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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter C - Councils on Aging › Section VII-1161 - General Requirements (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 46:1601 and
					 R.S.
					 46:1602.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter C - Councils on Aging › Section VII-1163 - Dissolution of Councils on Aging (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 46:1602 and
					 R.S.
					 46:1606
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1171 - Scope of Requirements (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 45 CFR
					 1321.17 and CFR
					 1321.11
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1173 - Advisory Role of Older Persons to Full Services Providers (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 45 CFR
					 1321.17 and CFR
					 1321.11.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1175 - Administrative and Personnel Responsibilities (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 45 CFR
					 1321.17 and CFR
					 1321.11.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1177 - Fiscal Responsibility (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA
					 Section
					 307(a)(7) and
					 CFR 1321.11.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1179 - Target Groups (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 45 CFR
					 1321.5(e) and CFR
					 1321.11.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1181 - Facility Standards (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 45 CFR
					 1321.5(e) and CFR
					 1321.11.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1183 - Civil Rights (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 45 CFR
					 1321.5(c) and CFR
					 1321.11.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1185 - Political Activity (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 46:932 and CFR
					 1321.11.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1187 - Outreach and Coordination Requirements (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 306(a)(5)(B), Section 307(a)(13)(E),
					 Section 307(a)(20)(A), Section 307(a)(17), Section 306(a)(6)(H), and Section
					 306(a)(6)(K), CFR 1321.11 and
					 45 CFR
					 1321.65.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1189 - Records and Reports (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA
					 Section
					 307(a)(4) and
					 CFR 1321.11.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1191 - Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 45 CFR
					 1321.11 and CFR
					 1321.51.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1193 - Financial Resource Development (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA
					 Section
					 307(a)(7) and
					 CFR 1321.11.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1195 - Contributions for Older Americans Act Title III Services (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 307(a)(13)(C), and
					 45 CFR
					 1321.67.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1197 - Program Income (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 307(a)(7),
					 45 CFR
					 1321.67,
					 45 CFR
					 1321.73 and 45 CFR92.25
					 .
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1199 - Property Control and Disposition (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA
					 Section
					 307(a)(7) CFR
					 Subtitle A, Part 92.31 and 92.32 and 45 CFR Part 74 Subpart
					 O.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1201 - Purchasing (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section
					 307(a)(7)
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1203 - Applicable Laws and Standards

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A.
				  Service providers shall comply with all OEA licensing standards, all applicable
				  accrediting standards, any applicable federal standards and all applicable
				  state and federal laws.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with 45 CFR 1231.9(e)(3)
					 .
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1207 - Monitoring by the Office of Elderly Affairs (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section
					 307(a)(8)
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter D - Service Provider Responsibilities › Section VII-1209 - Eldercare/Case Management (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 306(a)(2) and Section
					 307(a)(5)
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1215 - Service Recipient Priorities and Eligibility Requirements (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 102(29), Section 102(30), Section
					 305(a)(2)(E), Section 306(a)(1), Section 307(a)(24), and
					 45 CFR
					 1321.65 and
					 1321.69.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1217 - Uniform Definitions of Services for the Aging (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 211 and Section
					 307(a)
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1219 - Title III-B Supportive Services and Senior Centers (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA
					 Section
					 321 and
					 45 CFR
					 1321.63.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1223 - Title III-C Nutrition Services (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 307(a)(13), Section 313, and Section
					 336.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1225 - Legal Assistance Program (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 307(a)(15), and Section
					 307(a)(18).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1227 - Information and Assistance Service Requirements (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 307(a)(9), and Section
					 306(a)(4).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1229 - Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman

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A. Purpose. The purpose of the Louisiana
				  Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman is to ensure that residents of long term
				  care facilities receive the quality of life to which they are
				  entitled.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:2010.4 and OAA Section
					 307(a)(12).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1231 - Senior Community Service Employment Program

