Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
General.
(1) Each area
agency on aging shall administer a Program under this chapter in its planning
and service area.
(2) In the
administration of the Program, the functions and responsibilities of the area
agency on aging shall include the following:
(i) The development and submission of a
Program plan under subsection (b).
(ii) The coordination of service development
and delivery under this chapter with other appropriate agencies and
organizations in the community, with special efforts to develop and maintain an
effective network of local support for family caregivers.
(iii) The collection and submission to the
Department of Program and fiscal information on families served, and services
and benefits provided, on forms provided by the Department.
(b)
Program
plans. Each area agency on aging shall submit annually a plan which
includes the following information:
(1) An
organizational chart which illustrates the staffing and flow of decisionmaking
for the Program.
(2) A discussion
of how the agency will assign casework staff to the Program to achieve and
maintain the consistency required under §
20.32 (relating to assessment and
care management).
(3) A training
plan which describes special training for staff persons to be assigned to the
project.
(4) A description of the
procedures to be used for reimbursing caregivers.
(5) A description of area agency on aging
strategies for the strengthening or developing of a local network of family
caregiver resources. At a minimum, an area agency on aging shall form and
utilize an inter-organizational advisory or oversight committee to establish or
enhance a local network of caregiver resources. This committee may be an
adjunct of the area agency on aging advisory council. The use of network models
that involve local voluntary groups, churches, health care organizations active
in the areas of Alzheimer's Disease, support groups for family caregivers and
other similar organizations is strongly encouraged.
(6) An explanation of how the area agency on
aging will assure that all ethnic groups and economic levels of the community
are effectively reached by the Program.
(7) A description of strategies for carrying
out caregiver education so that different kinds of caregiver education needs
are effectively met. Caregiver education shall involve, to the extent possible,
the participation of existing community resources. These efforts may include
support groups if appropriate.
(8)
A 12-month operating budget on a form provided by the Department.
(c)
Program
compliance. Failure of an area agency on aging to comply with
corrective action requirements resulting from the Department's compliance
monitoring shall lead to sanctions imposed by the Department when, after
discussion, the area agency on aging and the Department are unable to reach a
mutually satisfactory resolution of the noncompliance issue.
This section cited in 6 Pa. Code §
20.11 (relating to administrative
functions and responsibilities of the Department); 6 Pa. Code §
20.32 (relating to assessment and
care management); 6 Pa. Code §
20.41 (relating to general
reimbursement); and 6 Pa. Code §
20.42 (relating to ongoing
caregiving expenses).
