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What is PASARR?

A federally required process that prohibits a Medicaid certified nursing facility from admitting any new resident who has a serious mental illness (MI) or is mentally retarded (MR), unless it has been determined whether the individual requires a level of service provided by the nursing facility and the individual is in need of specialized services for the MI or MR.