Pre-Admission ​Screening and Resident Review (PASRR)

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Clinical Assurance and Administrative Support Division, PASRR Section is responsible for:

• Preventing individuals with mental illness (MI), developmental disability (DD), intellectual disability (ID) or related conditions (RC) from being inappropriately placed in nursing homes for long term care;
• Ensuring Medicaid nursing facility (NF) individuals with MI, DD/ID or RC receive specialized services and
• Ensuring that these individuals have the opportunity to live in the least restrictive setting that best meets their needs.

The PASRR process consists of the Level I Screening, Level II MI Evaluation, and Determination. The Level I Screening is a tool used to identify individuals that are diagnosed or suspected of having MI or ID/DD/RC. A Level II MI Evaluation will be performed by a third party contractor if the Level I Screening triggers positive for MI. Based on the Level II MI Evaluation, DHCS will issue a Determination including treatment and placement recommendations for the individual.

Latest Training and Documents

Upcoming teleconference training sessions (for a complete schedule of training sessions, view the “Training” page).

For Service Requests

• Via email at ITServiceDesk@dhcs.ca.gov
• By phone 1 (800) 579-0874 or 1 (916) 440-7000

Support is available Monday through Friday from 7:00am – 5:00pm. Requests will not be processed after business hours, weekends, or state holidays.

To Contact the TAR Office

For general questions on TAR submissions, please call 1 (800) 541-5555.