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CA Welf & Inst Code § 9533 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Community-Based Services Network|Section 9533.

9533.  The department shall be responsible for, but not limited to, all of the following:(a) Reviewing and approving the Community-Based Services Network component of the area plans of participating area agencies on aging.(b) Entering into contracts with area agencies on aging to carry out the requirements set forth in this chapter and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540) that shall include the requirements set forth in subdivisions (c) and (e) for area agencies local management responsibilities under this division.(c) Developing the respective responsibilities for the department and participating area agencies on aging.(d) Developing model language for area agencies on aging to use in their procurement and final contracts with direct service providers.(e) Enforcing statewide requirements to ensure compliance with the statutes and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540).(f) Ensuring that a participating area agency on aging that has not been directly providing the services specified under the programs provided for in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540) shall not commence directly providing these services until the department has reviewed and concurred with the area plan or update documentation demonstrating that the area agency can provide a comparable quality of these services at least as economically and at an enhanced benefit to the consumer or that there is not an adequate supply of these services in the affected area.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9536 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Community-Based Services Network|Section 9536.

9536.  (a) The state funds available for the community-based services programs may not be expended for services other than those specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540), and shall be limited to the state funds appropriated to the department for the implementation of this chapter and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540).(b) Reimbursement for administrative costs incurred by a participating area agency on aging in operating the community-based services network shall not exceed the administrative funding ratio allowed for area agencies on aging under Title III of the federal Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3001, et seq.), and as specified in the contract.(c) The funding provided under this chapter may not be used to supplant the local matching requirements of other state and federal programs.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9537 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Community-Based Services Network|Section 9537.

9537.  The funding contracted by the department to the participating area agencies on aging under this chapter shall consist of both of the following:(a) The proportion of local assistance funds appropriated to, and encumbered by, the department for direct services under the community-based services programs specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540).(b) The proportion of state operations cost savings realized by the department that are directly attributable to the local management of the community-based services programs specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540) and any additional funds subsequently appropriated for the administrative costs incurred by the area agencies on aging.(c) Subject to the annual Budget Act, in no event shall the amount appropriated to the participating area agency on aging for purposes of subdivisions (a) and (b), be less than that appropriated in the base fiscal year of 1997–98.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9538 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Community-Based Services Network|Section 9538.

9538.  (a) Persons involved in the procurement or management of services shall not engage in a conflict of interest, real or apparent.(b) Staff and volunteers shall not engage in the business of insurance or other related activity while associated with the community-based services programs.(c) For the services covered under the community-based services programs, no area agency or contract officer, employee, or board member shall use the formal names or acronyms for the services except in conjunction with the provision of covered services, official duty, and participation in specifically sanctioned events.(d) No information concerning any individual that is acquired by the department, the area agencies on aging, or service providers in the administration and delivery of community-based services specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540), including the fact that an individual has sought or received services, shall be disclosed without the informed written consent of the individual to whom the information applies or unless pursuant to court order, after noticed hearing, irrespective of whether the person or party seeking disclosure already has the information, has other means of obtaining the information, had obtained a subpoena to obtain the information, or asserts any other basis or justification for disclosure of the information. Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude the exchange of information between the department, the area agencies on aging, and service providers which is necessary for the effective state and local administration and oversight of the programs involved, or the sharing of information with state licensing and certification agencies or law enforcement entities when the information is necessary for the performance of their respective duties.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9540 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 7.5 - Community-Based Services Programs|Section 9540.

9540.  It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that older individuals and functionally impaired adults receive needed services that will enable them to maintain the maximum independence permitted by their functional ability and remain in their own home or communities for as long as possible. Except where otherwise provided, community-based services programs under the Community-Based Services Network shall meet all of the minimum requirements specified in this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9546 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 7.5 - Community-Based Services Programs|Section 9546.

