Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
ON MARCH 23, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 678, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to make changes to present law relative to the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care program (the "program").<br /> <br /> This amendment revises the definition of "respite care" to mean temporary, substitute support or living arrangements to provide a brief period of relief or rest for informal caregivers. This "substitute support" may include, but is not limited to, in-home care by appropriately trained individuals or care in an adult day care, assisted living, or nursing home setting, on an intermittent, occasional, or emergency basis along with the following homemaker services:<br /> <br /> (1) In-home respite or companionship;<br /> <br /> (2) Adult day care;<br /> <br /> (3) Assistance with personal care, bathing, medication monitoring and chores;<br /> <br /> (4) Four hours of overnight respite in a facility; and <br /> <br /> (5) Any other goods or services necessary to maintain the person with Alzheimer’s or related dementia at home. <br /> <br /> This amendment requires the program to comply with the following criteria:<br /> <br /> (1) Be based on grants provided to each of the nine area agencies on aging and disability in this state for respite care services for the sole benefit of individuals who are experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia or who have received a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia;<br /> <br /> (2) Be operated from July 1, 2022 to December 21, 2025;<br /> <br /> (3) Actively serve up to a total of 225 enrollees, at one time, in each fiscal year of the program’s operation;<br /> <br /> (4) Reimburse utilizing the commission on aging and disability’s yearly approved homemaker service unit cost rate;<br /> <br /> (5) Give priority for enrollment to those individuals on the wait list for the current state-funded OPTIONS program as of May 25, 2022; <br /> <br /> (6) Exclude an individual with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia who is eligible for long-term care services under the Medical Assistance Act of 1968 of this title; and <br /> <br /> (7) Provide preference to individuals at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level. <br />
ON MARCH 23, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 678, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to make changes to present law relative to the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care program (the "program").<br /> <br /> This amendment revises the definition of "respite care" to mean temporary, substitute support or living arrangements to provide a brief period of relief or rest for informal caregivers. This "substitute support" may include, but is not limited to, in-home care by appropriately trained individuals or care in an adult day care, assisted living, or nursing home setting, on an intermittent, occasional, or emergency basis along with the following homemaker services:<br /> <br /> (1) In-home respite or companionship;<br /> <br /> (2) Adult day care;<br /> <br /> (3) Assistance with personal care, bathing, medication monitoring and chores;<br /> <br /> (4) Four hours of overnight respite in a facility; and <br /> <br /> (5) Any other goods or services necessary to maintain the person with Alzheimer’s or related dementia at home. <br /> <br /> This amendment requires the program to comply with the following criteria:<br /> <br /> (1) Be based on grants provided to each of the nine area agencies on aging and disability in this state for respite care services for the sole benefit of individuals who are experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia or who have received a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia;<br /> <br /> (2) Be operated from July 1, 2022 to December 21, 2025;<br /> <br /> (3) Actively serve up to a total of 225 enrollees, at one time, in each fiscal year of the program’s operation;<br /> <br /> (4) Reimburse utilizing the commission on aging and disability’s yearly approved homemaker service unit cost rate;<br /> <br /> (5) Give priority for enrollment to those individuals on the wait list for the current state-funded OPTIONS program as of May 25, 2022; <br /> <br /> (6) Exclude an individual with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia who is eligible for long-term care services under the Medical Assistance Act of 1968 of this title; and <br /> <br /> (7) Provide preference to individuals at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level. <br />
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