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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 4 - California Senior Legislature › Section 9305.

9305. (a) The funds for the California Senior Legislature shall be allocated from the California Senior Legislature Fund or from private funds directed to the Legislature for the purpose of funding activities of the California Senior Legislature.
(b) The California Senior Legislature may accept gifts and grants from any source, public or private, to help perform its functions, pursuant to Section 9304.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 20, Sec. 15. (SB 79) Effective June 24, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Home Modifications for Seniors › Section 9450.

9450. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) Thousands of California seniors are living with mobility and health problems and these numbers will increase as the state’s population ages. Statistics show that 50 percent of people over the age of 80 years are disabled in some manner.
(2) Most housing was not designed for people who are disabled, have lost strength, flexibility, or balance through aging, and who necessarily have become fearful or extremely cautious in their daily activities to avoid injury. Front steps, staircases, narrow doorways, low electric sockets, low light levels, round door handles, high kitchen cabinets, and bathrooms without grab bars or moveable shower heads pose hazards for the elderly. One in three Americans over the age of 65 years suffers a fall each year, often in the home, which can cause serious injury and depression.
(3) Studies show that basic home modifications to improve safety and make it easier to maneuver about the home can forestall hospitalization and nursing home care as seniors grow more fragile. “Aging in place” is a new concept that can result in less injury, retaining elders in their homes, and offers a significant cost savings to health care insurers, families, and public agencies.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the development of the “aging in place” concept be recognized and supported by the state, that funding for education and making home improvements be facilitated through public and private sources, and that recommendations for changes in home modification policies and information for home modification projects and products be developed.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 797, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001. See same-numbered section in Ch. 5.5.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Home Modifications for Seniors › Section 9451.

9451. The department, in consultation with the commission, shall enter into a contract for the development of information and materials which shall be used to educate Californians on the concept of “aging in place” and the benefits of home modification. The contractor shall be a research-based university gerontology department with extensive experience and work with the concept of “aging in place” and the benefits of home modification.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 797, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Home Modifications for Seniors › Section 9452.

9452. The department shall distribute the information developed pursuant to Section 9451 to each area agency on aging and to other appropriate entities throughout the state.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 797, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Home Modifications for Seniors › Section 9453.

9453. The department, in cooperation with the entity contracting with the department pursuant to Section 9451, shall sponsor regional training sessions, and seminars, using the materials developed pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 797, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Home Modifications for Seniors › Section 9454.

9454. Implementation of this chapter shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 797, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Area Agencies on Aging and Advisory Councils › Section 9401.

9401. Area agencies on aging and other county agencies that provide services to older adults through an established multidisciplinary team, including the county departments of public social services, health, mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, and the public guardian, may provide information regarding older adult clients only to other county agencies with staff designated as members of a multidisciplinary team that are, or may be, providing services to the same individuals for purposes of identifying and coordinating the treatment of individuals served by more than one agency. The county patients’ rights advocate shall report any negative consequences of the implementation of this exception to confidentiality requirements to the local mental health director.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Area Agencies on Aging and Advisory Councils › Section 9402.

9402. The Legislature hereby declares and recognizes each area agency on aging advisory council as a principal advocate body on behalf of older individuals within a planning and service area. Area agency on aging advisory councils shall operate in conformance with applicable federal requirements. The local advisory councils shall meet regularly and provide advice and consultation on issues affecting the provision of services provided locally to older individuals.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Area Agencies on Aging and Advisory Councils › Section 9403.

9403. To the extent provided for in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 18773 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the Legislature hereby recognizes the Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council of California, comprised of the chairs of the local advisory councils.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Area Agencies on Aging and Advisory Councils › Section 9404.

9404. An individual’s receipt of services under the In-Home Supportive Services Program (Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300), Part 3, Division 9) shall not be the sole cause for denial of any services provided by area agencies on aging or their contractors.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 229, Sec. 16. Effective August 16, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Home-Delivered Meals Act › Section 9500.

9500. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Home-Delivered Meals Act.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Home-Delivered Meals Act › Section 9501.

