Aging and Disability Services Council Sharon Swift Butterworth ...

individual's residence.
(b) Respite [begin addition] and adjunct support services [end deletion].
(1) Respite services may not be provided in a setting in which identical services are already
being provided.
(2) [begin addition] Subject to an exception granted by DADS in accordance with §51.232
of this division (relating to Exception to Service Limit), an individual may receive a maximum of
2,096 hours of respite during an IPC year, of which 144 hours (six days) may be used for facility
based respite. [begin deletion] Facility-based respite is limited to 29 days per IPC year. If an
individual or the individual's parent or guardian requests an extension of the 29-day limit, the
case manager must inform DADS' Access and Intake Division of the number of days requested
beyond the 29-day limit and the reason for the request. DADS' Access and Intake Division
approves or denies the request. [end deletion]
[begin addition] (3) The service limit described in paragraph (2) of this subsection is in effect
through August 31, 2013.
(4) Effective September 1, 2013, an individual may be admitted to facility-based respite for
a maximum of 29 days during an IPC year with the amount of respite other than facility-based
respite subject to the IPC cost limit as described in §51.203(7) of this subchapter (relating to
Eligibility Requirements). If the DADS case manager receives information demonstrating the
need of the parent or guardian to admit the individual to facility-based respite in excess of 29
days during an IPC year, the DADS case manager determines whether providing facility-based
respite in excess of the limit is necessary for the IPC to meet the criteria described in §51.217(b)
of this subchapter (relating to Individual Plan of Care).
(c) Adjunct support services.
(1) Subject to an exception granted by DADS in accordance with §51.232 of this division
(relating to Exception to Service Limit), an individual may receive a maximum of 1,875 hours of
adjunct support services during an IPC year.
(2) The service limit described in paragraph (1) of this subsection is in effect through
August 31, 2013. [end addition]
(3) Adjunct support services may be used only when the primary caregiver is working,
attending job training, or attending school.
[begin addition] (d) [end addition] [(c)] Adaptive aids.
(1) [begin addition] An individual may receive adaptive aids having a maximum cost of
[end addition] [begin deletion] The cost ceiling for adaptive aids is [end deletion] $4,000 [begin
addition] during an [end addition] [begin deletion] per [end deletion] IPC year.
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