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A. Purpose. The purpose of the Senior
				  Community Service Employment Program is to foster and promote useful part-time
				  opportunities in community service activities for unemployed low-income persons
				  who are 55 years or older and who have poor employment prospects, and in order
				  to foster individual economic self-sufficiency and to increase the number of
				  persons who may enjoy the benefits of unsubsidized employment in both the
				  public and private sectors.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA
					 Section
					 501 CFR Part 674 and 20 CFR
					 Part 89 .
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1233 - State Funded Senior Center Operation (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 46:932 and R.S.
					 43:1119.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1235 - Federally Funded Multipurpose Senior Centers (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 46:932,
					 45 CFR
					 1321.75, OAA Sec. 307, 312, and
					 321.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1239 - Protective Services for the Elderly

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A. Overview of Elderly Protective Services
1. Purpose. The purpose of protective
				  services is to protect adults who cannot physically or mentally protect
				  themselves and who are harmed or threatened with harm through action or
				  inaction by themselves or by the individuals responsible for their care or by
				  other persons.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1241 - Eldercare/Case Management (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with OAA Section 306(a)(2) and Section
					 307(a)(5)
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1243 - Frail Elderly Program (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 46:937.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter E - Uniform Service Requirements › Section VII-1245 - Family Caregiver Support Program

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A. Purpose. The purpose of the Family
				  Caregiver Support Program is to provide multifaceted systems of support
				  services for family caregivers and for grandparents or older individuals who
				  are relative caregivers.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 46:931 to
					 R.S.
					 46:935, Sections 371, 372, 373, and 374 of
					 the Older Americans Act of 1965, as Amended in 2000, (P. L. 106-501);
					 and 42 U.S.C.
					 6001.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter F - Hearing Procedures › Section VII-1267 - Hearing Procedures for Area Agencies

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A. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to
				  establish procedures that Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs (GOEA) will
				  follow to provide due process to affected AAAs whenever GOEA initiates
				  particular types of action or proceedings.
B. Right to a Hearing. GOEA shall provide
				  affected AAAs reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing whenever GOEA
				  initiates an action or proceeding to:
1.
				  revoke the designation of an AAA;
2. designate an additional planning and
				  service area in the state;
3.
				  divide the state into different planning and service areas; or
4. otherwise affect the boundaries of the
				  planning and service areas in the state.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter F - Hearing Procedures › Section VII-1269 - Hearing Procedures for Applicants for Planning and Service Area Designation

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A. Purpose.
				  The Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs is required to provide an opportunity
				  for a hearing to any qualified applicant for designation as a planning and
				  service area (PSA) whose application is denied by the Governor's Office of
				  Elderly Affairs.
B. Right to a
				  Hearing. The Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs shall provide an opportunity
				  for a hearing, and issue a written decision to any unit of general purpose
				  local government; region within the state recognized for purposes of areawide
				  planning which includes one or more such units of general purpose local
				  government; metropolitan area; or Indian reservation whose application for
				  designation as a planning and service area is denied.
C. Request for Hearing
1. The request for a hearing must be received
				  by the Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs within 30 days following
				  petitioner's receipt of the notice of the adverse decision.
2. A request for hearing must be in writing
				  and must state with specificity the grounds upon which the Governor's Office of
				  Elderly Affairs decision is appealed and all grounds upon which petitioner
				  refutes the basis of the adverse decision. The request must include:
a. the dates of all relevant
				  actions;
b. the names of
				  individuals or organizations involved in the action;
c. a specific statement of any Section of the
				  Act or regulations believed to have been violated;
d. a certified copy of the minutes or
				  resolution in which the applicant's governing body requests a hearing and
				  authorizes a person or persons to act in behalf of the agency or organization.
				  The minutes or resolution shall indicate adoption by a majority of a quorum of
				  the governing body of the agency or organization; and
e. a request for a transcript of hearing, if
				  desired.
3. Petitioners
				  shall be given no less than 10 days notice of the scheduled hearing. Notice
				  shall be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
				  requested.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter F - Hearing Procedures › Section VII-1271 - Hearing Procedures for Service Providers and Applicants

