File #: 20-021    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/30/2019 In control: Elder Care Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/10/2020
Title: AUTHORIZING AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE EXPANDED IN-HOME SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM
Sponsors: Elder Care Committee, Carolyn McLaughlin, Bill L. Ricard
Attachments: 1. TMP_1343_Cover_Letter_EISEP.pdf, 2. 1343 RLA Form, 3. Contract - EISEP and CD 2019-2020 Accent, 4. 2019-2020 EISEP Providers and Rate Chart

RESOLUTION NO. 21

 

AUTHORIZING AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE EXPANDED IN-HOME SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM

 

                     Introduced:  2/10/20

                     By Elder Care Committee:

 

WHEREAS, The Commissioner of the Albany County Department of Social Services has requested authorization to enter into agreements with qualified Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Program (EISEP) service providers in the amount of $1,492,400 for the term commencing April 1, 2020 and ending March 31, 2021, and

 

WHEREAS, The Commissioner indicated that the EISEP service providers will provide services to eligible seniors to allow them to remain in their homes and will generally be paid using the recommended provider-specific Medicaid reimbursement rates established by the New York State Department of Health, now, therefore be it      

 

RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into agreements with the following EISEP service providers in an amount not to exceed $1,492,400 for the term commencing April 1, 2020 and ending March 31, 2021:

 

Accent Health Care

Accu Care Health Services

Adept Health Care Services

All Metro Home Care

Any-Time Home Care

Attentive Care of Albany, Inc.

Consumer Directed Choices

ENS Health Care d/b/a Interim Health Care

Family & Child Service of Schenectady

Living Resources Home Care

Maxim of New York, LLC Visiting Nurses Home Care

Unlimited Care, Inc.

 

and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreements as to form and content, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.