§ 2803-f. Respite projects. Residential health care facilities shall
be permitted, with the prior approval of the commissioner in
consultation with the director of the state office for the aging, to
participate in respite projects pursuant to section two hundred eight of
the elder law. No person shall receive services providing respite in a
residential health care facility unless such person is medically
eligible for admission to such facility. Reimbursement for services in a
residential health care facility shall be as provided in sections
twenty-eight hundred seven and twenty-eight hundred eight of this
article for skilled nursing facility services or health-related
services. The commissioner, in consultation with the director of the
state office for the aging, shall promulgate rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of this section.