§ 1181.543. Agencies that manage the evaluation process.
(a) Preadmission screening process. For an individual subject to the preadmission screening process, relevant determinations shall be made by the State mental health, mental retardation and developmental disability authority. In this Commonwealth, the Department is that authority. The authority is required to make a determination of whether the referred individual requires nursing facility services and, if the individual does, whether the individual requires active treatment. The Department will notify the designated evaluation agency and each individual involved of its determination using Form PA-PASARR-YN.
(b) Determination by Department. The Department is required to base its determination on an independent physical and mental evaluation performed by a person or entity other than the Department. The Department will therefore not perform the evaluations itself, but will utilize evaluations performed by the Department of Aging through its LAMP sites and other authorized agents. The Department of Aging will utilize Form PA-PASARR-EV as the protocol for the evaluations.
(c) LAMP site counties.
(1) General. The Department, in cooperation with the Department of Aging, is already conducting preadmission screening with respect to persons eligible for MA in counties which have LAMP sites. LAMP assesses the need for nursing facility services in light of the condition of the individual involved in the assessment and of the alternatives available for the care of that individual outside of a nursing facility in the individual’s community. LAMP will continue to be available for the assessment of individuals eligible for MA. In designated counties, LAMP will be the agency to which providers will refer applicants for admission to the nursing facility who have been determined to require further determination after the administration of Form PA-PASARR-ID.
(2) Definition. The term ‘‘LAMP site’’ refers to a site doing both LAMP and OBRA assessments and providing alternative community services.
(3) Counties. The counties where OBRA evaluations will be done by LAMP sites and the addresses and telephone numbers of the sites are:
County AAA Information Allegheny Allegheny County Department of Aging 416 County Office Building Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 (412) 355-4305 Erie Greater Erie Community Action Committee Erie County Area Agency on Aging 18 West Ninth Street Erie, Pennsylvania 16501 (814) 459-4581 Luzerne and Wyoming Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Bureau for Aging 111 North Pennsylvania Boulevard Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18701 (717) 822-1158 Philadelphia Philadelphia Corporation for Aging 111 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 (215) 496-0520 Schuylkill Schuylkill County Area Agency on Aging 13-15 North Centre Street Pottsville, Pennsylvania 17901 (717) 622-3103 Westmoreland Westmoreland County Office on Aging 2482 South Grande Boulevard Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601 (412) 836-1111 York York County Area Agency on Aging 141 West Market Street York, Pennsylvania 17401 (717) 771-9610 (d) Preadmission site.
(1) Definition. The term ‘‘preadmission site’’ refers to an AAA which is doing preadmission assessments for MA applicants and persons identified through the OBRA screening process, which are ‘‘LAMP Lite,’’ ‘‘Diet LAMP’’ or ‘‘modified LAMP’’ sites.
(2) Counties. The counties where the assessment portion of the LAMP program, as well as OBRA evaluations, will be done by preadmission sites and the addresses and telephone numbers of the sites are:
County AAA Information Berks Berks County Area Agency on Aging 15 South Eighth Street Reading, Pennsylvania 19602-1105 (215) 378-8808 Blair Blair Senior Services, Inc. 1404 Eleventh Avenue Altoona, Pennsylvania 16601 (814) 946-1235 Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Tioga Area Agency on Aging for Tioga/ Bradford/Susquehanna/Sullivan Counties 701 Main Street Towanda, Pennsylvania 18848 (717) 265-6121 or 1 (800) 982-4346 Cambria Cambria County AAA Post Office Box 88 Ebensburg, Pennsylvania 15931 (814) 472-5580 Clearfield Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging 211 Ogden Avenue Post Office Box 550 Clearfield, Pennsylvania 16830 (814) 765-2696 Clinton and Lycoming Lycoming/Clinton Bi-County Office of Aging Post Office Box 770 352 Water Street Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 17745 (717) 748-8665 Cumberland Cumberland County Office on Aging Room 111-R, East Wing Cumberland County Courthouse Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 (717) 240-6110 Fayette, Greene and Washington Southwestern PA AAA, Inc. Eastgate 8 Monessen, Pennsylvania 15062 (412) 684-9000 Indiana Aging Services, Inc. of Indiana County 201 Airport Professional Center Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701 (412) 349-4500 Jefferson Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging Jefferson County Services Center R. D. 5 Brookville, Pennsylvania 15825 (814) 849-3096 Juniata and Mifflin Mifflin/Juniata AAA, Inc. Post Office Box 750 Lewistown, Pennsylvania 17044 (717) 242-0315 Lackawanna Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging Lackawanna County Office Building 200 Adams Avenue Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503 (717) 963-6707 Lawrence Lawrence County AAA— Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Inc. 20 South Mercer Street New Castle, Pennsylvania 16101 (412) 658-5661 or (412) 658-0322 Mercer Mercer County Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Human Services Complex 120 South Diamond Street Mercer, Pennsylvania 16137 (412) 662-3800 (Extension 538) Monroe Monroe County Area Agency on Aging 62 Analomink Street Post Office Box 384 East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18301 (717) 424-5290 Montgomery Montgomery County Office on Aging and Adult Services Montgomery County Court House Norristown, Pennsylvania 19404 (215) 278-3601 Northampton Northampton County Area Agency on Aging Gracedale—Southwest Ground Gracedale Avenue Nazareth, Pennsylvania 18064 (215) 746-1990 Northumberland Northumberland County AAA R. D. 1, Box 943 Shamokin Pennsylvania 17872 (717) 644-4545 Somerset AAA of Somerset County 132 East Catherine Street Post Office Box 960 Somerset, Pennsylvania 15501 (814) 443-2681
(e) OBRA only site.
