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RESPITE CARE SERVICE - HOUSE BILL 2055 -----5ESkITE [Ail SERVICE Sec. 7. 2. (a ) A respite care program is established to provide needy relief to caregivers of patients who cannot to left aloue because of mental or physical problems and whose incomes preclude coverage under Worth Carolina's Sedicaid eligibility standards. - (b) Those eligible for respite care under the program established by this act are limited to those unpaid caregivers who are caring for patients who require constant supervision and who cannot be left alone either (i) because of memory impairment or other problems that make them subject to wandering, or sake them dangerous to themselves or others, or (ii) because of physical immobility, regardless of etiology, that renders them unsafe alone. (c) Mespite care services Provided by the programs established by this section shall include: ( 1) Attendance and companion services for the patient in order to provide released time to the caregiver; (2) Personal care services, including meal preparation, to the patient of the caregiver; (3) Patient assessment and care planning for the patient of the caregiver; (g) Counseling and training in the caregiving role, including coping mechanisms and behavior modification techniques; (5) Counseling in accessing available local, regional, and State services; (6) Adult Day Care where cost effective; and ref It (7) Temporarily institutionalizing the patient of the caregivers to provide the caregiver total respite, when the mental or physical stress on the caregiver aecessitatss this respite. This institutionalisation may last for no more than • total of 30 days per year per patient. Erograa funds may provide so more than the current domiciliary care reimbursement rate for this institutionalization. The services described by subdivisions (1) through (5) of this subsection shall be limited to a maximum of 20 hours of service per month per caretaker. Duration of the service period shall be unlimited for as lcnq as the caretaker continues to qualify as a caretaker as defined by subsection (b) of this section. (d) The program established by this section shall be administered by the Council of Government in each region, which shall contract for service provision with an existing agency to be chosen by the same process as used for federal contracting. The Council in each region shall choose the respite care service provider on the basis of a competitive bidding process open to all existing respite care service providers. Criteria for . selection shall include docuuented capacity to provide care, adequacy of quality assurance, training, supervision, abuse prevention and complaint mechanisms proposed by the provider, and lowest cost. 5