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` (e) Eligibility for initial and continued receipt of <br /> services shall be deterained by review of application forms <br /> submitted to the Division of aging, Department of Susan <br /> Resources. <br /> (f) Caregivers receiving respite care services through <br /> the program established by this section shall fay for sole of the <br /> services on a sliding scale depending on their ability to pay, <br /> but not less than twenty percent (20%) of the cost of these <br /> services. The Division of Aging, Department of Human Resources <br /> shall specify rates of payment for the services. . <br /> (q) Up to three hundred thousand dollars (5300,000) is <br /> Social Services Block Grant fends may be expended for this <br /> purpose in this section in fiscal year 1996-87. These funds <br /> shall be allocated as follows: <br /> ( 1) Sufficient funds to establish and maintain • full- <br /> time position of Respite Care Services Consultant within the <br /> Division of Aging, Department of Susan Resources. This <br /> consultant shall provide ongoing technical assistance to the Area <br /> Agencies on Aging and prepare an annual fiscal report on the <br /> program for presentation to the Joint Legislative Commission on <br /> Governmental Operations and to the Fiscal Research Division of <br /> the Legislative Services Office no later than the first of 'Bay <br /> each year. <br /> (2) All other 'funds to the Area Agencies on Aging, <br /> proporti odally based on the number of elderly citizens of 75 <br /> years or sore in the regions, to fund the respite care program <br /> established by this act. Revenues received from clients* ' <br /> parents shall be Used by the provider agencies to provide <br /> additional respite services, as defined by this section. This <br /> funding allocation Say be changed by the Secretary of the <br /> Department of somas Resources upon the recommendation of the <br /> Director of the Division of 'Aging, the Respite Care Service <br /> Consultant in the Division of Aging, and the Area Agencies on <br /> Aging, after these entities have considered utilization of <br /> services, patient age, marital states, caregiver capacities, <br /> dependency, disease and motel status data on clients served by <br /> the programs. These data shall be provided annually to the Area <br /> Agencies on Aging by all respite care service providers. <br /> 6 <br />