(1) Definition. The term ‘‘OBRA only site’’ refers to an AAA doing only the OBRA preadmission assessments.
(2) Counties. The counties currently providing evaluations at OBRA only sites, and the addresses and telephone numbers of the sites are:
County AAA Information Adams Adams County Office for Aging, Inc. 100 North Stratton Street Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 (717) 334-9296 Armstrong Armstrong County AAA 125 Queen Street Kittanning, Pennsylvania 16201 (412) 548-3290 Beaver Beaver County Office on Aging 599 Market Street, W. B. Beaver, Pennsylvania 15009 (412) 728-5700 (Extension 406) Bedford, Fulton and Huntingdon Huntingdon/Bedford/Fulton AAA 240 Wood Street Post Office Box 46 Bedford, Pennsylvania 15522 (814) 623-8149 Bucks Bucks County Area Agency on Aging 30 East Oakland Avenue Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901 (215) 348-0510 Butler Butler County AAA 715 Morton Avenue Building 3A Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 (412) 282-3008 Cameron, Clarion, Elk and McKean Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging Jefferson County Services Center R. D. 5 Brookville, Pennsylvania 15825 (814) 849-3096 Carbon Carbon County Area Agency on Aging Post Office Box 251 Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania 18229 (717) 325-2726 Centre Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging 211 Ogden Avenue Post Office Box 550 Clearfield, Pennsylvania 16830 (814) 765-2696 Chester Chester County Office of Aging 10 North Church Street West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 (215) 431-6350 Columbia and Montour Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Bureau of Aging 111 North Pennsylvania Boulevard Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18701 (717) 822-1158 Crawford Active Aging, Inc. 1034 Park Avenue Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335 (814) 336-1792 Dauphin Dauphin County AAA 25 South Front Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17107-2025 (717) 255-2790 Delaware County of Delaware Services of the Aging Government Center Media, Pennsylvania 19063 (215) 891-4455 Forest and Warren Greater Erie Community Action Committee Erie County Area Agency on Aging 18 West Ninth Street Erie, Pennsylvania 16501 (814) 459-4581 Franklin Franklin County Office for the Aging Franklin County Farm Lane Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201 (717) 263-2153 Lancaster Lancaster County Office on Aging 50 North Duke Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-1881 (717) 299-7979 Lebanon Lebanon County AAA 710 Maple Street Room 209—Senior Centers Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17042 (717) 273-9262 or (717) 274-1439 Lehigh Lehigh County Area Agency on Aging Court House Annex 523 Hamilton Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 (215) 820-3248 Perry Cumberland County Office on Aging Room 111-R, East Wing Cumberland County Courthouse Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 (717) 240-6110 Pike and Wayne Wayne/Pike Area Agency on Aging Pike County Program Office 106 Broad Street Milford, Pennsylvania 18337 (717) 296-7813 Potter Area Agency on Aging for Tioga/ Bradford/ Susquehanna/Sullivan Counties 701 Main Street Towanda, Pennsylvania 18848 (717) 265-6121 or 1 (800) 982-4346 Snyder and Union Mifflin/Juniata AAA, Inc. Post Office Box 750 Lewistown, Pennsylvania 17044 (717) 242-0315 Venango Venango County Area Agency on Aging Post Office Box 1130 Franklin, Pennsylvania 16323 (814) 437-6871
Source The provisions of this § 1181.543 adopted December 3, 1988, effective January 1, 1989, 18 Pa.B. 5711; amended August 4, 1989, effective upon publication and applies retroactively to January 1, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 3314. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (136029) to (136034).
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