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71-428. Respite care service, defined.(1) Respite care service means 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.(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 group home or child-caring agency under sections 71-1901 to 71-1906.01;(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. SourceLaws 2000, LB 819, § 28; Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 40; Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 43; Laws 2005, LB 2, § 1. Cross ReferencesChild Care Licensing Act, see section 71-1908.

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71-428. Respite care service, defined.(1) Respite care service means 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.(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 group home or child-caring agency under sections 71-1901 to 71-1906.01;(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. SourceLaws 2000, LB 819, § 28; Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 40; Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 43; Laws 2005, LB 2, § 1. Cross ReferencesChild Care Licensing Act, see section 71-1908.

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71-428. Respite care service, defined.(1) Respite care service means 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.(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 group home or child-caring agency under sections 71-1901 to 71-1906.01;(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. SourceLaws 2000, LB 819, § 28; Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 40; Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 43; Laws 2005, LB 2, § 1. Cross ReferencesChild Care Licensing Act, see section 71-1908.