Table 3. Level I Screen: Responsibility for Conducting Review (of 31 States Responding)

State State Agency Mix of State Agency/ Private Providers Private Agency Treating Physician Nursing Facility Nursing Facilities and Hospital Individual Private Health Care Providers
AL             Bullet
AK Bullet            
AR             Bullet
AZ   Bullet          
CA   Bullet          
CO   Bullet          
CT   Bullet          
FL Bullet            
GA     Bullet        
HI       Bullet      
IL   Bullet          
IN   Bullet          
KS     Bullet        
LA       Bullet      
MA     Bullet        
MD              
MI             Bullet
MN   Bullet          
MO   Bullet          
ND     Bullet        
NH   Bullet          
NM         Bullet    
OH   Bullet          
OK   Bullet          
RI              
TN             Bullet
TX   Bullet          
UT         Bullet    
VA   Bullet          
VT   Bullet          
WA             Bullet
WI           Bullet  
WY           Bullet  
TOTAL 2 14 4 2 2 2 5

The data source is the Bazelon Center, 1996. In 2 States (Alaska and Florida) the State agency. In 14 States a mix of the State agency and private providers has the responsibility: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, and Vermont. In 4 States a private agency has the responsibility: Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, and North Dakota. In 2 States the treating physician has the responsibility: Hawaii and Louisiana. In 2 States the nursing facility has the responsibility: New Mexico and Utah. In 2 States nursing facilities and the hospital have the responsibility: Wisconsin and Wyoming. In 5 States Individual private health care providers have the responsibility: Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Tennessee, and Vermont. Maryland and Rhode Island did not respond.

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