208.924. Discontinuation of services, when. - Missouri Statutes

Discontinuation of services, when.

208.924. A consumer's personal care assistance services may bediscontinued under circumstances such as the following:

(1) The department learns of circumstances that require closure of aconsumer's case, including one or more of the following: death, admissioninto a long-term care facility, no longer needing service, or inability ofthe consumer to consumer-direct personal care assistance service;

(2) The consumer has falsified records or committed fraud;

(3) The consumer is noncompliant with the plan of care.Noncompliance requires persistent actions by the consumer which negate theservices provided in the plan of care;

(4) The consumer or member of the consumer's household threatens orabuses the personal care attendant or vendor to the point where theirwelfare is in jeopardy and corrective action has failed;

(5) The maintenance needs of a consumer are unable to continue to bemet because the plan of care hours exceed availability; and

(6) The personal care attendant is not providing services as setforth in the personal care assistance services plan and attempts to remedythe situation have been unsuccessful.

(L. 2005 S.B. 539 § 660.684)