441—153.53 (331) Application procedure.
	 153.53(1) Initiation of application. The county CPC or the CPC’s designee shall be responsible for applying for state payment program funding for any person who may be eligible and whose county of residence is that county.
	  a.   	 When an applicant is awaiting discharge from a state mental health institute or state resource center, the facility’s social worker shall initiate the application and forward it to the CPC of the applicant’s county of residence for completion. If the applicant has no clear county of residence, the application shall be forwarded to the county where the applicant intends to establish residency upon discharge. This county may be designated by the applicant’s declaration.
	  b.   	 Applications shall be made only with the knowledge and consent of the applicant or the applicant’s legal representative.
	 153.53(2) Application requirements. The CPC or the CPC’s designee shall complete the application, preferably in electronic format. A complete application shall include:
	  a.   	 A funding request for the applicant showing the total monthly dollar amount needed for services;
	  b.   	 A copy of a legal settlement worksheet that is completed in accordance with provisions of Iowa Code chapter 252 and other applicable laws and rulings of courts; and
	  c.   	 The client profile report (or equivalent) from a CPC application that contains information necessary for the division to enter the member into the data system used for payment processing.
	 153.53(3) Application submission. The CPC or the CPC’s designee shall submit the complete application as defined in subrule 153.53(2) to the division within 15 business days of the date the CPC or designee receives a completed and signed CPC application form containing a properly completed legal settlement worksheet.
	 153.53(4) Application date. The date of application is the date of the CPC application form, the date on court documents, or October 1, 2006, whichever is later. This date may be used as the effective date of eligibility when the complete application is received in the division within 60 business days of the CPC application date or the date on court documents.
	 153.53(5) Transfer of county of residence. The designated county of residence for an adult may be transferred when it seems more reasonable for the county in which the person is receiving services to assume management of the services.
	  a.   	 Examples of situations where transfer may be reasonable include, but are not limited to:
	 (1) 	 The person receiving services has been in a facility for more than a year; and the person no longer has any connection to the county of residence, such as relatives who live there, and, so far as anyone can tell, has no desire to return to the county of residence.
	 (2) 	 The person receiving services was in the state and county of residence for such a short time before needing services that no real attachment was established in the county of residence.
	 (3) 	 The person is a student attending a college or university but lives and works in the community 12 months per year.
	  b.   	 If the county of residence desires a transfer and the county in which the person is receiving services agrees, the county accepting the transfer shall notify the department’s state payment program manager. The new county of residence shall complete the application procedures, if necessary, and maintain responsibility for the person’s case.
	  c.   	 If the county of residence desires a transfer and the county in which the services are being received does not agree, the county of residence may appeal for resolution to the residency team established by the mental health, mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and brain injury commission. Either county may appeal the decision of the residency team using the procedures in 441—Chapter 7.