; (C) an individual receiving funding through a State Medicaid program or another publicly funded program; (D) a stipend or room and board as the primary form of payment for the individual providing such services; and (E) the individual receiving such services having the final decision regarding who is the provider of such services living with the individual, through a consumer-driven matching process that includes relationship building, person-centered planning as defined by the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and an assessment of individual compatibility. (8) Spouse The term spouse has the meaning given such term by the marriage laws of the State in which the marriage was celebrated. 312. Written agreements (a) Covered direct care professional In this section, the term covered direct care professional means any direct care professional to whom the covered entity expects to provide compensation for the performance of long-term care services by the covered direct care professional for not less than 8 hours per week. (b) Requirement Each covered entity shall provide a written agreement in accordance with this section to each covered direct care professional who is provided compensation, directly or indirectly, by the covered entity for the performance of long-term care services. (c) Written agreement requirements (1) In general A written agreement required under this section shall— (A) be signed and dated by the covered direct care professional and the covered entity; (B) be written in a language easily and fully understood by the covered direct care professional and the covered entity, which may be in multiple languages if the covered direct care professional and the entity do not easily and fully understand the same language