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A. Purpose. The
				  Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs (GOEA) shall provide an opportunity for a
				  hearing and issue a written decision to service providers or applicants to
				  provide services whose application under an area plan is denied or whose
				  contract is terminated or not renewed.
B. Right to a Hearing. Any service provider
				  or applicant to provide services whose application under an area plan is denied
				  or whose contract is terminated or not renewed, except as provided in 45 CFR
				  Part 74, Subpart M, may request a hearing by GOEA on such action after all
				  hearing procedures of the area agency on aging (AAA) have been
				  exhausted.
C. Request for Hearing
1. A petitioner must request the hearing from
				  GOEA within 30 days following receipt of the AAA's final action
				  letter.
2. The request for the
				  hearing shall be in writing and must state with specificity all grounds upon
				  which petitioner refutes the basis of the action. The notice must include:
a. a copy of the AAA's action
				  letter;
b. the dates of all
				  relevant actions;
c. the names of
				  individuals and organizations involved in the action appealed;
d. a citation of any provision of the Older
				  Americans Act or accompanying regulations believed to have been violated by the
				  AAA in taking the action appealed; and
e. a certified copy of the resolution by
				  which, or of minutes of the meeting at which, the petitioner's governing body
				  authorized the appeal; and
f.
				  designation of one or more persons to represent it during the appeal, both by
				  majority vote of a quorum of the governing body.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter F - Hearing Procedures › Section VII-1273 - Hearing Procedures for Persons Filing Grievances with the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman

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A. Right
				  to a Hearing. The Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs (GOEA) shall provide an
				  opportunity for a hearing and issue a written decision to any person filing a
				  formal grievance with the Office of the State Ombudsman pursuant to
				  §1229.
				  L.3.b or to the ombudsman against whom the
				  grievance was filed, whenever either party disagrees with the decision rendered
				  by the State Ombudsman pursuant to LAC 4:VII.1229 L.3.f or L.5.b.iii.
B. Request for Hearing
1. A request for hearing must be received by
				  GOEA within 30 days following petitioner's receipt of the notice of the State
				  Ombudsman's decision.
2. A request
				  for hearing must be in writing and must state with specificity the grounds upon
				  which the State Ombudsman's decision is appealed. The request must include:
a. the dates of all relevant
				  actions;
b. the names of
				  individuals or organizations involved in the action;
c. a specific statement of any laws or
				  regulations believed to have been violated; and
d. all grounds upon which petitioner refutes
				  the State Ombudsman's decision.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter G - Drug Testing for Employees › Section VII-1281 - Definitions

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Controlled Substance
-a drug, chemical
					 substance or immediate precursor in schedules I-V of
					 R.S.
					 40:964 or section 202 of the Controlled
					 Substance Act (21 U.S.C.
					 812).
Designer (Synthetic) Drugs
-those chemical
					 substance that are made in clandestine laboratories where the molecular
					 structure of both legal and illegal drugs is altered to create a drug that is
					 not explicitly banned by federal law.
Employee
-unclassified, classified, and
					 student employees, student interns, and any other person having an employment
					 relationship with the agency, regardless of the appointment type (e.g., full
					 time, part time, temporary, etc.).
Illegal Drug
-any drug which is not
					 legally obtainable or which has not been legally obtained, to include
					 prescribed drugs not legally obtained and prescribed drugs not being used for
					 prescribed purposes or being used by one other than the person for whom
					 prescribed.
Reasonable Suspicion
- belief based upon
					 objective an articulable facts derived from direct observation of specific
					 physical, behavioral, odorous presence, or performance indicators and being of
					 sufficient import and quantity to lead a prudent person to suspect that an
					 employee is in violation of this policy.
Safety-Sensitive
and
Security-Sensitive Positions
- all positions with duties that
					 may either authorize or require the operation or maintenance of a public
					 vehicle, or the supervision of such an employee. All positions with duties that
					 may require responsibility for or access to confidential or classified
					 information.
Under the Influence
-for the purposes of
					 this policy, a drug, chemical substance that affects an employee in any
					 detectable manner. The symptoms or influence are not confined to that
					 consistent with misbehavior, nor to obvious impairment of physical in
					 maintaining balance. A professional opinion or a scientifically valid test can
					 establish a determination of influence.
Workplace
-any location on agency property
					 including all property, offices and facilities (including all vehicles and
					 equipment) whether owned, leased or otherwise used by the agency or by an
					 employee on behalf of the agency in the conduct of its business in addition to
					 any location from which an individual conducts agency business while such
					 business is being conducted.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with Executive Order MFJ 98-38 and
					 R.S.49:1015 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 11 - Elderly Affairs › Subchapter G - Drug Testing for Employees › Section VII-1283 - Policy Provisions

