91	00-91-18
		Applicability of OMB Circular A-133 for Non-State Operated Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICFs/MR)	10/31/91	00-91-26
1992		Special Innovative Services Expenditures Under Family Support Services	1/16/92	00-92-03
		Issuance of Audit Guide for Non-State Operated Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded	8/31/92	00-92-22
1993		Supporting People in the Community	2/24/93	00-93-02
		Tuberculosis Surveillance and Management	9/21/93	SMH-93-03
		Immunization of Patients/Residents and Employees	7/9/93	SMH-93-04
		Medical Assistance for Children	9/15/93	00-93-23
		Family Support Services Subcommittee Observations and Recommendations	8/31/93	00-93-25
		Western Center Settlement Agreement	11/1/93	00-93-28
		Providing Services to Persons with Autism/ Pervasive Developmental Disorder	11/9/93	00-93-29
		OBRA Procedures for Individuals with Mental Retardation	12/30/93	00-93-30
1994		Closure of Admissions of Children to State-Operated Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded	12/14/94	SC-94-01
		Federal Regulations on Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens	2/1/94	00-94-02
		Facilitated Communication	3/1/94	00-94-11
		Community Resource Development in Family Support Services Projects	3/10/94	00-94-12
		Additional Interpretive Guidelines for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded	6/7/94	00-94-17
		Assessments: Lifetime Medical History	12/6/94	00-94-32
		Facilitated Communication-Best Practices and Guidelines	12/30/94	00-94-34
1995		Educational and Vocational Training in Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded	3/28/95	00-95-04
		Medical Assistance Funded Services for Children	9/20/95	00-95-19
		Act 28 of 1995		00-95-25
1996	Ch. 6000	Criteria for Approval of New Intermediate Care Facilities for People with Mental Retardation	04/06/96	6000-96-01
		Tuberculosis Infection Control Program	8/9/96	SMH-96-01
		Social Security Administration Alternate Vocational Rehabilitation Provider Initiative	3/19/96	00-96-05
		Revised Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR) Guidelines	4/12/96	00-96-07
		Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Memorandum of Understanding with the Offices of Mental Health and Mental Retardation	7/31/96	00-96-11
		Regulation Interpretation Unobstruction Egress	11/8/96	00-96-19
		Survey Guidelines and Procedures Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mental Retarded (ICFs/MR)	11/18/96	00-96-20
		Regulation Interpretation—Family Living Medication Administration Training	11/19/96	00-96-21
1997		Quarterly Liability Summaries: Supplement and Amendment	2/7/97	00-97-02
		OMR Statewide Peer Review Committee	3/17/97	00-97-04
		Act 26 of 1997 (Amending Act 28 of 1995)	8/29/97	00-97-06
1998		Guidelines to Supporting People Moving from State Centers into The Community	03/27/98	00-98-03
1999		Sanctions Policy for Noncompliance with Mental Health & Mental Retardation Income & Expenditure, Consolidated Waiver, and Cost Settlement Reporting Requirements	11/2/99	OMHSAS-99-10
2000		The Roles and Responsibilities of County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Programs in the Development of a Child's Individual Education Program	10/4/00	OMHSAS-00-04
		Guidelines for Identifying Persons with Mental Retardation and Mental Illness for State Mental Health Hospital Discharge	5/15/00	00-00-04
		Domiciliary Care for Persons with Mental Retardation	5/23/00	00-00-05
2002
		Performance Expectations and Recommended Guidelines for the County Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP)	6/6/02	OMHSAS-02-02
	Ch. 4210	Clarifying Eligibility for Mental Retardation Services and Supports	05/31/02	4210-02-05
		Pro Re Nata Medication Usage for Psychiatric Treatment—Clarification of Interpretation	7/11/02	00-02-09
		Need for ICF/MR Level of Care	08/07/02	00-02-13
		Coordination of Treatment and Support for People with a Diagnosis of Serious Mental Illness who also have a Diagnosis of Mental Retardation	12/17/02	00-02-16
2003		Passage of Act 171 relating to the Older Adults Protective Services Act (OAPSA)	2/11/03	00-03-01
		OBRA Time-Limited Determinations	5/13/03	00-03-04
		Principles for the Mental Retardation System	6/13/03	00-03-05
		Medication Administration Training Program	8/12/03	00-03-07
		Payments for Psychological Testing to Diagnose Mental Retardation in Children and Adults	10/21/03	00-03-10
		Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities in the Community Mental Retardation Program	11/25/03	00-03-11
2004	Ch. 6000	Incident Management	02/18/04	6000-04-01
		MH/MR Services for Children Placed Out-of-County in Pre-Adoptive or Foster Homes	7/19/04	00-04-02
		Positive Approaches	1/9/04	00-04-05
		Home and Community Based Waiver Provider's Billing of HIPAA Compliant National Codes Based on Authorized Plans of Care Through the Home and Community Services Information System and PROMISe	3/10/04	99-04-06
		Determining Medical Assistance Eligibility for Individuals Age Three and Older Who Apply for Supports and Services Authorized by a County Mental Health/ Mental Retardation Program Certified Investigations	5/10/04       9/16/04	00-04-08       00-04-11
		Limited English Proficiency (LEP)	1/20/05	00-04-13
		Determining Medical Assistance Eligibility for Families of Infants and Toddlers Who Apply for Supports and Services Authorized by a County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program	1/28/05	00-04-14
		Alternative Sanction Guidelines for ICF/MR Medical Assistance Certification	1/28/05	00-04-15
