Tennessee HB 1495: Welfare - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to respite care services, including, but not limited to, increasing the number of hours an adult may attend a limited respite care services program from 12 to 16 hours in any one week, and authorizing such a program to provide care services for up to 20 adults at the same time, rather than 15. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 2.

Bill Text

House Health 1 
 
Amendment No.  1 to HB1495 
 
 
Terry 
Signature of Sponsor 
 
AMEND         Senate Bill No. 1581 House Bill No. 1495* 
 
 
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by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-2-402(c)(2), is amended by 
deleting the subdivision and substituting: 
 (2)  As used in this subsection (c), "limited respite care services program" means 
a program with a sole purpose to provide primary caregivers of appropriate adults with 
relief from normal caregiving duties and responsibilities and: 
 (A)  Is operated by a religious institution or religious organization that 
provides custodial care for aging adults and adults with limitations on activities of 
daily living: 
 (i)  Who can function in a group setting; 
 (ii)  Who can feed and perform toilet functions without the 
assistance of a personal aide accompanying them; and 
 (iii)  Who attend no more than three (3) days each calendar week, 
no more than sixteen (16) hours in any one (1) week, and no more than 
six (6) hours in any one (1) day; 
 (B)  Is registered with the department pursuant to rules promulgated by 
the commissioner for purposes of this subsection (c); 
 (C)  Maintains records that include, at a minimum, dates and times of 
each adult's attendance; 
 (D)  Provides care services for fewer than twenty (20) adults at the same 
time; 

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 (E)  Does not administer medications to adults while under the program's 
care; and 
 (F)  Maintains at least the same direct-care staff-to-participant ratio 
required for licensed adult day services centers by rules promulgated pursuant to 
§ 71-2-412 and enforced as licensing rules under § 71-2-409(c)(1). 
 SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.