107.42 When Treatment Is Necessary, Available, and Appropriate
If the PA 1672 says that treatment is necessary, available, and appropriate, the CAO must: do the following :
Monitor the person’s progress.
Document continued participation.
Contact the treatment center quarterly using any of the following:
Send a PA 1672
Collateral contact with treatment center via phone.
Collateral contact with treatment center via written statement.
Request a copy of the official attendance record from the director or professional case management staff of the program.
Other acceptable documentation to verify continued particiaption.
Enter notes on telephone contacts in the case comment s .
Scan all forms into the imaging repository and attach to case record .
NOTE: The treatment center may advise the CAO if treatment end s early, but it is not required to tell the CAO about the person’s status. It is the CAO’s responsibility to make sure the person’s progress continues to be monitored.
The person is ineligible for benefits if they do not participate in or comply with necessary, available, and appropriate treatment without good cause. The CAO does not decide whether treatment is necessary, available, and appropriate.
If child care is needed, use normal policy and procedures to authorize child care payments for the hours when the person is at assessment and treatment. See Cash Assistance Handbook Chapter 138 . Record the discussion and CAO action on the AMR. It is no longer necessary for a person to sign the Immunization Certification ( PA 1695 ). Applicants or recipients signing the AMR for participation in Cash Assistance programs are confirming that they are responsible to keep up with their children’s immunizations. Signing the AMR satisfies child care requirements of 55 Pa. Code §§ 168.17 and 168.51 .