Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 26 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 26-1-1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) "Area agency"
			 and "area agency on aging" mean the agency or organization within a planning
			 and service area that has been designated by the secretary to develop,
			 implement, and administer a plan for the delivery of a comprehensive and
			 coordinated system of services to individuals in the planning and service
			 area.
(b) "Area plan" means the
			 document developed by an area agency that describes the comprehensive and
			 coordinated system of services to be provided to individuals in a planning and
			 service area.
(c) "Comprehensive
			 and coordinated system of services" means a program of interrelated supportive
			 and nutrition services designed to meet the needs of individuals in a planning
			 and service area.
(d) "Contract"
			 means a procurement agreement.
(e)
			 "Contractor" means the party or parties who are under contract with the
			 department or an area agency to provide services to individuals in a planning
			 and service area.
(f)
			 "Contribution" means a donation of money or vision card units that is given by
			 a customer to pay to the provider a portion or the total cost of services
			 received.
(g) "Department" has the
			 meaning specified in
			 K.S.A.
			 75-5902(a), and amendments
			 thereto.
(h) "Federal act" means
			 the older Americans act of 1965, codified at 42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. on October
			 17, 2006, as amended.
(i) "Final
			 financial report" means a contractor-prepared or grantee-prepared document that
			 contains an accurate and complete disclosure of the financial results of the
			 contract, grant, subcontract, or subgrant.
(j) "Grant" means an award of financial
			 assistance in the form of money, or property in lieu of money, by the
			 department.
(k) "Grantee" means any
			 legal entity to which a grant is awarded and that is accountable to the
			 department for the use of the grant. The grantee is the entire legal entity
			 even if only a particular component of the entity is designated in the
			 grant.
(l) "Granting agency" means
			 Kansas department on aging.
(m)
			 "Greatest economic need" means the need for services resulting from an annual
			 income level at or below the poverty threshold established annually by the U.S.
			 department of health and human services.
(n) "Greatest social need" means the need for
			 services caused by noneconomic factors that restricts an individual's ability
			 to perform normal daily tasks or that threatens the capacity to live
			 independently. Noneconomic factors shall include physical and mental
			 disabilities, language barriers, and cultural, social, or geographic isolation
			 including isolation caused by racial or ethnic status.
(o) "Indian tribal organization" means the
			 recognized governing body of any Indian tribe or any legally established
			 organization of Indians that is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by the
			 governing body of an Indian tribe.
(p) "In-home service" means the provision of
			 health, medical, or social services to a private individual in the individual's
			 noninstitutional place of residence.
(q) "Kansan" means any individual who
			 currently resides within the state of Kansas.
(r) "Metropolitan area" means a standard
			 metropolitan statistical area as defined by the census bureau.
(s) "Modification of a grant or contract"
			 means a change in an area plan or other grant or a contract that would result
			 in any of the following:
(1) Alteration of the
			 program scope, planned objectives, or manner in which services are
			 delivered;
(2) provision of
			 financial assistance or payments to any entity not authorized by the original
			 grant or contract; or
(3)
			 alteration of the approved budget of the original grant or contract.