N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 6654.18 - EISEP noninstitutional respite services
(a) EISEP noninstitutional respite services
may only be provided to clients receiving ongoing care from informal caregivers
pursuant to a service plan based on the overall care plan developed under
section
6654.16 of
this Part which documents a need for such respite to support or enhance such
informal care.
(b)
[Reserved]
(c) Respite consisting
of housekeeping/chore or homemaking/personal care services shall comply with
section
6654.17 of
this Part.
(d) Respite consisting
of paid supervision shall:
(1) utilize only
workers who have been screened for any history of client abuse and any history
of conviction for a related felony;
(2) not permit paid supervision workers to
deliver any in-home services as defined in section
6654.17 of
this Part; and
(3) include 24-hour
respite only if provided in the client's home or the home of the primary
informal care giver.
(e)
Respite consisting of adult day care may not be used to cover the cost of
medically oriented services such as medical care, skilled nursing care, skilled
therapies, dental care, audiology, podiatry or ophthalmology.
(f) Noninstitutional respite may not be
provided in adult homes until the New York State Department of Social Services
promulgates regulations for adult day care programs in such adult homes and
must, unless otherwise specified by the office, comply with such regulations
once promulgated.
(g)
Noninstitutional respite may consist of any of the following:
homemaker/personal services, housekeeper/chore services, paid supervision, and
nonmedical adult day care.
(h)
EISEP payments to providers of respite in congregate settings must only be for
services provided to individual clients enrolled in EISEP and pursuant to EISEP
care plans and cannot be used to subsidize, in whole or in part, services
provided to persons not enrolled in EISEP.
Notes
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