Issue

The Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB) is requesting a 637 waiver to the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) for an Alternative Services Delivery to waive California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 17, Division 2, Chapter 3, section 54342(58) (A)&(B) which governs out-of-home respite services and lists by service code the type of agencies which may be vendored to provide such respite service. The provision does not include an FHA as a type of agency that can provide out-of-home respite.

Enriching Lives is a Family Home Agency vendored with The Regional Center of the East Bay.  Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB) is requesting that California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 17, Division 2, Chapter 3, section 54342(58) (A)&(B) be waived to allow Enriching lives as an FHA to be an agency that can provide out-of-home respite to all current 5 tier level rates.

Impact to RCEB Clients Under Proposal

This request will affect RCEB clients in the following way:  this proposal is to allow FHA model to offer out-of-home respite to adults living with their families.

Impact on Regional Center and State Budget

There are no additional costs to The Regional Center of the East Bay. The bed used for respite may not be the same bed funded by the Regional center for a permanent resident.

Payment for respite services shall be calculated according to CCR, Title 17 Section 57332, and Maximum Rates of Reimbursement for Non-Residential services.

Public Comments

This information will be made available via the RCEB website www.rceb.org, on Wednesday May 15^th 2024 . A public meeting for comments on this proposal will be held on Wednesday May 29, 2024 from 10am to 11am via Zoom:

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Written comments can also be sent to: Rparada@rceb.org through May 29^th, 2024.