SECTION 340:105-10-96. Title III-B priority supportive services

(a)   Policy. The Area Agency on Aging (AAA) ensures that an adequate proportion of its federal allotment for Title III-B services is expended for priority services unless the AAA has been granted a waiver on this rule by the State Agency per OAC 340:105-10-97. The Title III-B priority services include:

(1)   access services:

(A)   transportation;

(B)   outreach;

(C)   information and assistance;

(D)   assisted transportation;

(E)   case management; and

(F)   health services, including mental health services;

(2)   in-home services:

(A)   homemaker;

(B)   chore;

(C)   personal care; and

(D)   home repair; and

(3)   legal assistance services:

(A)   legal counseling and representation;

(B)   community education on legal matters; and

(C)   information and assistance on legal matters.

(b)   Authority. The authority for this Section is Section 306(a)(2) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended.

(c)   Procedures. The AAA develops its annual budget in consultation with the State Agency and incorporates the allocations listed in (1) - (3) of this subsection into the budget. The AAA:

(1)   expends at least 30 percent of its federal Title III-B funds overall for the three priority service categories, and not less than five percent of these funds for any single priority service;

(2)   expends at least as much federal funds in any given fiscal year for the priority services categories as the AAA expended for the priority services in the previous fiscal year; unless the AAA allocation of these funds is reduced, in which case, the AAA priority services expenditure is reduced proportional to the AAA reduction in Title III-B funds; and

(3)   allocates federal funds to legal assistance services in accordance with minimum funding levels established by the State Agency and issued annually under State memo.

(d)   Cross references. See OAC 340:105-10-97.

[Source: Added at 11 Ok Reg 673, eff 11-29-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 2771, eff 6-13-94; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1983, eff 6-11-99; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1170, eff 5-13-02; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1754, eff 6-1-08 (emergency); Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2221, eff 7-1-09]