Ohio Administrative Code
Title 173 - Department of Aging
Chapter 173-4 - Older Americans Act Nutrition Program
Section 173-4-03 - Older Americans Act nutrition program: consumer enrollment
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 173-4-03
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Congregate dining:
(1)
Initial verification: Before enrolling the consumer
into a congregate dining project or congregate dining project based in
restaurants or supermarkets, the provider shall verify that a consumer's
congregate meals are eligible for payment, in whole or in part, with Older
Americans Act funds according to rule
173-4-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(2)
Annual verification: The provider may keep a consumer
enrolled in a congregate dining project or congregate dining project based in
restaurants or supermarkets project for more than one year only if, at least
once every calendar year, the provider verifies that the consumer's congregate
meals continue to be eligible for payment, in whole or in part, with Older
Americans Act funds according to rule
173-4-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(B) Home-delivered meals:
(1) Initial
verification: Before enrolling a consumer into a home-delivered meals project,
the provider shall verify that the consumer's home-delivered meals are eligible
for payment, in whole or in part, with Older Americans Act funds according to
rule 173-4-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) Annual verification: The
provider
may keep a consumer enrolled in a home-delivered meals
project for more than one year
only if, at least once
every calendar
year, the provider verifies that the
consumer's home-delivered meals continue to be eligible for payment, in whole
or in part, with Older Americans Act funds according to rule
173-4-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(3) Temporary verification: A
provider may deem a discharge order to be adequate verification to authorize
temporary payment for home-delivered meals, in whole or in part, with Older
Americans Act funds until the provider conducts its own verification of
eligibility, but only if the following conditions are met:
(a) The consumer requires meals before the
provider can verify that the consumer's home-delivered meals are eligible for
payment, in whole or in part, with Older Americans Act funds.
(b) The consumer is sixty years of age or
older.
(c) The discharge order
indicates the consumer is unable to prepare his or her own meals, unable to
consume meals at a congregate dining location due to physical or emotional
difficulties, and lacking another meal support service in the home or
community.
(d) The provider begins
providing home-delivered meals no later than seven days after the
discharge.
(e) The provider
conducts the initial verification no later than thirty consecutive days after
the discharge.
(C) Waiting lists: If a waiting list exists for enrolling into a congregate dining project, congregate dining project based in restaurants or supermarkets, or a home-delivered meals project, the provider or the AAA shall develop a prioritization system that distributes meals equitably by prioritizing consumers who have the highest nutritional risk , as determined by the following:
(1) The result of a nutritional
health screening of the consumer conducted according to rule
173-4-09 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) The nutritional risk
status of the spouse (if any), if the spouse is determined to have a higher
nutritional risk than the consumer.
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