2005		Cost Settlement Policy and Procedures for Community-Based Medicaid Initiatives	8/15/05	OMHSAS-05-01
		Issuance of Audit Guide for Non-State Operated Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded	11/30/04	00-05-01
		Services Requiring Third Party Insurance Review Prior to Consideration for Waiver Payment	7/5/05	00-05-03
		Life sharing through Family Living	8/8/05	00-05-04
		Office of Mental Retardation Policy on Employment	12/20/05	00-05-07
2006		Employment for Individuals in ICFs/MR	4/5/06	00-06-08
		Elimination of Restraints through Positive Practices	5/1/06	00-06-09
		Payment for Sign Language Interpreters and/or Translators	5/10/06	00-06-10
		Service Review Protocol for Individuals in the Consolidated and Person Family Directed Support Waivers	9/7/06	00-06-13
		Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services (PUNS) Manual	12/22/06	00-06-15
2007		Overview of Supports Intensity Scale© (SIS©) and the PA Plus (Attachment)	4/26/07	00-07-02
	Ch. 4300	Administrative Entity and Provider Contracts (Statement of Policy)	8/17/07	4300-07-05
2008		Implementation of Act 179 of 2006 and Act 73 of 2007 Amending the Child Protective Services Law	06/27/08	3490-08-03
		Procedures for Service Delivery Preference	1/30/08	00-08-03
		Individual Eligibility for Medicaid Waiver Services	3/5/08	00-08-04
		Due Process and Fair Hearing Procedures for Individuals with Mental Retardation	4/10/08	00-08-05
		Agency with Choice Financial Management Services (AWC FMS)	4/28/08	00-08-08
		Licensing Protocols and Procedures	6/17/08	00-08-10
		Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) and PA Plus Manual	7/28/08	00-08-11
		Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent Financial Management Services	8/13/08	00-08-14
		Disability Rights Network Access to Records and Joint Investigations	2/13/09	00-08-15
		Communication Supports and Services	1/20/09	00-08-18
2009	Ch. 3800	Strategies and Practices to Eliminate the Use of Unnecessary Restraints	12/19/09	3800-09-01
	Ch. 3800	Prone Restraints in Children's Facilities	12/19/09	3800-09-02
	Ch. 6200	Social Security Economic Recovery One-Time Payment	07/10/09	6200-09-05
2010		Medication Prescribing Practices of CRNPs in Mental Health Programs and Mental Retardation Programs	3/27/10	OMHSAS-10-01
		Educational Portions of ''Non-Educational'' Residential Placement	1/4/10	OMHSAS-10-02
		Complex Case Planning	12/28/10	00-10-02
		Planning and Managing Unanticipated Emergencies	7/1/10	00-10-03
		Recording Information on the Target of an Individual to Individual Abuse Incident Report in HCSIS	07/01/10	00-10-04
		Supports Coordination Services	05/26/10	00-10-06
		Referral to the Early Intervention Program for Children Under Three Years of Age Placed in ICFs/MR	05/26/10	00-10-08
		Prior Authorization for Supplemental Habilitation and Additional Individualized Staffing	05/26/10	00-10-09
		Obsolete Licensing Indictor System, Licensing Inspection Instruments and Licensing Weighting Systems Applicable To 55 Pa. Code Chapters 2380, 2390, 6400 and 6500	08/16/10	00-10-11
		Supports Coordinator Training Waiver Requirements	12/30/10	00-10-13
		Provider Monitoring	12/30/10	00-10-14
2011	Ch. 6000	Procedures for Surrogate Health Care Decision Making	01/27/11	6000-11-01
2012		Adult Autism Waiver Services and Procedure Code Changes and Rates	9/7/12	00-12-01
		Rate-Setting Methodology and Rates for Department-Established Fees for Ineligible Residential Habilitation Services	9/7/12	00-12-02
2013	Ch. 6400	Clarifying the Applicability of Chapter 6400 to Private Homes—Statement of Policy	1/14/13	6400-13-01
	Ch. 6400	Participant Rights—Statement of Policy	2/11/13	6400-13-02
	Ch. 6000	Rescission of Class 3 Intellectual Disability Bulletins	4/5/13	6000-13-03
		Crosswalk Between ODP Cost Center Codes and Block Grant Codes	8/21/13	00-13-04
		Rescission of Joint Bulletins Released By OMHSAS, OIM and ODP	12/24/13	00-13-05
2014		Listing of Obsolete and Current Intellectual Disability Bulletins	3/13/14	00-14-03
		Accessibility of Intellectual Disability Services for Individuals Who Are Deaf Program	4/8/14	00-14-04
2015		Rescission of OMH-94-10, Account Structure Manual— Revised Cost Centers for County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Programs	09/16/2015	00-15-03
2016		Targeted Services Management for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability	01/20/16	00-16-01
		Regulations—Use of Appropriate Technology	06/20/16	00-16-05
		Proposed Regulations—Home and Community-Based Support and Licensing	11/7/16	00-16-07
2017		Quality Management Strategy of the Office of Developmental Programs	06/20/17	00-17-01
		Claim and Service Documentation Requirements for Providers of Consolidated and Person/Family Directed Support Waiver Services and Targeted Services Management	7/21/2017	00-17-02
		Individual Support Plans for Individuals Receiving Targeted Support Management, Base Funded Services, Consolidated or P/FDS Waiver Services, or Who Reside in an ICF/ID	12/01/17	00-17-03
		Guidelines Concerning Sexual Health, Personal Relationships, and Sexuality	04/13/18	00-18-01
		Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Eligibility/Ineligibility/Change Form (PA 1768) and Instructions	05/10/18	00-18-02
		Health Care Quality Units	07/24/18	00-18-03
		Interim Technical Guidance for Claim and Service Documentation	07/25/18	00-18-04
		Fee Schedule Rates and Methodology for Waiver Services TSM and Base-Funded Program Services	09/13/18	00-18-05
		Variance Form and Process: Requesting a Variance	09/17/18	00-18-06
		OVR Referrals for ODP Employment Related Services	02/14/19	00-19-01

