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Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.036

AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.040 7 AAC 127.060. Responsibilities of personal care assistants providing Community First Choice personal care services. (a) A personal care assistant employed by an agency providing Community First Choice personal care services shall maintain, for Medicaid billing purposes, a contemporaneous record of services provided to each recipient. The record must include

(1) a copy of the service level authorization

(A) signed by, or bearing the legal mark of, the recipient, the recipient’s representative, or the representative’s designee appointed in accordance with 7 AAC 127.115(c); and

(B) signed by the department;

(2) a copy of the support plan

(A) signed by, or bearing the legal mark of, the recipient, the recipient’s representative, or the representative’s designee appointed in accordance with 7 AAC 127.115(c); and

(B) signed by the department;

(3) documentation of services performed under the support plan, including case notes;

(4) a copy of any amendments to the recipient’s support plan prepared under 7 AAC 127.039 and approved by the department;

(5) timesheets that indicate

(A) the date, time, and length of each visit, and the services provided during each visit; and

(B) for each visit, the signature or legal mark of the recipient, the recipient’s representative, or the representative’s designee appointed in accordance with 7 AAC 127.115(c) verifying that the services were provided as reported by the personal care assistant. (b) If a recipient chooses to receive Community First Choice personal care services from