Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 17b - Social Services
349e - Connecticut Statewide Respite Care Program
Section 17b-349e-8 - Provider qualifications and requirements

(a) Providers shall enter into contracts with sponsor agencies for the delivery of respite care services to individual clients under the program, and shall be accountable to each contracting sponsor agency as well as to individual clients or each individual's representative for the provision of those services.

(b) Providers shall have demonstrated prior experience and training in delivering services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and agree to provide services at the rates set by the department.

(c) Providers who have received accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, when available, shall receive preference in contracting for services.

(d) Providers shall meet the requirements of provider participation of the specified services as established for the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders, pursuant to section 17b-342-2 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to the extent that such requirements do not conflict with sections 17b-349e-1 to 17b-349e-9, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(e) A provider under the Connecticut Statewide Respite Care Program shall not be a spouse or conservator of the person receiving the services. A relative of the conservator of the eligible individual receiving the services may be a provider with prior approval of the department.