SECTION 317:30-5-517. Description of services

  Respite care is:

(1)   available to eligible members not receiving daily living supports or group home services and who are unable to care for themselves; and

(2)   furnished on a short-term basis due to the absence or need for relief of those persons normally providing the care, and includes:

(A)   homemaker respite per OAC 317:30-5-535 through 317:30-5-538;

(B)   daily respite provided in a group home.

(i)   Group homes providing respite must be licensed per OAC 340:100-6.

(ii)   Respite care provided in a group home is authorized as respite at the applicable group home rate as identified in the member's Plan of Care;

(C)   daily respite provided in an agency companion services (ACS) home.

(i)   Respite must be approved in accordance with the home profile process, per OAC 317:40-5-40, and required training, per OAC 340:100-3-38.

(ii)   Respite provided in an ACS home is authorized as respite at the applicable level of support per OAC 317:40-5-3.

(iii)   Respite providers are limited to providing 52 days of respite per year when they concurrently provide ACS; and

(D)   daily respite provided in any other approved home. Respite:

(i)   must be approved in accordance with the home profile process, per OAC 317:40-5-40, and required training, per OAC 340-100-3-38;

(ii)   is based on the member's needs and includes:

(I)   maximum supervision - for members with extensive needs;

(II)   close supervision - for members with moderate needs; and

(III)   intermittent supervision - for members with minimum needs; and

(iii)   providers must:

(I)   pass a background investigation per OAC 317:40-5-40 and OAC 340:100-3-39; and

(II)   be at least 18 years of age.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 751, eff 1-5-95 through 7-14-95 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3131, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2756, eff 6-1-08 (emergency); Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1067, eff 5-11-09]