In-home respite care may be provided by licensed personal care or home health agencies. Reimbursement will be made for direct care rendered according to the participant's PCSP by trained respite workers employed and supervised by certified in-home respite providers.

Providers rendering respite care services in the participant's home must bill procedure code S5150. One (1) unit of service for procedure code S5150 equals 15 minutes.

Eligible participants may receive up to 96 units of in-home respite care per date of service. For the state fiscal year (SFY), July 1 through June 30 each year, eligible participants may receive up to 4800 units (1200 hours) of In-Home Respite Care, or Facility-Based Respite Care or a combination of the two services.

When respite care is provided, the provision of or payment for other duplicate services under the waiver is prohibited. When a respite care provider is in the home to provide respite care services, the provider is responsible for all other in-home ARChoices services included on the participant's PCSP. For example, if attendant care services and/or home-delivered meals are included on the PCSP, the respite provider must provide these services while in the home. No other ARChoices service, other than PERS, may be reimbursed for the same time period.