9501. (a) The department shall allocate any new funds to area agencies on aging based upon the existing intrastate funding formula, but without regard to subdivision (b) of Section 9112.
(b) Funds may be expended by area agencies on aging for any of the following purposes:
(1) To serve older individuals on waiting lists.
(2) To increase the number of days per week that meals are provided under the Home-Delivered Meals Program from five to seven.
(3) To provide modified diets specific to the needs of individuals being served by the Home-Delivered Meals Program.
(4) To establish an active outreach program to ensure that California’s elderly are aware of the availability of home-delivered meals services.
(5) For capital outlay to expand the physical capacity of local needs programs to serve unmet need.
(6) To fund transportation costs related to the delivery of home-delivered meals.
(7) To otherwise deal with the unmet home-delivered nutrition needs identified by the area agency on aging in accordance with the criteria developed by the department pursuant to this subdivision.
(c) The department shall encourage area agencies on aging to include in the home-delivered meals programs alternative service models designed to reduce the social isolation of economically and nutritionally disadvantaged older individuals living in residential hotels.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 6.5 - Senior Legal Services › Section 9320.

9320. (a) The department shall establish a task force to study and make recommendations, including action steps and timelines, on the improvement of legal services delivery to senior citizens in California by exploring the following matters:
(1) Actions to ensure that all area agencies on aging allocate sufficient funding to local legal assistance providers. Actions may include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a minimum percentage of area agency on aging funding for legal assistance providers in California.
(2) Ways to ensure uniformity in the provision of legal services throughout the state, including, but not limited to, possible development of uniform statewide standards for the delivery of legal services in California.
(3) Measures to evaluate and monitor local legal assistance programs to ensure compliance with the federal Older Americans Act and its implementing regulations.
(4) Establishment of statewide reporting system to assess the effectiveness of a legal assistance program for seniors in the state.
(5) The possible establishment of a statewide legal hotline for seniors.
(6) Opportunities to enhance communications among the various service providers and to ensure efficient service delivery involving local programs and a statewide hotline, should it come into existence.
(7) Opportunities for joint training for senior legal services advocates around the state.
(8) Other states’ legal services delivery networks.
(b) The director shall serve on or appoint a representative to the task force, and shall appoint the following additional members:
(1) One member of the Legislature or his or her representative.
(2) Three legal service director representatives of existing legal service programs for seniors.
(3) The Legal Services Developer at the California Department of Aging.
(4) Two area agency on aging directors.
(5) Two representatives of senior advocacy organizations.
(6) A representative of the State Bar of California.
(c) The Member of the Legislature, or his or her representative, shall serve on the task force to the extent that the service is compatible with the duties of a Member of the Legislature.
(d) The task force shall report and make its recommendations to the Legislature on or before September 1, 2002.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 232. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Community-Based Services Network › Section 9530.

9530. (a) As part of its role in providing leadership to the area agencies on aging in the development of systems of home and community-based services to maintain individuals in their own homes or least restrictive homelike environments and to ensure the availability of information and awareness of their benefits, rights, and responsibilities, the department shall contract for an array of state-funded community-based services specified in this division to older individuals and functionally impaired adults.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate central points of access through integration of the financing and local management of the community-based services programs, specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540) under the area agencies on aging. Except for any new funds appropriated, the department shall contract for these services in the planning and service areas where the services are currently provided.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that contracts for services specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540) be awarded through a competitive procurement process, considering factors such as cost and scope of services. Where not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law or regulations, programs may benefit from the economical use of shared resources that are colocated. This chapter shall not prohibit the development or continuation of the colocation of these programs.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Community-Based Services Network › Section 9530.5.

9530.5. Consistent with Article 4.05 (commencing with Section 14139.05) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9, the Legislature reaffirms the need to restructure the array of categorical programs that offer medical, social, and other support services that are funded and administered by a variety of federal, state, and local agencies. It is in the interest of the state, as a whole, to address the duplication and fragmentation of the long-term care system and the home- and community-based services needs of the elderly and functionally impaired adults. Ideally, individuals needing long-term care should be able to access the health and social services system through a central point of entry, disclose basic demographic information, and be referred to the appropriate sources for assessment, care planning, and purchase of services. As a step towards this ideal, the department should develop, by January, 1998, a plan to expand its state-funded programs statewide, subject to the redirection of funds.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Community-Based Services Network › Section 9531.

9531. (a) This chapter establishes the Community-Based Services Network.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that a Community-Based Services Network be initiated by the department in order to do all of the following:
(1) Locally integrate the state-funded community-based services programs, specified in this division, for older individuals and functionally impaired adults.
(2) Provide increased local flexibility in setting priorities for the services contained within the six state General Fund programs specified in Sections 9542 to 9547, inclusive.
(3) Contract responsibility for local management of the state-funded community-based services programs specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540) to participating area agencies on aging.
(c) Each participating area agency on aging shall ensure the continuation of the funding match currently required for the community-based services programs specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540). The match may consist of either cash or in-kind services.
(d) Each participating area agency on aging shall have responsibility for local program management of the community-based services programs specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540).
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Community-Based Services Network › Section 9532.

