36-2970.01. Verification and billing; direct care services; assessment

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A. The department shall implement the following:

1. An electronic visit verification system that delineates that a parent or a nonparent provider is providing the direct care services.

2. Unique modifiers for delineating both:

(a)Whether a parent or nonparent provided the direct care services.

(b)Attendant care services and habilitation services.

B. A parent may not bill for attendant care services provided while the minor child is not present, including while the minor child is at school, or when the minor child is in inpatient care or receiving care in a clinical setting. A parent caregiver may not bill for attendant care services for housekeeping, laundry or meal preparation that would ordinarily be performed by a parent of a minor child who does not have a disability.

C. The administration and the department shall provide to the staff of the joint legislative budget committee at the end of each calendar quarter a report on the utilization of attendant care services and habilitation services by parent caregivers under the parents as paid caregivers program. The report shall also include all of the following:

1. The annual growth in the number of parents and members enrolled in the program.

2. The number of emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations in the calendar quarter.

3. The approved annual hours delineated by primary diagnosis.

4. How long a member who receives care under the parents as paid caregivers program has been enrolled in the Arizona long-term care system.

D. On or before October 1, 2025, the administration shall adopt and the department shall implement a strengthened standardized assessment tool to determine the need for extraordinary care for minor children under the program. The assessment tool shall separate household tasks that would ordinarily be performed by a parent of a minor child who does not have a disability.