GUIDANCE MANUALS:

• Everyday Lives, Values in Action
• Office of Developmental Programs Quality Assessment and Improvement Process
• Pennsylvania's Guide to Participant-Directed Services
• Individual Support Plan (ISP) Manual for Individuals Receiving Targeted Services Management, Base Funded Services, Consolidated Waiver Services, P/FDS Services or Who Resides in an ICF/ID
• Office of Developmental Programs Supports Coordinator Orientation
• Independent Monitoring for Quality (IM4Q) Manua
• Enterprise Incident Management System (EIM) Manual
• Certified Investigator Manual
• PUNS Manual
• Supports Intensity Scale^TM (SIS^TM) and PA Plus User's Manual
• Gold Book
• AAW Provider Manual—Bureau of Autism Services
• Practice Guidelines—Bureau of Autism Services
• Supports Coordinator Manual—Bureau of Autism Services
• Behavioral Specialist Manual—Bureau of Autism Services
• Participant Handbook—Bureau of Autism Services
• ACAP Participant Handbook—Bureau of Autism Services/Keystone Autism Services
• ACAP Provider Manual—Bureau of Autism Services/Keystone Autism Services
• Best Instructional Practices Manual—Bureau of Autism Services
• Periodic Risk Evaluation (PRE) Manual—Bureau of Autism Services
• Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) Manual—Bureau of Autism Services

INFORMATIONAL PACKETS:

• PROMISe Billing Quick Reference Error Status Codes Informational Packet (#014-09)
• Prudent Pay of Claims Policy Enforcement Informational Packet (#075-11)
• Compliance to ISP Regulations and Individuals who Reside in Non-State ICF/MR Informational Packet (#136-11)

• Use of SNAP for Individuals Residing in GLAs Informational Packet (#015-12))
• Emergency Respite Procedure Informational Packet (#066-12)
• Residential Vacancy Management Procedure Informational Packet (#098-12)
• Request for Waiver of Provision of Chapter 51 Informational Packet (#002-13)
• Incident Management Clarification of Responsibilities for the Supports Coordination Organizations (#072-13)
• Amendments to 55 Pa. Code Chapter 6000, Statements of Policy, Subchapter Q as a result of Adult Protective Services (#031-15)

INFORMATIONAL MEMOS:

• Viewing Service Utilization in HCSIS for AEs Informational Memo (#005-09)
• Electronic Funds Transfer Option Informational Memo (#006-09)
• Remittance Advice Quicktip #7 Informational Memo (#015-09)
• Base Funded Respite Services Informational Memo (#038-10)
• FMS Administrative Fee Services on ISP Informational Memo (#043-10)
• Individual Purchases and Item Storage Informational Memo (#049-10)
• Incident Management Reporting Informational Memo (#115-11)
• How to Request a Reissue or Copy of Cashed Check Informational Memo (#138-11)
• Uniform Construction Code Clarification for Licensed Providers Informational Memo (#180-11)
• DRN Review Informational Memo (#019-12)
• Admissions to State Operated ICFs/ID Informational Memo (#045-12)
• Reporting Unauthorized Restrictive Interventions Informational Memo (#080-12)
• Clarification to ODP Communication #098-12 Residential Vacancy Management Informational Memo (#103-12).
• Implementation Instructions on QM Plans Informational Memo (#107-12)
• Incident Investigation Determination Informational Memo (#110-12)
• NPI Number Required on All Claim Types Informational Memo (#001-13)
• Background Check Requirements Informational Memo (#030-13)
• Secondary Transition Website Informational Memo (#059-13)
• Communication Assistance Compliance Standards for Individuals who are Deaf (#018-15)
• Incident Report Finalization (#025-15)
• Helpful Resources from the PA Department of Transportation (#034-15)
• Implementation Instructions for Providers, including SCOs on Quality Management Plans (#038-15)
• Enforcement Actions against Noncompliant ODP Intellectual Disability Waiver Providers (#062-15)

