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32 | Allegation: Facility charging more than the basic rate for SSI resident
The complainant alleges that R1 is on SSI and was not charged SSI rate by facility. Per administrator Crystal Pak, she was unaware of how much the facility rent was or what the SSI rate should be. She also stated that residents’ families or referring case workers told the facility if the resident had SSI or another form of income. LPA also spoke to previous administrator Helen Pak, who stated the facility was unaware that R1 had SSI until they returned from skilled nursing and told administrator they had been approved for the Assisted Living Waiver Program. LPA reviewed the admissions agreements for (R1-R4). Page 7 of the admissions agreement does not admit the funding source for any of the admissions agreements reviewed nor does it indicate the residents refused to disclose their income sources. LPA received financial records from the facility dating January 2020 to April 2020, showing that R1 had paid $1700 for rent. The 2020 SSI rate is $1069.37.
Based on information gathered and service records reviewed, the department found sufficient evidence to support the allegation mentioned above.
Based on LPA’s observation and interviews conducted, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the allegation of "Facility charging more that the basic rate for SSI resident" is found to be: Substantiated. California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 6, Chapter 8, is being cited on the attached LIC 9099-D.
An exit interview was conducted with Staff Julita Arriola and a hard copy was provided via email.
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