# Title 50 — Public Welfare

## Chapter 50-24.3 — Preadmission Assessment of Medical Assistance Recipients

### § 50-24.3-01. Targeted case management.

The department of health and human services shall establish a targeted case management
service for disabled and elderly individuals eligible for benefits under chapter 50-24.1 who are at
risk of requiring long-term care services to ensure that an individual is informed of alternatives
available to address the individual's long-term care needs.
### § 50-24.3-02. Assessment process - Professional involvement.

Repealed by S.L. 2003, ch. 427, § 4.
### § 50-24.3-03. Targeted case management - Powers and duties.

The department of health and human services has the following powers and duties which it
may delegate to any entity that provides targeted case management services approved by the
department:
1. To seek cooperation from other public and private entities in the community that offer
services to individuals with disabilities or the elderly.
2. To provide information and education to the general public regarding availability of
targeted case management.
3. To accept referrals from an interested party including individuals, families, human
services program professionals, nursing facility personnel, and acute care facility
personnel.
4. To assess the health and social needs of, and provide targeted case management to,
referred individuals who wish to receive this service.
5. To identify available noninstitutional services to meet the needs of referred individuals.
6. To prepare an individual care plan for each individual receiving targeted case
management services.
7. To inform referred individuals of the extent to which long-term care services are
available, including institutional and community-based services, and of the individual's
opportunity to choose, in consultation with an attending physician, family members,
and other interested parties, among the appropriate alternatives that may be available.
8. To monitor the results of targeted case management and report to each legislative
assembly on these results and the cost-effectiveness of these services.
### § 50-24.3-03.1. Assessment services - Powers and duties.

The department of health and human services has the following powers and duties which it
may delegate to any entity that provides assessment services approved by the department:
1. To seek cooperation from other public and private agencies in the community which
offer services to disabled and elderly persons.
2. To provide information and education to the general public regarding availability of the
assessment program.
3. To accept referrals from individuals, families, human services program professionals,
nursing facility personnel, and acute care facility personnel.
4. To assess the health and social needs of referred individuals.
5. To identify available noninstitutional services to meet the needs of referred individuals.
6. To prepare recommendations for individuals receiving assessment program services
as to the need for skilled nursing care or other care available in the community.
7. To inform referred individuals of the extent to which home and community-based
services are available and of their opportunity to choose, in consultation with an
attending physician and family member, among the appropriate alternatives that may
be available.
### § 50-24.3-04. Preadmission assessment of persons.

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 514, § 1.

### § 50-24.3-05. Facility's duties - Preadmission assessment - Alternative care.

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 514, § 1.