ODP ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Applicant Orientation to Enrollment and Provision of Quality Services in the Intellectual Disability Service System (#23-16)
• Update to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Targeted Services Management Bulletin Document (#047-16)
• Provider Payment for Start-Up (Per Chapter 51) And Family Living Initiative (#055-16)
• Scheduling Support Service Workers to Work More than 40 Hours per Week in the Consolidated and P/FDS Waivers (#068-16)
• Clarifying the Provision of Home and Community Habilitation and/or Companion Services by Relatives and Legal Guardians in the Consolidated and P/FDS Waivers (#069-16)
• Everyday Lives Conference Session Materials Now Available (#070-16)
• CMS Quality Review Reports for the Consolidated and P/FDS Waivers Available Online (#071-16)
• ODPs Quality Management (QM) Certification Program Prerequisite Courses Available (#079-16)
• Professional Development Opportunities: SELN Employment Webinars (#081-16)
• MyODP.org Registration (#086-16)
• Individual Monitoring Tool Clarification of the New Employment Questions (#088-16)
• Policy clarification surrounding the role of Direct Care Workers (#094-16)
• Adding Communication Assessment Report Recommendations to Individuals Support Plans for Harry M Class Members (#099-16)
• Updated Administrative Fee Services Related to the Delivery of Vendor Services (#100-16)
• Everyday Lives Webinar Recording and Transcript Posted to MyODP (#101-16)
• Everyday Lives: Values in Action—Information Sharing and Advisory Committee Recommendations, Strategies, and Performance Measures is Available on MyODP.org (#004-17)
• Voter Registration Responsibilities (#011-17)
• Chapter 51: Office of Developmental Programs Home and Community-Based Services Regulation Questions and Answers (#021-17)
• Ordering or Prescribing Provider: National Provider Index Number Required on Claims (#022-17)
• New Resource for Individuals and Families Available: Find, Choose, and Keep Great DSPs (#023-17)
• Process for 180-Day and 365-Day ''Timely Filing'' Edits: Exception and Special Handling Requests (024-17)
• Quality Management Planning Resources Available on MyODP (#025-17)
• 2017 Updated Certified Investigator Manual Now Available (#029-17)
• Right to be Free from Abuse Notification Handout REISSUE, Update Pending (033-17)
• Process for 180-Day and 365-Day Timely Filing Edits: Exception and Special Handling Requests (Request Form) (#037-17)
• Supports Coordination Organization Directory Update (#038-17)
• Discontinuation of Life Sharing Ineligible Fees (#046-17)
• Provider Closure Notification Form (DP 1061) (#050-17)
• Guidance, Information and Resource Materials for Administrative Entities to Support the Inclusion of Individuals with the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Targeted Services Management (TSM), Consolidated and P/FDS Waivers (056-17)
• Go-Live of the New Quality Assessment & Improvement Process: All Self-Assessments Begin July 1, 2017 (#068-17)
• Additional Quality Assessment and Improvement Process Resources Available on MyODP (#072-17)
• Public Comment Opportunity: Draft Bulletin on Individual Eligibility for Consolidated and P/FDS Waiver Services (Draft Attachments) (#073-17)
• Now Available: The ''Why''—Everyday Lives Module 1 of the Required Community Participation Supports Training (#075-17)
• Issuance of the Corrected Waiver Level of Care Reevaluation Form (079-17)
• FAQs Updated for Quality Assurance and Improvement Process Now Posted on My ODP (080-17)
• Version 7 Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-2018 FAQs (081-17)
• Now Available: New Community Participation Supports Training Modules—2. What are Community Participation Supports, 3. Where Community Participation Supports are Provided (082-17)
• NOW AVAILABLE: Transition of Behavioral Support in Residential Services Question and Answer Document (083-17)
• REISSUE SIS^TM Urgent Request Process Quick Tips Sheet (084-17)
• New Courses on Person Centered Thinking and Dementia Care Are Available on MyODP (085-17)
• REISSUE Agency with Choice (AWC) Financial Management Service (FMS) Organization Listing (086-17)
• Community Participation Support Training Module 4: Inclusion/Integration Now Available on MyODP (090-17)
• Clarification on Requirements for Individual Support Plan Team Meetings for Change Requests in Community Participation Support Services (098-17)
• Now Available: New Community Participation Supports Training Module 5, Person Centered Planning (106-17)
• Guidance for Supports Coordinators and Administrative Entities for the Transition of Behavioral Supports for People Who Receive Residential Services in the Consolidated Waiver (111-17)
• Now Available: New Community Participation Supports Training Module 6: Introduction to Community Mapping (112-17)
• 117-17: Now Available: New Community Participation Supports Training Module 7 Building Relationships That Sustain a Community Life
• 119-17 Required Deaf Services Trainings on MyODP
• 120-17: New Supports Coordinator (SC) Orientation
• 125-17: Guidance for Individual Cap Exceptions for Person/Family Directed Support Waiver
• 126-17: CMS Approves the Targeted Support Management State Plan Amendment Effective August 20, 2017
• 009-18: Now Available: Quality Assessment and Improvement (QA&I) Statewide Aggregate Report of Self-Assessments for Cycle 1 Year 1
• 011-18: Waiver Renewal Implementation Provider Qualification Process
• 012-18: ISP Manual Update: Respite Camp Codes in the Consolidated, P/FDS and Community Living Waivers
• 016-18: Everyday Lives Conference Presentations Now Available
• 018-18: Supports Coordinator Orientation Curriculum New Course: You are the Keystone for Individuals and Families
• 019-18: Quality Management (QM) Recertification for 2016 ODP QM Certificate Holders
• 023-18: ISP Manual Update: Life Sharing Codes in the Consolidated and Community Living Waivers
