§ 16-27-4-4 — "Personal services"

(a) As used in this chapter, "personal services"
means:
(1) attendant care services;
(2) homemaker services that assist with or perform household
tasks, including housekeeping, shopping, laundry, meal planning
and preparation, and cleaning; and
(3) companion services that provide fellowship, care, and
protection for a client, including transportation, letter writing,
mail reading, and escort services;
that are provided to a client at the client's residence.
(b) The term does not apply to the following:
(1) Incidental services provided by a licensed health facility to
patients of the licensed health facility.
(2) Services provided by employers or membership organizations
for their employees, members, and families of the employees or
members if the services are not the predominant purpose of the
employer or the membership organization's business.
(3) Services that are allowed to be performed by a personal
services attendant under IC 12-10-17.1.
(4) Services that require the order of a health care professional for
the services to be lawfully performed in Indiana.
(5) Assisted living Medicaid waiver services.
(6) Services that are performed by a facility described in IC 12-10-15.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.141-2006, SEC.82.