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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 20 Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 400o Homemaker-companion Agencies
Sec. 20-679. Written contracts or service plans. Requirements.
Sec. 20-679. Written contracts or service plans. Requirements. Not later than
seven calendar days after the date on which a homemaker-companion agency commences providing homemaker services or companion services, such agency shall provide the person who receives the services, or the authorized representative of such person, with a written contract or service plan that prescribes the anticipated scope, type,
frequency, duration and cost of the services provided by the agency. In addition, any
contract or service plan provided by a homemaker-companion agency to a person receiving services shall also provide notice (1) of the person's right to request changes to, or
review of the contract or service plan, (2) of the employees of such agency who, pursuant
to section 20-678 are required to submit to a comprehensive background check, and (3)
that such agency's records are available for inspection or audit by the Department of
Consumer Protection. No contract or service plan for the provision of homemaker or
companion services shall be valid against the person who receives the services or the
authorized representative of such person, unless the contract or service plan has been
signed by a duly authorized representative of the homemaker-companion agency and
the person who receives the services or the authorized representative of such person.
The requirements of this section shall not apply to homemaker services or companion
services provided under the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly administered
by the Department of Social Services in accordance with section 17b-342.(P.A. 06-187, S. 61.)
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