• 026-18: Clarifications on Residential Service Staffing Ratios and Supplemental Habilitation in Residential Habilitation Services
• 028-18: Now Available: Life Sharing and Respite Question and Answer Document
• 029-18: REISSUE Community Participation Support ISP FY 18-19 Renewal Template
• 032-18: Certified Investigator Peer Review Spring Courses Now Open for Registration
• 035-18: Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Self-Assessment Period
• 037-18: Launch of the ISAC hub
• 039-18: Charting the Life Course Webcasts Now Available on MyODP
• 040-18: Guidance Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 ISP Renewal Period
• 041-18: College of Employment Services
• 043-18: ODP Releases 2016-17 Annual Data Report
• 046-18: College of Employment Services ACRE Supplement Update
• 047-18: Webinar Recording Available Regarding Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Provider Self-Assessment
• 050-18: Quality Assessment and Improvement Training Webinars June 14 2018 & June 21, 2018
• 053-18: Certified Investigator Report Administrative Review Manual and Supporting Items Are Now Available
• 054-18: Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Self-Assessment Status Update
• 055-18: Certified Investigator Program: Initial Certified Investigator and Peer Review Courses are Now Available
• 056-18: Process for Updating AE, SCO and Provider Contact Information for Quality Assessment and Improvement Process
• 059-18: Public Comment Opportunity-Waiver Amendments and Transportation (Per Trip) Fee Schedule Rates
• 060-18: Quality Assessment & Improvement Changes for Fiscal Year 2018-2019
• 061-18: Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Self-Assessment Status Update
• 062-18: Cycle 1, Year 2 Quality Assessment & Improvement Process: All Self-Assessments Begin July 1, 2018
• 063-18: Registration Now Open for Fall 2018 ODP Quality Management (QM) Certification Classes
• 065-18: Certified Investigator Forums: Registration Open for July Sessions
• 066-18: Palco, Inc. to be Statewide Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent
• 067-18: Now Available—Transportation Trip Rate Assumptions Log and Waiver Amendment Public Comment Webinar
• 068-18: Informational Meetings Regarding Transition to New VF/EA
• 069-18: Extended Public Comment Opportunity Transportation (Per Trip) Fee Schedule Rates Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019
• 071-18 Addendum: Request for Approved Program Capacity and Noncontiguous Clearance
• 072-18: KEPRO to Administer SIS Assessments
• 073-18: Updated Contact MyODP Resource Accounts and New Listing of Archived Communications
• 076-18: Required Dual Diagnosis Training for Providers Newly Enrolling to Provide Residential Habilitation Services
• 079-18: College of Employment Services Webinar: (ACRE) Basic Employment Certification Overview August 28, 2018
• 080-18: Now Available: Quality Assessment and Improvement (QA&I) Annual Statewide
• Report for Cycle 1 Year 1 Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-2018
• 083-18: Housing Transition and Tenancy Sustaining Services
• 085-18: Now Available-Amendments to the Consolidated, Community Living, and P/FDS
• Waivers Approved by CMS
• 086-18: HCSIS Release 10.0 Newsletter Now Available
• 087-18: ODP Announces KEPRO's New SIS Scheduling Portal
• 088-18: Home and Community Based Services Provider Settings Self-Assessment Update 2
• 089-18: New Course Available: Dual Diagnosis Training
• 090-18: College of Employment Services ACRE Update Unlimited Seats Available
• 091-18: Additional Waiver Amendment Webinar Available
• 092-18: Clarification on Declining a Communication Assessment Report
• 093-18: Claim and Service Documentation Requirements Webcast and Webinars
• 095-18: Now Available Version 2 of the Community Participation Supports Question and Answer Document
• 096-18: Office of Developmental Program's First Comprehensive Employment Report
• 098-18: Now Available on MYODP Waiver Amendment Webinar Recording
• 099-18: Requesting an Enhanced Communication Rate for Services for Individuals Who Use Sign Language
• 100-18: Home & Community Based Services Provider Settings Self-Assessment Update 4
• ODP 101-18 (REISSUE): Support People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Special Training Series
• ODP 102-18: Delay in Transportation Trip Changes and Employment Credentials and Certificates
• ODP 103-18: ISAC Action Plan for Sexual Abuse Prevention Now Available
• ODP 105-18: Expectations for Supports Coordinators Regarding the Right to Be Free from Abuse
• ODP 106-18: Final Public Notice for Fee Schedule Rates and Department-Established Fees for Fiscal Year 2018-2019
• ODP 108-18: Home & Community-Based Services Settings Provider Self-Assessment Update 5
• ODP 109-18: Fair Hearing Request Form & Instructions
• ODP 19-001: 2017 ODP Quality Management (QM) Certificate Holders Now Due For
• Recertification by Dec. 31, 2019
• ODP 19-002: Office of Developmental Programs' Virtual Training Offerings January, February, & March 2019 UPDATE
• ODP 19-003: New Process for Residential Habilitation Vacancies
• ODP 19-004: Registration Now Open for Spring 2019 ODP Quality Management (QM) Certification Classes
• ODP 19-005: Initial Certified Investigator Course Available for Spring 2019
• ODP 19-006: Medication Administration Manual, Student Course, and Practicum Observer Access is Now Available
• ODP 19-007: Improving the Quality of Residential Services Report Available
• ODP 19-008: Social Security Administration Announces 2019 Cost of Living Adjustment
• ODP 19-009: ACRE Basic Certification Training for Providers of Supported Employment
• ODP 19-010: The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) Provides Written Notice of Provider Re-qualification Requirements
• ODP-19-011: 2018 Everyday Lives: Values in Action—Information Sharing and Advisory Committee Recommendations, Strategies, and Performance Measures Now Available on MyODP.org
