Consistent with the federal Social Security Act and subject to the appropriation and availability of federal and state funds, each administering department or agency shall by rule provide a program permitting a consumer or surrogate to direct personal assistance services through the hiring, supervision and training of an attendant or attendants paid through a fiscal intermediary under contract with the department.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 210, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the federal Social Security Act, see 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.
Effective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 210, § 7 made the act effective July 1, 2003.