In developing and implementing the EVV system, the department shall adhere to the following general principles:
(a) The EVV shall be developed and implemented in a manner and timeframe that avoids payment of the federal financial participation penalties described in the federal 21st Century Cures Act.
(b) Consistent with the requirements of the federal 21st Century Cures Act, the EVV system shall be developed through a collaborative stakeholder process, and be as minimally burdensome to providers and consumers as is necessary to comply with the federal mandate to implement electronic visit verification.
(c) Consistent with the United States Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring (1999) 527 U.S. 581, the EVV system shall not infringe upon the rights of In-Home Supportive Services program consumers.
(d) The EVV system shall not utilize geotracking or global positioning system capabilities.
(e) To the maximum extent possible, the EVV system shall leverage the existing electronic and telephonic timesheet systems.
(f) The EVV system shall utilize the maximum flexibility allowed by the federal government in the definitions of the terms “personal care services,” “location of services,” and “start and stop time of each service.”
(g) The department shall not implement a violations policy or process for in-home supportive service providers as part of electronic visit verification, social workers shall continue to do individual assessments, and information from electronic visit verification cannot be used to reduce a consumer’s hours.
(h) Consistent with the requirements of the federal 21st Century Cures Act, in-home supportive service providers and recipients shall be provided with training on the use of the EVV system.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 27, Sec. 31. (SB 80) Effective June 27, 2019.)