• ODP 19-012: UPDATED New Documentation Requirements for Individual Support Plans (ISPs) Within the Consolidated Waiver
• ODP 19-013: Now Available-Interim PUNS Guidance and Revised PUNS Form
• ODP 19-014: Rate Exception Request Process Re-issue, Consolidated Waiver
• ODP 19-015: Registration is Now Open for Certified Investigator Forum in March 2019
• ODP 19-016: Notice to the Increase to the Federal Reimbursement of Transportation Costs for 2019
• ODP 19-017: Transition of Individuals from a Nursing Facility into an ODP Waiver
• ODP 19-018: Chapter 6100 Quality Management Planning Requirements for Adult Autism Waiver Supports Coordination Organizations and Providers
• ODP 19-020: Update Regarding Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Information and Department of Human Services (DHS) Survey
• ODP 19-021: Training Opportunity: Consider Communication
• ODP 19-022: Required by March 24—Transportation Trip Cost Report for Provider Type 26
• ODP 19-023: Office of Developmental Programs' Virtual Training Offerings April, May, & June 2019 UPDATE
• ODP 19-024: Open for Public Comment—Proposed Rates for Community Participation Support and Transportation Trip for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
• ODP 19-025: Now Available—Updated ID/Waiver Employment Service Definition Question and Answer Document and ID/A Waiver Employment Service Definition Quick Guide
• ODP 19-026: ASD Seminar 2019—Being an Informed Supporter: What You Should Know About Autism
• ODP 19-027: Spring 2019 AAW Workshop Succeeding in an Environment of Change: Exploring the Evolving Dynamic of the Adult Autism Waiver (AAW)
• 19-028: KEPRO's New SIS Assessment Scheduling System Training Registration is Now Open
• ODP 19-29: Quality Investigation Unit at Temple University
• ODP 19-030: 2019-20 Fiscal Year (FY) Renewal Guidance
• ODP 19-031: College of Employment Services ACRE Update—Discounted Rate Extended
• ODP 19-032: Launch of the Quality Assessment and Improvement (QA&I) Process for the Adult Autism Waiver (AAW)
• ODP 19-033: ODP Releases 2017-2018 Annual Data Report
• ODP 19-034: Requirements Regarding the Number of Individuals Served in Licensed Facilities that Provide Community Participation Support or Day Habilitation Services
• ODP 19-035: ACRE Basic Certification Training for Providers of Employment Services
• ODP 19-036: Process to Implement Participant Direction Transfers from the Adult Autism Waiver to an ID/A Waiver
• ODP 19-037: June ACRE Basic Certification Training for Providers of Employment Services—Two Dates
• 19-038: Now Available—Registration for Initial Certified Investigator Courses and Peer Review Course
• ODP 19-039: AAW SCO and Provider Contact Information for the Quality Assessment and Improvement Process
• ODP 19-040: CAPS— Peer Specialist Training Program for Individuals with Autism
• ODP 19-041: ODP Releases Quality Assessment & Improvement Annual Statewide Report of Self-Assessments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019
• ODP 19-042: Generation of EIM Notifications for Supports Coordinators and Supports Coordination Supervisors
• ODP 19-043: EIM Alerts for Incidents not submitted within 72 hours of Creation
• ODP 19-044: Qualification Process for New Providers UPDATE
• ODP 19-045: Updated Employment Resources Page on MyODP
• ODP 19-046: Person Centered Thinking—Registration Available for Philadelphia and Harrisburg Sessions
• ODP 19-047: Quality Assurance Analyst Employment Positions through Autism2Work
• ODP 19-047: PA Family Network Offers Statewide Training Sessions
• ODP 19-048: Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) Contact Information for ID/Autism Coordinators—Updated 4/10/19
• ODP 19-049: "Getting Connected to the Community" Training Available
• ODP 19-050: Medication Administration Scheduled Outage Notification, Critical Date Extension, and Face to Face Class Dates, Summer 2019
• ODP 19-51: Additional (2nd) FY19-20 Renewal Guidance
• ODP 19-052: Health Risk Screen Tool Implementation
• ODP 19-053: Announcing the Relaunch of Positive Approaches Journal
• ODP 19-054: 55 Pa. Code Chapter 6400 Regulatory Compliance Guide Available for Public Comment
• ODP 19-055: Statewide Quality Assessment and Improvement (QA&I) Process Meeting for Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) Supports Coordination Organizations (SCOs) and Providers
• ODP 19-56: Incident Management (IM) Bulletin Available for Public Comment; Introduction to the IM Bulletin Webcast Available; IM Bulletin Listening Sessions Registration Available
• ODP 19-57: Special Populations Unit's Virtual Targeted Trainings Now Posted and Accessible on MyODP.org
• ODP 19-58: Visual Gestural Communication Training for Harry M. Class Members' Individual Support Plan Teams
• ODP 19-059: Clarification of the Health Risk Screening Tool (HRST) Implementation for AAW and ACAP
• ODP 19-060: NOW AVAILABLE: FAIR HEARING REQUEST FORM (DP 458)
• TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH
• ODP 19-061: Final Fee Schedule Rates and Fiscal Year Renewal Guidance for Community
• Participation Support
• ODP 19-063: IM4Q and NCI Reports Now Available
• ODP 19-065: Health Risk Screening Tool Implementation Update—Identifying Raters and User Accounts
• ODP 19-069: Process Modification in the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) Provider Enrollment Process
• ODP 19-071: Process for Updating Entity Contact Information for Quality Assessment and Improvement (QA&I) Process
• ODP 19-074: New ODP Communication Notification Feature for MyODP Users
• ODP 075-19: Agency with Choice (AWC) Wage Ranges and Benefit Allowance for Specific Participant Directed Services Effective July 1, 2019
• ODP 076-19: Vendor Fiscal/Employer (VF/EA) Agent Wage and Benefit Ranges for Specific Participant Directed Services Effective July 1, 2019
• ODP 19-078: Exceptions to the Annual Fiscal Limit for the Person/Family Directed Support Waiver