9546.  (a) The purpose of the Respite Program shall be to provide temporary or periodic services for frail elderly or functionally impaired adults to relieve persons who are providing care, or recruitment and screening of providers and matching respite providers to clients.(b) Direct services contractors shall do either one or more of the following:(1) In acting as a respite care information and referral agency, recruiting and screening respite providers and matching respite providers to clients. Respite care registries shall consist of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of providers, including, but not limited to, individual caregivers, volunteers, adult day care services, including adult day health care services and services provided by licensed residential care facilities for the elderly.(2) Arranging for and purchasing respite services for program participants.(3) Maintaining a systematic means of capturing and reporting all required community-based services program data.(c) This section shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or in another statute.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 225, Sec. 24. Effective August 11, 2003.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9560 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program|Section 9560.

9560.  (a) The purpose of this chapter shall be to establish a program to serve frail elderly individuals 65 years of age and older who are certifiable for placement in a nursing facility. This program shall be known as the Multipurpose Senior Services Program, and shall be structured and carried out in a manner consistent with Section 1396n(c) of Title 42 of the United States Code.(b) This chapter clarifies the intent of the Legislature that the Multipurpose Senior Services Program shall continue:(1) To prevent premature disengagement of older individuals from their indigenous communities and subsequent commitment to institutions.(2) To provide optimum accessibility of various important community social and health resources available to assist active older individuals to maintain independent living.(3) To provide that the frail older individual who has the capacity to remain in an independent living situation has access to the appropriate social and health services without which independent living would not be possible.(4) To provide the most efficient and effective use of public funds in the delivery of these social and health services.(5) To coordinate, integrate, and link these social and health services, including county social services, by removing obstacles that impede or limit improvements in delivery of these services.(6) To allow the state substantial flexibility in organizing or administering the delivery of social and health services to its older individuals.(7) To provide access to social and health services by providing information and outreach activities in the community.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 859, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9561 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program|Section 9561.

9561.  Program services provided pursuant to this chapter may be purchased by program funds or received from other community sources that consist of, but are not limited to, case management services, recreation services, educational services, senior center programs, information and referral services, transportation, income maintenance counseling, housing services, outreach services, volunteer programs, legal services, home repair services, escort services, telephone reassurance services, friendly visiting services, health assessment services, psychological assessment services, nutrition services, home health services, preventive health services, mental health services, homemaker chore services, meals services, adult day care services, including adult day health care, and nonmedical respite care services.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9562 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program|Section 9562.

9562.  (a) This chapter shall be administered by the department, under the authority of an approved interagency agreement with the State Department of Health Services, the single state medicaid agency.(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, each department within the Health and Welfare Agency including departments designated as single state agencies for the programs described in Section 9561, shall waive regulations and general policies and make resources available which are necessary for the administration of this chapter, upon request of the agency.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9563 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program|Section 9563.

9563.  The department shall formulate criteria for approval and designation of local Multipurpose Senior Services Program sites. The criteria shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:(a) Specifications for a social and health review team to evaluate older individuals and to ensure that continuity of social, economic, and health services is provided to maintain older individuals at the appropriate level of care.(b) Development of social and health services necessary to maintain the older individual at the appropriate level of care.(c) Specifications for the quality of the social and health services to be provided.(d) Coordination and integration of the social and health services described in Section 9561.(e) The number of local sites, which shall be consistent with the funds made available for purposes of this chapter.(f) Coordination with local governmental and nonprofit agencies concerned with multipurpose senior services.(g) Maximize utilization of local resources, including service provided by established community-based senior citizen organizations and information and referral networks.(h) Specifications for the evaluation of the proposals submitted for the new local sites and for the evaluation of the local sites.(i) Conditions for determining the need for procurement of existing sites. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the department is not required to procure existing sites by the competitive bidding process, unless it deems it in the best interests of the state to do so.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 558, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9564 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program|Section 9564.

9564.  Nothing in this chapter shall preclude expansion of Multipurpose Senior Services Program services if cost effectiveness is demonstrated. The expansion shall be accomplished by establishing new sites, by increasing numbers of clients served in existing sites, or by expanding the number of sites to include additional geographic regions of the state.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 135, Sec. 171. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9565 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program|Section 9565.

