Eligibility determination - Authorization of services

1. An individual transferred to SPED program active status from the SPED program pool shall continue to meet the eligibility criteria of section 75-03-23-02 in order to remain eligible for services funded under the SPED program. 2. The department is responsible for: a. Verifying that the individual transferred to active status continues to meet the eligibility criteria for placement into the SPED program pool; b. Developing a care plan; c. Authorizing covered services in accordance with department policies and procedures; d. Verifying the financial eligibility criteria in relation to income, assets, and deductions; and e. Assuring that other potential federal and third-party funding sources for similar services are sought first. 3. A recipient of services under the Medicaid waiver program, who becomes ineligible for the Medicaid waiver program because evaluation shows that the recipient no longer requires a nursing facility level of care, does not have to go through the SPED program pool to receive services through the SPED program provided the individual meets all eligibility criteria in section 75-03-23-02. 4. A recipient of services under the Medicaid personal care service option, who becomes ineligible for services under the Medicaid personal care service option, does not have to go through the SPED program pool to receive services through the SPED program provided the individual meets all eligibility criteria in section 75-03-23-02. 5. A recipient of services under the expanded service payments for elderly and disabled program, who becomes ineligible for services under the expanded service payments for elderly and disabled program, does not have to go through the SPED program pool to receive services through the SPED program provided the individual meets all eligibility criteria in section 75-03-23-02. 6. An individual who is discharged from an inpatient hospital stay, skilled nursing facility, swing-bed facility, long-term care facility, or basic care facility or who has been off of the SPED program for fewer than ninety days, does not have to go through the SPED program pool to receive services through the SPED program provided the individual meets all eligibility criteria in section 75-03-23-02.