STUDY OF ADULT DAY CARE SERVICES.

SEC. 208. STUDY OF ADULT DAY CARE SERVICES. (a) Survey of Current Adult Day Care Services.— The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a survey of adult day care services in the United States to collect information concerning— (1) the scope of such services and the extent of their availability; (2) the characteristics of entities providing such services; (3) licensure, certification, and other quality standards that are applied to those providing such services; (4) the cost and financing of such services; and (5) the characteristics of the people who use such services. 102 STAT. 733 (b) Report.—The Secretary shall report to Congress, by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the information collected in the survey. Based on such information, the Secretary shall include in the report recommendations concerning appropriate standards for coverage of adult day care services under medicare, including defining chronically dependent individuals, defining services included in adult day care services, establishing qualifications of providers of adult day care services, and establishing a reimbursement mechanism. (c) Adult Day Care Services Defined.—In this section, the term “adult day care services” means medical or social services provided in an organized nonresidential setting to chronically impaired individuals who are not inpatients in a medical institution.