Renewal of nonemergency medical transportation services will be approved for up to one year if the patient received such services for the preceding 12 months, the renewal request is accompanied by a physician certification that the patient's condition is not likely to improve during such period, and the department finds the service is a medical necessity.
Adult day health care providers shall provide the department all additional information and reports that the department may find necessary in performing its functions, unless otherwise specified by an interagency agreement.
A local law enforcement agency must immediately report to the ombudsman program when the abuse is alleged to have occurred in a long-term care facility or to the county adult protective services if abuse occurred elsewhere. The law enforcement agency must also report the abuse to the agency responsible for investigating cases of elder and dependent adult abuse.
An adult protective services agency, a local law enforcement agency, or an ombudsman program receiving a report of elder or dependent adult abuse alleged to have occurred in a long-term care facility must report such information to the licensing agency.
An adult protective services agency, a local law enforcement agency, or an ombudsman program must report results of investigations of elder or dependent adult abuse to agencies that reported or referred the abuse incident.
Foster children caregivers must provide babysitters with medical information necessary to provide care for the child, including any medication that should be given to the child.
A child educational advocate's duties includes locating the child's immunization and school health records and sending them to the school in which the child is to be enrolled and to the department so that the information can be included in the child's health passport.
After a person is voluntarily admitted to a mental health facility or institution, the person in charge of the facility or institution shall send the record of the voluntary patient with the required information to the State Department of Mental Health.
The medical director should immediately forward the records of patients voluntarily admitted to a state hospital for mental disorder or developmental disability to the State Department of Mental Health or the State Department of Developmental services.
If a person who has been committed to a state hospital for the mentally disordered escapes from the facility, the Department of Mental Health must notify law enforcement agencies.
