(A) No change that the department of developmental disabilities makes to either of the following is valid unless the change is applied prospectively and the department complies with division (B) of this section:
(1) The department's instructions or guidelines for the resident assessment forms that are used for the purpose of section 5124.196 of the Revised Code;
(2) The manner in which the grouper methodology prescribed in rules authorized by section 5124.197 of the Revised Code is applied in determining case-mix scores under that section.
(B) Before making a change described in division (A) of this section, the department shall do all of the following:
(1) Notify all ICF/IID providers of the proposed change;
(2) Provide representatives of ICF/IID providers an opportunity to provide the department their concerns about, and suggestions to revise, the proposed change;
(3) In the case of a proposed change described in division (A)(2) of this section, determine that the proposed change is consistent with the documentation of ICF/IID staff time that was used to create the grouper methodology.
(C) This section is obsolete beginning July 1, 2021.
Renumbered from § 5124.195 by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 24, §1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Renumbered from § 5124.19 by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 24, §1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 483, §101.01, eff. 10/12/2016.