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iS `I 3 <br />Orange County <br />Department on Aging <br />Vendor Agreement <br />This Vendor Agreement is entered into this Ist day of July 1999 between , hereinafter <br />known as the Vendor, and Orange County on behalf of the Department on Aging, hereinafter known as the <br />Department. The period and duration of the Agreement shall be from July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000. <br />WITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, the Department desires to engage the Vendor to render certain technical and professional <br />services, hereinafter described, now therefore the parties hereto mutually agree as follows: <br />1) DEPARTMENT AGREES AND MAINTAINS THE RIGHT: <br />To determine eligibility of prospective clients for in -home aide services in accordance with federal <br />and state guidelines. <br />2. To make all decisions regarding who is served and what services are offered and in what <br />manner to each client referred. <br />3. To provide to the Vendor for each client referred screening information and a service <br />authorization describing total amount, duration and frequency of aide service requested, and <br />directions to the client's home, whenever possible. <br />4. To conduct for each client taken into service at least an annual reassessment, and quarterly <br />reviews, which includes questions about their satisfaction with services and whether they were <br />given an opportunity to cost share. <br />5. To submit new service authorizations for any client case in which Orange County has <br />approved a change in services. <br />6. To monitor the Vendor if warranted at least yearly to ensure compliance with N.C. <br />Division of Aging In -home Aide service standards and with this agreement. <br />7. To be flexible regarding how many clients are referred at one time. <br />8. To amend this agreement as needed at any time to ensure that Orange County is in <br />compliance with the N.C. Division of Aging In -Home Aide service standards, and to provide <br />notice of such amendments as quickly as practicable to the Vendor. <br />2) THE VENDOR HEREBY AGREES: <br />To provide Nursing Assistants (NAI or NA2), certified by the N.C. Division of Facility <br />Services, to clients referred by the Department with other than Level 1 (Home Management) <br />care needs. Referred clients with Level 1 needs may be staffed with companion aides, but it is <br />preferable that all aides staffing Department cases are NAs. <br />2. To meet the NC Division of Aging Policies and Procedures for In -Home Aide services, as outlined <br />in Attachment A. <br />