(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, a recipient who is authorized to receive in-home supportive services pursuant to this article, or Section 14132.95, 14132.952, or 14132.956, administered by the State Department of Social Services, or waiver personal care services pursuant to Section 14132.97, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, or any combination of these services, shall direct these authorized services, and the authorized services shall be performed by a provider or providers within a workweek and in a manner that complies with the requirements of this section. (b) (1) A workweek is defined as beginning at 12:00 a.m. on Sunday and includes the next consecutive 168 hours, terminating at 11:59 p.m. the following Saturday. (2) A provider of services specified in subdivision (a) shall not work a total number of hours within a workweek that exceeds 66, in accordance with subdivision (d). The total number of hours worked within a workweek by a provider is defined as the sum of the following: (A) All hours worked providing authorized services specified in subdivision (a). (B) Travel time, as defined in subdivision (f), only if federal financial participation is not available to compensate for that travel time. If federal financial participation is available for travel time, as defined in subdivision (f), the travel time shall not be included in the calculation of the total weekly hours worked within a workweek, except for purposes of overtime compensation pursuant to subdivision (c). (3) (A) If the authorized in-home supportive services of a recipient cannot be provided by a single provider as a result of the limitation specified in paragraph (2), it is the responsibility of the recipient to employ an additional provider or providers, as needed, to ensure the providerâs authorized services are provided within that providerâs total weekly authorized hours of services established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1. (B) (i) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section not result in reduced services authorized to recipients of waiver personal care services, as described in subdivision (a). (ii) The State Department of Health Care Services shall work with and assist recipients receiving services pursuant to the Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital Transition and Diversion Waiver or the In-Home Operations Waiver, or their successors, who are at or near their individual cost cap, as that term is used in the waivers, to avoid a reduction in the recipientâs services that may result because of increased overtime pay for providers. As part of this effort, the department shall consider allowing the recipient to exceed the individual cost cap, if appropriate, and authorize exemptions as set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 14132.99. The department shall provide timely information to waiver recipients as to the steps that will be taken to implement this clause. (4) (A) A provider shall inform each recipient of the number of hours that the provider is available to work for that recipient, in accordance with this section. (B) A recipient, the recipientâs authorized representative, or any other entity shall not authorize any provider to work hours that exceed the applicable limitation or limitations of this section. (C) A recipient may authorize a provider to work hours in excess of the recipientâs weekly authorized hours established pursuant to Section 12301.1 without notification of the county welfare department, in accordance with both of the following: (i) The authorization does not result in more than 40 hours of authorized services per week being provided. (ii) The authorization does not exceed the recipientâs authorized hours of monthly services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1. (5) For providers of in-home supportive services, the St
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