Pennsylvania Department of Health
Home Care Agency Definitions
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Act- The Health Care
Facilities Act (35 P .S. §§ 448.101 - 448.904).
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ChildLine - An
organizational unit of the Department of Public Welfare which operates a state-wide
toll-free system for receiving reports of suspected child abuse established under
section 6332 of the Child Protective Services Law, 23 Pa. C.S. §§ 6301 - 6385 (relating
to establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number), refers the reports for
investigation and maintains the reports in the appropriate file.
ChildLine verification
- Verification regarding whether
an applicant for employment or referral by a home care agency or home care registry
is named in the Department of Public Welfare's Statewide Central Register as the
perpetrator of a founded or indicated report of child abuse (as defined at 55 Pa.
Code § 3490.4).
Consumer - Individual
to whom services are provided.
Criminal history report
- A State Police criminal history record or a Department of
Aging letter of determination of eligibility for hire or roster based on a
review of a federal criminal history record.
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Department of Aging letter of determination -
A written decision supplied by the Department of Aging regarding whether,
based on the criminal history report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the
applicant for employment by a home care agency or referral by a home care registry may be employed or rostered.
Direct care worker -
The individual employed by a home care agency or referred by a home care
registry to provide services to a consumer.
Direct consumer contact -
Face-to-face interaction with the consumer
in the consumer's place of residence or other independent living environment.
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Financial management
services - One or more of the following services:
- Manage payroll including federal, state and local
employment taxes for direct care workers recruited and retained by the
consumer.
- Process the payment of workers' compensation, health and other insurance benefits
for the direct care worker.
- Assist consumers in calculating and managing individual
budgets for publicly funded home and community based waiver services.
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Monitor the consumer's spending of public funds
and any underage or overage in accordance with the consumer's approved budget.
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Collect, process and maintain time sheets for direct care
workers.
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Provide training to consumers related to employer-related
tasks (e.g. recruiting, hiring, training, managing and discharging direct care workers
and managing payroll and bill paying).
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Home care agency -
An organization, exclusive of a home health care agency, that supplies, arranges
or schedules employees to provide assistance with activities of daily living or
instrumental activities of daily living, companionship services or specialized care
on an hourly, shift or continual basis to a consumer in the consumer's place of
residence or other independent living environment for which the organization receives
a fee, consideration or compensation of any kind. The term shall not include durable
medical equipment providers, volunteer providers, or an organization or business
entity designated under Section 3504 of the Internal Revenue Code and either IRS
Revenue Procedure 70-6 or IRS Revenue Procedure 80-4 that provides only financial
management services to consumers of publicly funded home and community-based waiver
services.
Home care registry
- An organization or business entity or part thereof that supplies, arranges or
refers independent contractors to provide assistance with activities of daily living
or instrumental activities of daily living, or specialized care, in the consumer's
place of residence or toher independent living environment for which the registry
receives a fee, consideration or compensation of any kind.
The term shall not include an organization or business entity designated
under Section 3504 of the Internal Revenue Code and either IRS Revenue Procedure
70-6 or IRS Revenue Procedure 80-4 that provides only financial management services
to consumers of publicly funded home and community-based waiver services.
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Inspection -
An examination or assessment of a home care agency or home care registry to determine
compliance with requirements for licensure using one or more of the following means:
inspection of records, interviews with office staff, consumers and direct care workers,
and observation of the provision of services to consumers who have consented in
advance to observation. The inspection
may or may not be on-site.
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Nurse -a registered
nurse or a licensed practical nurse.
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Qualified health professional
- An individual who holds a license or certification issued by the
Commonwealth which allows for the performance of a physical examination, evaluation
or assessment. The term includes a
physician, a physician's assistant, a registered nurse, and a certified registered
nurse practitioner.
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Statewide Central Register
- A register of child abuse established in the Department of Public
Welfare, which consists of founded and indicated reports of child abuse.
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