Out-of-home Respite Services (868) #
Service Code Definition: #
A regional center shall classify a vendor as a provider of out-of-home respite services if the vendor:
(A) Is licensed by DSS or by an agency authorized by DSS or is licensed by DHS to provide out-of-home care to persons with developmental disabilities; and
(B) Is vendored by the regional center and provides services under the following service codes:
1. Service Code 855 – Adult Day Care; or
2. Service Code 851 – Child Day Care; or
3. Service Code 905 or 915 – Residential Facility Serving Adults; or
4. Service Code 910 or 920 – Residential Facility Serving Children; or
5. Service Code 930 – Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled – Habilitative (ICF/DD-H); or
6. Service Code 935 – Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled – Nursing (ICF/DD-N).
(C) Has staff who have received Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid training from agencies offering such training, including, but not limited to, the American Red Cross;
(D) Has the training, education, and skill to perform the required services; and
(E) Provides out-of-home respite services which consist of intermittent or regularly scheduled temporary care to individuals in a licensed facility and which:
1. Are designed to relieve families of the constant responsibility of caring for a member of that family who is a consumer;
2. Meet planned or emergency needs;
3. Are used to allow parents or the individual the opportunity for vacations and other necessities or activities of family life; and
4. Are provided to individuals away from their residence.