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A General
				  Provisions
1. It shall be the policy of the
				  governor's Office of Elderly Affairs to maintain a drug-free workplace and a
				  workforce free of substance abuse. Employees are prohibited from reporting for
				  work or performing work for the agency with the presence of illegal drugs,
				  controlled substances, or designer (synthetic) drugs in their bodies at the
				  initial testing levels and confirmatory testing levels or above the levels as
				  established in the contract between the state of Louisiana and the official
				  provider of drug testing services. Employees are further prohibited from the
				  illegal use, possession, dispensation, distribution, manufacture, or sale of
				  controlled substances, designer (synthetic) drugs, and illegal drugs at the
				  work site and while on official state business, on duty, or on call for
				  duty.
2. The agency will procure
				  employee drug testing services through the Office of State Purchasing, Division
				  of Administration, pursuant to applicable bid laws.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 13 - State Plan on Aging › Section VII-1301 - State Plan on Aging

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A. To receive
				funding from the Older Americans Act the State Agency on Aging must have an
				approved State Plan on Aging. This plan must be on file with the Administration
				on Aging and be available for public review. At the minimum, the plan must
				include:
1. identification by the state of the
				sole state agency that has been designated to develop and administer the
				plan;
2. statewide program
				objectives to implement the requirements under Title III of the Act and any
				objectives established by the commissioner through the rulemaking
				process;
3. a resource allocation
				plan indicating the proposed use of all Title III funds administered by the
				state agency and the distribution of Title III funds to each planning and
				service area;
4. identification of
				the geographic boundaries of each planning and service area and of area
				agencies on aging;
5. prior federal
				fiscal year information related to low income minority and rural older
				individuals;
6. all assurances and
				provisions as outlined in the Older Americans Act and regulations, as well as
				the following assurances:
a. preference is
				given to older persons in greatest social or economic need in the provision of
				services under the plan;
b.
				procedures exit to ensure that all services under this Part are provided
				without use of any means tests;
c.
				all services provided under Title III meet any existing state and local
				licensing, health and safety requirements for the provisions of those
				services;
d. older persons are
				provided opportunities to voluntarily contribute to the cost of
				services;
e. other such assurances
				as are needed for compliance with the Act, regulations, other applicable
				federal law, state statutes, and/or state policy.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 13 - State Plan on Aging › Section VII-1303 - Development of the State Plan

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A.
				The state agency will develop a state plan according to the following:
1. elect to utilize a one-, two-, three-, or
				four-year format for the state plan;
2. develop a data profile on the older
				Louisianans from available census data;
3. conduct statewide needs assessment
				activities including, but not limited to, public hearings;
4. assurances for state and area agencies on
				aging as set forth by the Older Americans Act;
5. goals and objectives;
6. publicize public hearing(s) giving dates,
				times, locations to public officials and other interested parties for their
				participation;
7. conduct public
				hearings and incorporate written and verbal comments into the revised plan, as
				appropriate;
8. submit final
				revised plan for approval by the governor;
9. submit approved plan from the governor to
				the Administration on Aging Regional Office for approval.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 17 - Women's Services › Section VII-1700 - Preface

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A. Act 43 of 1968
				created a Women's Division and a Louisiana Commission on the Status of Women
				within the Louisiana Department of Labor.
B. Act 253 of 1972 created a Bureau on the
				Status of Women, which was established within the Division of Human Services of
				the Louisiana Health, Social and Rehabilitation Services
				Administration.
C. The operations
				of the agency have been carried out under a number of titles, including the
				Bureau for Women and the Women's Advocacy Bureau.
D. In July 1984 the Department of Health and
				Human Resources, through administrative action, elevated the Women's Advocacy
				Bureau to a Division of Women's Services.
E. Act 772 of 1985 created an Office of
				Women's Services in the Office of the Governor, transferring all powers,
				duties, and responsibilities from the Division of Women's Services in the
				Department of Health and Human Resources into the Office of Women's
				Services.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  46:2127(B),
				  R.S.
				  36:251 et seq. and R.S.
				  46:1751-1767.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 17 - Women's Services › Subchapter A - Teen Parent Center › Section VII-1701 - Fee Schedule for the Teen Parent Center Program

