Section 71-428 - Respite care service, defined(1) Respite care service means(a) a person or any legal entity that provides short-term temporary care on an intermittent basis to persons with special needs when the person's primary caregiver is unavailable to provide such care or(b) a residential facility that provides short-term housing with supportive medical services to homeless individuals as described in section 68-911.(2) Respite care service does not include: (a) A person or any legal entity which is licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act and which provides respite care services at the licensed location;(b) A person or legal entity which is licensed to provide child care to thirteen or more children under the Child Care Licensing Act or which is licensed as a residential child-caring agency under the Children's Residential Facilities and Placing Licensure Act;(c) An agency that recruits, screens, or trains a person to provide respite care;(d) An agency that matches a respite care service or other providers of respite care with a person with special needs, or refers a respite care service or other providers of respite care to a person with special needs, unless the agency receives compensation for such matching or referral from the service or provider or from or on behalf of the person with special needs;(e) A person who provides respite care to fewer than eight unrelated persons in any seven-day period in his or her home or in the home of the recipient of the respite care; or(f) A nonprofit agency that provides group respite care for no more than eight hours in any seven-day period.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-428
Laws 2000, LB 819, § 28; Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 40; Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 43; Laws 2005, LB 2, § 1; Laws 2013, LB 265, § 39; Laws 2024, LB 905, § 3.Amended by Laws 2024, LB 905,§ 3, eff. 7/19/2024.