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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 24

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 176 Chapter 24 Long Term Care

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APPENDIX B: PATIENTS’ RIGHTS A policy statement setting forth the rights of patients and prohibiting their mistreatment or abuse is established and made available to staff, patients' families, or legal representatives. Written policies and procedures ensure that each patient admitted to the facility is fully informed of his/her rights and responsibilities as a patient in the facility. A. NOTICE OF RIGHTS 1. Inform each patient of all rules and regulations governing patient conduct and responsibilities. Such information must be provided prior to or at the time of admission or, in the case of patients already in the facility, upon the facility's adoption or amendment of resident right's policies, and its receipt must be acknowledged by the patient in writing. In the case of a mentally retarded individual or of a patient adjudged to be incompetent, the rights described in this provision shall be exercised by the individual's guardian or committee, as applicable under State Law, to act on the patient's behalf. 2. Encourage and assist the patient throughout the period of stay to exercise rights as a patient and a citizen and, to this end, to meet and organize with resident groups, voice grievances and recommend changes in policies and services to facility staff and/or to outside representatives of choice free from restraint, interference, coercion, discrimination, or reprisal. 3. Assist each patient to retain and use his/her personal clothing and possessions as space permits. 4. May not require the patient to perform services for the facility. 5. Assure participation in activities of social, religious and community groups at the patient's discretion unless contraindicated for reasons documented by a Qualified Mental Retardation Professional as appropriate in the patient record. B. NOTICE OF CHARGES FOR SERVICES 1. Inform each patient in writing who is entitled to Medicaid, prior to or at the time of admission and periodically during the patient's stay, of services available in the facility and of related charges, including any charges for services not covered under the Medicaid Program, or not covered by the facility's basic per diem rate. Only charges by the facility for items or services that are allowable and consistent with the Medicaid Program regulations may be imposed.