71-428. Respite care service, defined.
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(1)Respite care service means
(a)a person or any legal entity that provides short-term temporary care on an intermittent basis to persons with special needs when the person's primary caregiver is unavailable to provide such care or
(b)a residential facility that provides short-term housing with supportive medical services to homeless individuals as described in section 68-911 .
(2)Respite care service does not include:
(a)A person or any legal entity which is licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act and which provides respite care services at the licensed location;
(b)A person or legal entity which is licensed to provide child care to thirteen or more children under the Child Care Licensing Act or which is licensed as a residential child-caring agency under the Children's Residential Facilities and Placing Licensure Act;
(c)An agency that recruits, screens, or trains a person to provide respite care;
(d)An agency that matches a respite care service or other providers of respite care with a person with special needs, or refers a respite care service or other providers of respite care to a person with special needs, unless the agency receives compensation for such matching or referral from the service or provider or from or on behalf of the person with special needs;
(e)A person who provides respite care to fewer than eight unrelated persons in any seven-day period in his or her home or in the home of the recipient of the respite care; or
(f)A nonprofit agency that provides group respite care for no more than eight hours in any seven-day period.