Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.41 - AGING SERVICES › Subchapter 37.41.1 - Area Agencies on Aging › Rule 37.41.102 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
For purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions
				  apply:
(1) "Act" means the Older
				Americans Act of 1965, as amended.
(2) "Administration on aging" means the
				agency established in the office of the secretary, department of health and
				human services, as part of the office of human development services which is
				responsible for administering the provisions of the act and whose address is
				North Building, 330 Independence Avenue, Southwest, