California Health and Safety Code

§ 1418.81

HSC § 1418.81 Effective Sep 29, 2004Div. 2 · Ch. 2.4

Statute text

(a)In order to assure the provision of quality patient care and as part of the planning for that quality patient care, commencing at the time of admission, a skilled nursing facility, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, shall include in a resident’s care assessment the resident’s projected length of stay and the resident’s discharge potential. The assessment shall include whether the resident has expressed or indicated a preference to return to the community and whether the resident has social support, such as family, that may help to facilitate and sustain return to the community. The assessment shall be recorded with the relevant portions of the minimum data set, as described in Section 14110.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. The plan of care shall reflect, if applicable, the care ordered by the attending physician needed to assist the resident in achieving the resident’s preference of return to the community.

(b)The skilled nursing facility shall evaluate the resident’s discharge potential at least quarterly or upon a significant change in the resident’s medical condition.

(c)The interdisciplinary team shall oversee the care of the resident utilizing a team approach to assessment and care planning and shall include the resident’s attending physician, a registered professional nurse with responsibility for the resident, other appropriate staff in disciplines as determined by the resident’s needs, and, where practicable, a resident’s representative, in accordance with applicable federal and state requirements.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 875, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 2004.