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A.
1. The
				  Department of Health and Human Resources, Women's Advocacy Bureau, has adopted
				  a fee schedule for the Teen Parent Center program, as mandated by federal
				  regulations, as published in the
Federal Register
, Vol. 47,
				  Number 40, Monday March 1,1982, pg. 8682.
2. In accordance with Title XX of the Public
				  Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 3002)
				  administered through United States Government, Department of Health and Human
				  Services, Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, all Teen Parent Center
				  clients must be charged a fee for services provided. In accordance with the
				  act, the following policy is being adopted. The policy and fee schedule are as
				  follows.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 17 - Women's Services › Subchapter B - Family Violence Program Minimum Standards › Section VII-1721 - Contract Requirements

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A. Basic
				  Considerations. These standards emphasize legal and contractual issues which
				  the program is required to meet and are identified in the contract. These
				  standards are not inclusive of all the requirements under the contract. It
				  should be noted that the contract contains an over-arching provision which
				  specifies that compliance with the OWS quality assurance standards is
				  required.
B. Standards
1. The program is legally authorized to
				  contract.
2. The program provides
				  services required in the contract. These services include but are not limited
				  to emergency shelter or referrals, 24-hour hot line; crisis, advocacy, support
				  and group counseling; and support services.
3. The program services comply with the OWS
				  program philosophy.
4. The program
				  does not accept reimbursement from clients unless their grant specifically
				  authorizes them to do so.
5. The
				  program submits accurate and timely reports and budget revisions in the
				  required manner.
6. The program
				  retains books, records or other documents relevant to their contract for five
				  years after final payment.
7. The
				  program obtains an annual audit within six months of ending of fiscal year and
				  submits same to OWS.
8. The program
				  agrees to abide by the requirements of the following as applicable: Title VI
				  and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Opportunity
				  Act of 1972, Federal Executive Order 11246, the Federal Rehabilitation Act of
				  1973, as amended, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act of
				  1974; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Act of 1972; and
				  the contractor agrees to abide by the requirements of the Americans with
				  Disabilities Act of 1990.
9. The
				  program acknowledges OWS as a funding agent on its program stationery, written
				  material and when providing information about the program.
10. The program informs applicants or
				  recipients of service of their right to a fair hearing in the event of denial,
				  reduction, or termination of a service or the program's failure to act upon a
				  request for service within a reasonable period of time.
11. The program restricts the use or
				  disclosure of information concerning services, applicants or recipients
				  obtained in connection with the performance of the contract to purposes which
				  provide a benefit to survivors. The survivor is informed of any request for
				  information and signs a voluntary consent before the information is made
				  available.
12. The program does not
				  use funds as direct payment to survivors or dependents.
13. The program imposes no income eligibility
				  standards on individuals receiving assistance.
14. The program has procedures in place to
				  insure confidentiality of records.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 17 - Women's Services › Subchapter B - Family Violence Program Minimum Standards › Section VII-1722 - Social Change

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A. Basic
				  Considerations. These standards address the program's education and advocacy
				  efforts to ensure that survivors, their children, and those at risk of family
				  violence, are protected and treated compassionately. The overall goal is to
				  create an effective response system in the community and to change cultural
				  attitudes and institutional practices that perpetuate violence. It is important
				  to remember, however, that standards can only address the issues for which the
				  organization can be accountable. The program cannot be held accountable for
				  whether a social change occurs. The program can be held accountable for their
				  efforts to educate and advocate in the hope that change will result.
B. Standards
1. The program identifies those systems and
				  organizations throughout its service area which affect the prevention and
				  treatment of family violence.
2.
				  The program evaluates the practices of those systems and organizations to
				  determine which are harmful or ineffective.
3. The program prioritizes the community
				  systems, organizations and institutions which need to be impacted first and
				  develops a plan which defines strategies to change harmful or ineffective
				  practices, reinforce helpful practices, and intervene where there are no
				  established practices or policies. The plan is adopted by the board on an
				  annual basis and is updated as necessary. The plan could be developed in
				  collaboration with a local coordinating council or task force.
4. The program conducts public education
				  sessions targeted to personnel employed by community systems
				  organizations.
5. The program works
				  collaboratively with those community systems used by family violence survivors
				  which may include establishing safe and independent lives. The goal is to
				  change institutional practices that place survivors at risk.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 17 - Women's Services › Subchapter B - Family Violence Program Minimum Standards › Section VII-1723 - Foundational

