Presently this is a $48 per day charge that the state charges counties for any resident that remains in a State Center after the utilization review team has determined that an individual is appropriate for transition to community based care AND the cost of that community care falls within the available state and federal funds (that means if the community cost estimate is at or below $325 per day, there are available state and federal funds for the community placement).

 

This intent to chargeback can be appealed resulting in no chargeback (no $48 per day) for an individual to remain in a State Center.

 

The "philosophy" of DHFS (Department of Health and Family Services) is that every resident can be cared for in a community setting --- the only thing preventing this is the available funds.