Section 7 AAC 127.115 - [Effective 10/19/2024] Consumer-directed and agency-based Community First Choice personal care services; safety of recipients; safety of employees(a) An agency certified, in accordance will 7 AAC 127.050, as a provider of Community First Choice personal care services shall (1) protect a recipient's health, safety, and welfare while rendering services under this chapter; and(2) provide training for all employees regarding (A) the mandatory reporting requirements of AS 47.17.020 for children and AS 47.24.010 for vulnerable adults;(B) the critical incident reporting requirements of 7 AAC 127.155.(b) If a recipient is unable to manage the recipient's Community First Choice personal care services, the recipient must have a representative chosen or appointed to (1) select and negotiate a contract with a personal care services agency to provide the services authorized in the recipient's service level authorization;(2) cooperate with the department in reviews of the recipient's service level authorization;(3) cooperate with the department and with other state and federal oversight agencies during compliance reviews, investigations, or audits; and(4) sign timesheets or progress notes in accordance with 7 AAC 125.030(a) (3).(c) If the recipient's representative is unable to act on behalf of the recipient because the recipient's representative is not present in the recipient's community and involved in the day-today care of the recipient, the recipient's representative shall designate an individual that shall act in accordance with (b) of this section on a form provided by the department. In addition, (1) if the recipient receives services through a consumer-directed Community First Choice personal care services program, the representative's designee must act in accordance with the requirements of 7 AAC 127.125; (2) the representative's designee must be (A) at least 18 years of age;(B) present in the recipient's community, and involved in the day-to-day care of the recipient; and(C) willing to manage and evaluate the recipient's personal care services as those services are are provided in the recipient's home; and(3) the representative may not designate a public home care provider or individual affiliated with a public home care provider to act on behalf of the recipient under this subsection: in this paragraph, "public home care provider" has the meaning given in(d) The recipient may select a recipient's representative to provide Community First Choice personal care services. The recipient's representative shall designate a designee under (c) of this section to carry out the responsibilities of (b) of this section.Eff. 10/1/2018, Register 227, October 2018; am 10/19/2024, Register 252, January 2025Authority:AS 47.05.010
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