9565.  The department shall do all of the following:(a) Enter into agreements and negotiated contracts with any nonprofit organization or governmental entity to operate the local sites, consistent with the criteria adopted pursuant to Section 9563. In letting these contracts, the department shall not anticipate future appropriations.(b) Make grants to local sites from available funds.(c) Monitor local sites.(d) Cause the service sites to be evaluated in accordance with the established criteria.(e) Seek and utilize any available federal, state, or private funds that may be available for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, local sites established pursuant to this chapter may contract with the Director of Health Services as Medi-Cal programs pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200) of Part 3 of Division 9. Contracts with the local sites shall be deemed to be for the purposes specified in Section 14494, and may utilize funds appropriated from the Health Care Deposit Fund pursuant to Section 14157.(g) Assist in coordinating local site programs with local governmental programs and services for older individuals.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9566 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program|Section 9566.

9566.  The department may, where necessary to ensure the effective operation of a multipurpose senior services program, advance to the program’s local government and private nonprofit administering agency, an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the estimated annual allocation to the program, under this chapter, as determined by the department pursuant to the estimated annual budget submitted by the program. Subsequent payments to the local government and private nonprofit administering agency for the Multipurpose Senior Services Program shall be prorated to reflect any advance payment made under this section.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9567 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program|Section 9567.

9567.  This chapter shall remain in effect so long as a waiver pursuant to Section 1396n(c) of Title 42 of the United States Code has been granted by the federal Department of Health and Human Services to the State Department of Health Services.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9568 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program|Section 9568.

9568.  The department shall explore options for, and obtain necessary legislative and governmental agency approvals to expand, the Multipurpose Senior Services Program. The department shall attempt to obtain the necessary federal approval to expand access to case management services into every planning and service area in the state and to improve the delivery of case management services.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9590 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184|Section 9590.

9590.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Senior Center Bond Act of 1984.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9591 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184|Section 9591.

9591.  The following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter:(a) “Acquiring” means obtaining ownership of an existing facility in fee simple or by lease for 10 years or more for use as a senior center.(b) “Altering” or “renovating” means making modifications to an existing facility that are necessary for cost-effective use as a senior center, including restoration, repair, expansion, and all related physical improvements.(c) “Area agency” means the area agency on aging designated in a planning and service area to develop and administer the area plan for a comprehensive and coordinated system of services for older individuals.(d) “Board” means the California Department of Aging.(e) “Bond” means a state general obligation bond issued pursuant to this chapter adopting the provisions of the State General Obligation Bond Law.(f) “Committee” means the Senior Center Finance Committee.(g) “Constructing” means building a new facility, including the costs of land acquisition and architectural and engineering fees.(h) “Equipment” means tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of three hundred dollars ($300) or more.(i) “Fund” means the Senior Center Bond Act Fund of 1984.(j) “Multipurpose senior center” means a community facility with regular operating hours and staff that provides for a broad spectrum of health, social, nutritional, and educational services and recreational activities for older individuals.(k) “Nonprofit” means an institution or organization that is owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations, with no part of the net earnings benefiting any private shareholder or individual.(l) “Planning and service area” means a geographic area that is designated for purposes of planning, development, delivery, and overall administration of services under an area plan.(m) “Program” means one of the service components provided for older individuals in a senior center.(n) “Senior center” means a community focal point on aging, where older individuals as individuals or in groups come together for services and activities which enhance their dignity, support their independence, and encourage their involvement in and with the community. Senior center programs consist of a variety of services and activities in areas, such as education, creative arts, recreation, advocacy, leadership development, employment, health, nutrition, social work, and other supportive services.(o) “Startup costs” means a one-time capital outlay to fund programs in a newly constructed senior center, a one-time capital outlay to fund additional programs in an existing senior center, or initial service delivery costs.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9592 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184|Section 9592.

9592.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Senior Center Bond Act Fund, which is comprised of moneys collected pursuant to the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this chapter. The Senior Center Bond Act Fund is hereby appropriated to the Controller, without regard to fiscal years, for allocation, upon the request of the director, for the purposes specified in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9593 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184|Section 9593.

9593.  The department shall make awards from funds derived from this bond act to public or private nonprofit agencies for the purpose of acquiring, renovating, constructing, and purchasing of equipment for senior centers, or funding startup costs of programs, or program expansion of senior center programs.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9594 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184|Section 9594.

9594.  Eligible applicants for funding under this chapter include units of general purpose local government or other nonprofit private agencies or organizations, including the State of California or area agencies on aging.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)