SECTION 317:30-5-126. Therapeutic leave and Hospital leave

  Therapeutic leave is any planned leave other than hospitalization that is for the benefit of the patient. Hospital leave is planned or unplanned leave when the patient is admitted to a licensed hospital. Therapeutic leave must be clearly documented in the patient's plan of care before payment for a reserved bed can be made.

(1)   Effective July 1, 1994, the nursing facility may receive payment for a maximum of seven (7) days of therapeutic leave per calendar year for each recipient to reserve the bed.

(2)   No payment shall be made to a nursing facility for hospital leave.

(3)   The Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) may receive payment for a maximum of 60 days of therapeutic leave per calendar year for each recipient to reserve a bed. No more than 14 consecutive days of therapeutic leave may be claimed per absence. Recipients approved for ICF/IID on or after July 1 of the year will only be eligible for 30 days of therapeutic leave during the remainder of that year. No payment shall be made for hospital leave.

(4)   Midnight is the time used to determine whether a patient is present or absent from the facility. The day of discharge for therapeutic leave is counted as the first day of leave, but the day of return from such leave is not counted.

(5)   Therapeutic leave balances are recorded on the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). When a patient moves to another facility, it is the responsibility of the transferring facility to forward the patient's leave records to the receiving facility.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 751, eff 1-5-95 through 7-14-95 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3131, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 909, eff 8-1-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 395, eff 1-1-96 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 1675, eff 5-27-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 265, eff 9-17-96 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 1780, eff 5-27-97; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2668, eff 7-25-08; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 662, eff 7-1-14 (emergency); Amended at 31 Ok Reg 1635, eff 9-12-14; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 683, eff 9-12-14 (emergency); Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1040, eff 8-27-15]