9532. In addition to the definitions already contained in this division, the following definitions apply to this chapter.
(a) “Community-based services programs” means the programs specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540).
(b) “Community-Based Services Network” means the contracting of state funds and local management responsibility for the community-based services programs specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540) to area agencies on aging.
(c) “Functionally-impaired adult” means any adult 18 years of age or older, who is at risk of institutional placement due to chronic physical and mental limitations, including impairments caused by organic disorders or diseases, that restrict his or her ability to independently perform personal activities of daily living, who has an inadequate informal or formal support network, and who has to leave his or her home without supportive home- and community-based services.
(d) “Local program management” means the area agency on aging’s responsibility to oversee the operation of programs specified in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 9540).
(e) “Participating area agency on aging” means an area agency on aging that contracts with the department pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184 › Section 9595.

9595. (a) A recipient of a contract for the acquisition of a facility to be used as a senior center shall assure that the facility will be used for that purpose for at least 10 years from the date of acquisition.
(b) A recipient of a contract for the renovation of an existing facility to be used as a senior center shall assure the department that the facility will be used for that purpose for the following periods:
(1) Not less than three years from the date the contract terminates, where the amount of the award does not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).
(2) If the award exceeds thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the fixed period of time shall increase one year for each additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or part thereof, to a maximum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).
(3) For awards which exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), the fixed period of time shall not be less than 10 years.
(c) A recipient of a contract for the construction of a facility to be used as a senior center shall assure the department the facility will be used for that purpose for at least 20 years after completion of construction.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184 › Section 9596.

9596. (a) The State of California shall be entitled to recapture a portion of state funds from the owner of a facility, if within 10 years after acquisition or 20 years after completion of construction, either of the following occurs:
(1) The owner of the facility ceases to be a public or nonprofit agency.
(2) The facility is no longer used for senior center activities.
(b) The amount recovered shall be that proportion of the current value of the facility equal to the proportion of state funds contributed to the original cost. The current value of the facility shall be determined by an agreement between the owner of the facility and the State of California, or by an action in the court in the jurisdiction in which the facility is located.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184 › Section 9597.

9597. A facility altered, acquired, renovated, constructed, or equipped using funds allocated under this chapter to be used for a senior center facility may not be used and may not be intended to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184 › Section 9598.

9598. In a senior center facility that is shared with other age groups, funds received under this chapter may support only the following:
(a) That part of the facility used by older individuals.
(b) A proportionate share of the costs based on the extent of use of the facility by older individuals.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184 › Section 9599.

9599. Proposals shall do all of the following:
(a) Document the need for a senior center or renovation, program addition, or expansion or equipment purchase.
(b) Contain a written commitment from service providers that services will be provided in the senior center.
(c) Contain a community match for funding equal to 15 percent of the total amount requested. The match may be in cash or in kind. Each area agency shall waive the community match upon verifying that the low-income or rural community made a substantial effort to secure a match, but still was unable to secure the required match.
(d) Document the cost effectiveness of the proposal.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184 › Section 9600.

9600. (a) Priority for funding shall be given to proposals for multipurpose senior centers that are open to all seniors. Each area agency shall rank the proposals it submits to the department for funding. The area agency, together with its advisory council, in ranking the proposals shall consider the most feasible facilities to serve as senior centers and the most qualified local agencies to operate the programs in those centers in their jurisdictions. Approval from the area agency shall be obtained before any contract is awarded in its jurisdiction.
(b) The department and each area agency shall also give priority consideration to fund proposals that are from rural or low-income and racial or ethnic minority areas of the state.
(c) The department shall consider any protest or objection regarding the award of a contract, whether submitted before or after the award, provided that the protest is filed within the time period established in the request for proposals. All protests or objections shall be filed in writing. The protesting party shall be notified in writing of the final decision on the protest, and the notification shall set forth the rationale upon which the decision is based.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184 › Section 9601.

9601. Funds not utilized by each planning and service area shall be reallocated to other planning and service areas with the highest documented need for a senior center.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184 › Section 9602.

9602. The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and otherwise providing with respect to, the bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this chapter, and the provisions of that law are included in this chapter as though set out in full in this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)