OTHER:

• Providing Services to Persons with Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• Therapeutic Services & the AAW-7/8/12
• AAW Annual Review Plan Process Timelines-8/20/12
• Additional info about Monthly Progress Notes for SCs-10/03/2012
• AAW Quarterly Summary Reports: Which months to include?-1/18/2013
• New PROMISe Applications-2/20/2013
• AAW Service Utilization Calculator for SCs-4/19/2013
• Excluded Parties List System database migrated to System for Award Management-4/23/2013
• Fiscal Year End Activities-5/30/2013
• Cost Report Instructions for the Consolidated and P/FDS Waiver Programs
• ACT 62 Letter for Families September 2016
• ACT 62 General Information for Families infographic
• What Is ACT 62? Infographic
• Differences Between Private Insurance & Medical Assistance infographic
• Autism Insurance Act Fact Sheet
• Autism Insurance Act FAQs
• Filing Health Insurance Appeals, a brochure by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department
• How to Appeal
• Appeal: Sample Letter to Request an Internal Review
• Appeal: Sample Letter to Request an External Review
• Act 62 Statute
• Act 62 Letter and Guidelines for Colleges and Universities: How Colleges and Universities Can Help Students Graduate with the Qualifications Needed for a Behavior Specialist License

Bureau of Autism Services Administrative Notices

2013		Service Utilization Calculator for Supports Coordinators	4/22/2013	BAW13-08
		AAW Samples of Monthly Progress Notes & Quarterly Summary Report	4/23/2013	BAW13-09
		ADULT AUTISM WAIVER (AAW) PROVIDER NEED-TO-KNOW (NTK)—SCs	4/30/2013	BAW13-12
		Provider Qualification Verification (PQV) Process	6/4/2013	BAW13-15
		AAW Provider Billing and Claims Resolution Issues	6/10/2013	BAW13-16
		55 Pa. Code Chapter 51 Room and Board Contract is available to Residential Habilitation Providers	6/21/2013	BAW13-17
		Adding Behavioral Specialist Services (BSS) to an Individualized Service Plan (ISP)—For SC providers	6/21/2013	BAW13-19
		Adding Behavioral Specialist Services (BSS) to an Individualized Service Plan (ISP)—For BSS providers	6/26/2013	BAW13-20
		Update & Clarification Regarding AAW Assessments	9/13/2013	BAW13-24
2014		Assistive Technology (AT) Resource Reminder	2/28/2014	BAW-14-06
		Coordination of Supports Coordination (SC), Behavioral Specialist (BS), and Community Inclusion (CI) Services	6/23/2014	BAW14-16
		Adult Protective Services (APS) Reporting Requirements	7/2/2014	BAW14-18
2015
		Adult Protective Services (APS) Act and SC Agency Responsibilities	5/22/2015	BAW15-09
		Behavioral Specialist Providers' Functional Behavioral Assessment Review	9/11/2015	BAW15-18
		BSP-CIP Review Checklist	11/20/2015	BAW15-22
		Quarterly Summary Report Guidance	12/7/2015	BAW15-25
		NEW Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) MA 51 Process	12/11/2015	BAW15-26
		AAW Provider Certified Investigator Requirements	12/21/2015	BAW15-27
2016		Changes to the Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) Annual Review Plan (ARP) Process	3/14/2016	BAW16-07
		Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) Documentation Requirements	3/17/2016	BAW16-10
		Updated AAW Supports Coordination (SC) Manual is now available	3/22/2016	BAW16-11
		Updated Adult Autism Waiver Provider Manual is now available	4/1/2016	BAW16-12
		Obsolete BAS Administrative Notices	4/1/2016	BAW16-13
		SSD Intent to Enroll Form	4/21/2016	BAW16-14
		New Insurance Requirements	5/16/2016	BAW16-15
		Proposed rates for expanded services added to the Adult Autism Waiver	5/23/2016	BAW16-17
		Informing AAW Participants of Renewal Changes	6/8/2016	BAW16-21
		Admin Notice HCSIS Changes	6/14/2016	BAW16-23
		Admin Notice: New ISP Signature Page	6/24/2016	BAW16-26
		SC Individual Monitoring Form Template and Guidance	6/24/2016	BAW16-28
		Changes to ISP resulting from AAW Renewal	6/24/2016	BAW16-29
		Changes to Initial Individual Support Plan (ISP) and Annual Review Plan (ARP) Checklists	6/24/2016	BAW16-30
		Request for an Exception to Established Service Limits	7/1/2016	BAW16-31
		Admin Notice: Developing a Vocational Profile	7/26/2016	BAW16-34
		New and Revised Resources for Developing a Skill Building Plan (SBP)	8/3/2016	BAW16-35
		Adding the SSD/Systematic Skill Building (SSB) service to an ISP & Progress Reporting for SCs	8/10/2016	BAW16-36
		Adding the SSD/Systematic Skill Building (SSB) service to an ISP & Progress Reporting for SSB Providers	8/10/2016	BAW16-37
		Clarifications regarding Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) Employment Services	8/12/2016	BAW16-39
		AAW Renewal FAQs Available	8/24/2016	BAW16-43
		New Training Platform Launch Date—Reminder to Access Training Certificates	9/9/2016	BAW16-44
		Revised Definition of Crisis Event	9/14/2016	BAW16-45
		New Best Instructional Practices Manual	9/14/2016	BAW16-46
		MyODP Launch and Reminder	9/29/2016	BAW16-48
		Submitting and Entering the Vocational Profile into HCSIS	10/5/2016	BAW16-49
		SC Individual Monitoring and new Employment Info Detail Report	11/10/2016	BAW16-50
2017		Admin Notice: PRE Training	1/4/2017	BAW17-01
		G.A.S. Communication to All Providers	1/19/2017	BAW17-03
		Admin Notice: Employment Training and Voc Profile	2/27/2017	BAW17-06
		PRE Reminder	2/28/2017	BAW17-07
		Info Memo: Waiver Amendment Public Comment Period	3/6/2017	BAW17-09
		Admin Notice: Room and Board Contracts	3/13/2017	BAW17-12
		Admin Notice: Res Hab Request Form and Guidance	3/20/2017	BAW17-13
		Admin Notice: SIB-R Summary Report Process Change	3/21/2017	BAW17-14
		Admin Notice: GAS Training Available	3/22/2017	BAW17-15
		Informational Memo: Pathways to Employment	4/14/2017	BAW17-17
		Admin Notice: PRE Next Steps	5/1/2017	BAW17-18
		Informational Memo: AAW Amendment Submitted to CMS	6/2/2017	BAW17-21
		Admin Notice: New Service Utilization Review Signature Form	6/20/2017	BAW17-22
		Info Memo: Capacity Increase Amendment Approval	6/30/2017	BAW17-24
		Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS): Next Steps and Reminders	7/12/2017	BAW17-25
		Updated Employment Services	8/16/2017	BAW17-29
		Ensuring DSPs Meet AAW Qualifications	8/28/2017	BAW17-30
		PRE: Updated Resources and Upcoming Training	9/27/2017	BAW17-32
		ISP and ARP Checklists	10/27/2017	BAW17-33
2018		AAW Progress Report Changes—Webinars Scheduled	1/29/2018	BAW18-04
		AAW Service Utilization Review FAQs	2/13/2018	BAW18-05
		QSR—Roles and Responsibilities	2/23/2018	BAW18-08
		QSR—SC Guidance	2/23/2018	BAW18-09
		Entering SIB-r into Question Pro	4/30/2018	BAW18-13
		QSR FAQs for AAW Providers	6/14/2018	BAW18-15
		Required Monthly Contact Guidance and Timeframe	8/9/2018	BAW18-19
		REISSUE AND CLARIFICATION: Definition of Billable Units	8/9/2018	BAW18-20
		Revised QSR SC Process	8/17/2018	BAW18-21
		IT Employment Positions through Autism2Work	12/17/2018	BAW18-25
		AAW Supports & Services Directory (December 2018)	12/5/18	BAW18-26
		Adult Autism Waiver Amendment Update	12/19/2018	BAW18-27

