1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; allowing use of personal 
  1.3             care attendant services for respite care and allowing 
  1.4             sharing of personal care attendants; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0627, by adding 
  1.6             a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0627, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 8.  [PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS.] (a) Within the limits 
  1.11  of prior approved hours, a recipient of home care may use 
  1.12  personal care attendant services flexibly, including accruing 
  1.13  hours to use for respite care.  Prior authorized personal care 
  1.14  attendant services may be used for out-of-home respite care 
  1.15  settings.  For children receiving personal care attendant 
  1.16  services, those services may be delivered in licensed day care 
  1.17  settings to enhance social interaction with other children and 
  1.18  to provide necessary care and supports. 
  1.19     (b) Recipients of personal care attendant services may 
  1.20  share staff and the commissioner shall provide a rate system for 
  1.21  shared personal care attendant services.  The rate system shall 
  1.22  not exceed 1-1/2 the amount paid for providing services to one 
  1.23  person, and shall increase incrementally by one-half the cost of 
  1.24  serving a single person, for each person served.  A personal 
  1.25  care attendant may not serve more than three people in a single 
  1.26  setting.