- A. Personal care services shall be provided by a licensed personal care services agency which is duly enrolled as a Medicaid provider. Staff assigned to provide personal care services to a beneficiary shall not be a member of the beneficiary’s immediate family. Immediate family is defined as the father, mother, sister, brother, spouse, child, grandparent, in-law, or any individual acting as parent or guardian of the beneficiary. Personal care services may be provided by a person of a degree of relationship to the beneficiary other than immediate family, only if the relative is not living in the beneficiary’s home, or, if she/he is living in the beneficiary’s home solely because her/his presence in the home is necessitated by the amount of care required by the beneficiary.
- B. An unrelated staff member of a licensed personal care services provider may not live in the same home as the beneficiary.
Authority Note
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
Historical Note
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 21:947 (September 1995), repromulgated for LAC codification, LR 29:178 (February 2003), amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 45:907 (July 2019).