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A. Basic
				  Considerations. These standards address the issues and concerns which apply
				  across all areas of the organization and program implementation. They provide
				  basic guidelines to assure the highest ethical standards with regard to
				  behaviors of staff, volunteers (including boards of directors and advisory
				  boards), and the guarantee of confidentiality. These standards ensure that
				  informed and skillful assistance is provided to family violence survivors in an
				  empowering, non-victim blaming way, determining the extent of danger and proper
				  ways to prepare for future safety.
B. Standards
1. Ethics
a. Family violence programs abide by an
				  accepted code of ethics that ensures excellence in service delivery and
				  professionalism among family violence advocates when working with survivors and
				  representing the program.
b.
				  Programs are equal opportunity employers. No person is discriminated against
				  seeking employment, or while employed, on the basis of age, sex, race, color,
				  disability, national origin, religion, veteran status, marital status, sexual
				  orientation, abuse status (i.e., battered or formerly battered), or
				  parenthood.
c. Program employees do
				  not discriminate in the provision of services or use of volunteers on the basis
				  of any status described above. No program discriminates or retaliates against
				  any employee who exercises her/his rights under any federal or state
				  anti-discrimination law.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 17 - Women's Services › Subchapter B - Family Violence Program Minimum Standards › Section VII-1724 - Program Administration and Service Delivery

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A. Basic Considerations. These standards
				  encompass the overall practices and procedures that the program needs to ensure
				  that survivors receive the services they are eligible for, interested in and in
				  need of. Also, that those services are delivered in a manner which is survivor
				  centered, non-judgmental, culturally sensitive and protects the dignity and
				  right to self determination of the survivor. These standards include procedures
				  for documentation of services, incident reporting, and grievance procedures
				  addressing the relationship between philosophy and practice.
B. Standards
1. General Administration
a. The executive director exercises full
				  responsibility for the day-to-day management of the organization.
b. Staff is responsible for implementing
				  policies.
c. The program maintains
				  an internal structure for efficient and effective administration.
d. The service delivery plan fulfills the
				  program's mission.
e. Services are
				  survivor centered, non-judgmental, culturally sensitive and strive to empower
				  persons served.
f. The organization
				  measures the efficiency and effectiveness of its management function.
g. Programs are conducted in accord with
				  applicable professional, ethical and legal principles.
h. Service statistics are maintained and used
				  in accord with acceptable practices.
i. The program identifies the area and
				  population it serves in its brochures and reports.
j. The program recognizes and respects the
				  autonomy, dignity and rights of program participants.
k. Relevant goals, objectives and plans are
				  established for service delivery management.
l. The program seeks to serve persons who
				  need its services and works to eliminate barriers to the provision of quality
				  service to those who seek service.
m. The program provides access to crisis
				  information and shelter 24 hours a day.
n. The program conducts intake services in
				  accordance with acceptable practices.
o. The program conducts orientation for
				  persons to be served.
Persons
is defined to include adults and
				  children.
p. The program has a
				  system for case management. It regularly plans, monitors and assesses the
				  progress of each person served.
q.
				  The program designs communal living policies which stress non-violence, are
				  fair and survivor centered. Policy enforcement balances the rights of survivors
				  with the need to ensure safety for survivors who choose not to follow
				  policy.
r. The program works
				  collaboratively with other family violence programs throughout the state and in
				  other states as appropriate to meet the safety and security needs of
				  survivors.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 17 - Women's Services › Subchapter B - Family Violence Program Minimum Standards › Section VII-1725 - Facility, Safety, Security and Health