Office of Administration—Contact: Andrea Bankes (717) 787-3422

POLICY STATEMENTS:

Year	Code Citation	Subject	Date Issued	Bulletin Number
1998	Ch. 259.1	Statement of Claim, Managed Care Organization— statement of policy	07/11/98 (eff. 2/1/97
2007	Ch. 259.2 Amended 2008	Claims against moneys for which third parties are liable as a result of a tort claim allocation of tort proceeds in actions filed before September 2, 2008—statement of policy	09/07/07 (eff. 9/08/07) Amended 10/31/08 (eff. 11/1/08)
2008	Ch. 259.3	Claims against moneys for which third-parties are liable as a result of a tort claim allocation of tort proceeds in actions filed on or after September 2, 2008—statement of policy	10/31/08 (eff. 11/01/08)
2008	Ch. 259.4	Settlements without litigation—statement of policy	10/31/08 (eff. 11/01/08)
2008	Ch. 259.5	Cooperation in obtaining payment from third parties— statement of policy	10/31/08 (eff. 11/01/08)
2008	Ch. 259.6	Civil money penalties—statement of policy	10/31/08 (eff. 11/01/08)
2010	Ch. 2600	Evacuation of Hospice Residents During Fire Drills— Statement of Policy	03/13/2010	40 Pa.B. 1411
2018	Ch. 2800	Assisted Living Residence Per Bed Fee Adjustment	06/19/18	48 Pa.B. 3493

GUIDANCE MANUALS:

• Regulatory Compliance Guide for 55 Pa. Code Chapter 2600 (relating to Personal Care Homes) Revised April 1, 2013
• Personal Care Home Regulatory Interpretations—Questions/Answers, DHS BHSL website publications: September, October, November, and December 2014; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, October, and December 2015; January, February, April, October, November, and December 2016; April and October 2017; July and November 2018; January 2019.
• Regulatory Compliance Guide for 55 Pa. Code Chapter 2800 (relating to Assisted Living Residences) effective March 1, 2015
• Assisted Living Residence Regulatory Interpretations—Questions/Answers, DHS BHSL website publications: October, November, and December 2014; January, February, March, April, May, July, August, October, and December 2015; January, February, April, October, November, and December 2016; April and October 2017; July and November 2018; January, March, and March 2019.
• Policy for Administrative Fines in Personal Care Homes
• Sale or change of legal entity process for Personal Care Homes
• DHS Single Audit Supplement
• HealthChoices Audit Guide—Physical Health
• HealthChoices Audit Guide—Behavioral Health
• ICF/ID Audit Guide
• CCIS Audit Guide
• Early Intervention Annual Expenditure Report Instructions
• Human Services Block Grant Annual Expenditure Report Instructions
• Human Services Non-Block Grant Annual Expenditure Report Instructions
• Licensing References Manual for Personal Care Homes, Assisted Living, Child Residential, Intellectual Disabilities, and Mental Health Service Providers

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