NAC435.523. Standards for provision of quality care.

A provider of supported living arrangement services must comply with the following standards for the provision of quality care concerning supported living arrangement services:

     1. Compliance with any state or federal statute or regulation required for the Division to receive state or federal funding concerning the provision of supported living arrangement services, including, without limitation, any standards of care set forth in:

     (a) The State Plan for Medicaid;

     (b) The Medicaid Services Manual established by the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services; and

     (c) The home and community-based services waiver granted pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1396n by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services;

     2. Compliance with any state or federal requirements concerning fiscal management, reporting and employment law;

     3. Conformance to the delivery of services required pursuant to any individual support plan prepared for a person who receives supported living arrangement services;

     4. Assurance of the health and welfare of persons receiving supported living arrangement services, which must be based upon the self-reporting of persons receiving supported living arrangement services, observations of the members of the staff of the Division or a regional center, and any other information available to the Division or a regional center; and

     5. Establishment of procedures for internal quality assurance.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Men. Health & Dev. Services by R071-06, eff. 11-13-2006)