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A. Basic Considerations. These standards
				  encompass the overall practices and procedures that the program employs to
				  ensure that the facility and grounds that the program rents or owns are
				  appropriately accessible, functional, attractive, safe and secure for the
				  persons served, visitors, employees and volunteers. They ensure that the
				  program meets legal requirements regarding access, safety and health as well as
				  acceptable standards of cleanliness and functionality.
B. Standards
1. All facilities meet ADA
				  standards.
2. Policies for the
				  management of facilities are comprehensive and practical.
3. The program adheres to all applicable
				  zoning, building, fire, health and safety codes and laws of the state and of
				  the community in which the organization is located. Programs are annually
				  monitored by the Office of Public Health and the State Fire Marshall.
4. Relevant goals, objectives and plans are
				  established for building and grounds, safety and health.
5. The program uses designated personnel to
				  implement its policies and procedures relative to facility, safety and
				  health.
6. Comprehensive
				  evaluations are conducted on a regular basis to measure the efficiency and
				  effectiveness of the operations and maintenance of buildings and grounds,
				  safety and health.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 17 - Women's Services › Subchapter B - Family Violence Program Minimum Standards › Section VII-1726 - Financial Management and Fund Development

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A. Basic Considerations. These standards
				  stress that Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) with regular
				  internal and external reports and audits, are the foundation for prudent
				  management of capital, endowment and operating income and expenses. It is the
				  role of the governing body to ensure financial accountability and that the bulk
				  of the program's resources are used to meet service needs.
B. Standards
1. Policies for financial management are
				  comprehensive and practical.
2.
				  Relevant goals, objectives and plans are established for financial management
				  and long term financial stability.
3. Financial management is conducted in
				  accordance with applicable professional, ethical and legal principles.
				  Generally accepted accounting procedures and practices are implemented as
				  required by the terms of the contract.
4. The program uses or contracts with
				  designated and appropriately qualified personnel to implement its policies and
				  procedures for financial management.
5. The program provides bonding of staff
				  responsible for financial resources. It is recommended that the program provide
				  and maintain adequate liability coverage for the governing body.
6. The program prepares financial statements
				  that clearly and fairly present the organization's financial
				  position.
7. The governing body
				  adopts and the executive director implements comprehensive budgets in
				  accordance with acceptable practices.
8. The governing body continuously reviews
				  and analyzes its financial position.
9. The governing body adopts and regularly
				  reviews salary range schedules and adheres to minimum wage laws.
10. The program prudently manages its
				  operating, endowment and capital funds.
11. The program has sufficient cash flow to
				  meet its operating needs
12. The
				  program maintains adequate cash reserves.
13. The program does not enter into any
				  agreement, written or otherwise, where public funds are paid, or committed to
				  be paid, for services or goods, to any member of the governing body, staff, or
				  members of the immediate family of said governing body or staff, or to any
				  entity in which the foregoing have any direct or indirect financial interest,
				  or in which any of the foregoing serve as an officer or employee, unless the
				  services or goods are provided at a competitive cost or under terms favorable
				  to the program. The program maintains written disclosures of any and all
				  financial transactions in which a member of the governing body, staff, or their
				  immediate family is involved.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 17 - Women's Services › Subchapter B - Family Violence Program Minimum Standards › Section VII-1728 - Eligibility

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A. Basic
				  Considerations. These standards assure equal provision of services to family
				  violence survivors and their dependents.
B. Standards
1. Persons eligible for the services of
				  family violence programs include, but are not limited to family violence
				  survivors, their legal dependents, and those that are or have been in danger of
				  being emotionally, physically or sexually abused and meet the following
				  criteria:
a. adults, legally emancipated
				  minors, or minors granted permission for services by a parent, guardian,
				  judge's order or caretakers of eligible persons;
b. in the event of non-emancipated minors
				  seeking services for themselves, programs shall acquire parental permission
				  prior to providing applicable services;
c. those eligible under the above definition
				  who are/have been abused, or who believe they are in imminent danger of being
				  abused, by their current or former intimate partner;
d. those eligible above who have no safe
				  place to go;
e. those eligible
				  above who willingly agree to abide by program guidelines;
f. those with the ability to take primary
				  care of themselves and their dependents within a communal living
				  facility.