Authority: IC 12-9.1-2-3; IC 12-10-17.1-20

Affected: IC 12-10-17.1-17

Sec. 8. The individual in need of self-directed in-home care and the personal services attendant must each sign a contract, in a form approved by the division, that includes, at a minimum, the following:

1. (1) The responsibilities of the personal services attendant.
2. (2) The frequency the personal services attendant will provide attendant care services.
3. (3) The duration of the contract.
4. (4) The hourly wage of the personal services attendant. The wage may not be less than the federal minimum wage or more than the rate that the recipient is eligible to receive under a Medicaid home and community based services waiver or the community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled program for attendant care services.
5. (5) Reasons and notice agreements for early termination of the contract.

(Division of Aging; 455 IAC 1-9-8; filed Oct 2, 2002, 9:13 a.m.: 26 IR 352; readopted filed Oct 17, 2008, 3:35 p.m.: 20081105-IR-460080685RFA; readopted filed Nov 15, 2013, 3:22 p.m.: 20131211-IR-455130453RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 11:55 a.m.: 20191211-IR-455190488RFA; readopted filed Oct 8, 2025, 3:16 p.m.: 20251105-IR-455240503RFA) NOTE: Transferred from the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services (460 IAC 1-8-8) to the Division of Aging (455 IAC 1-9-8) by P.L.153-2011, SECTION 21, effective July 1, 2011.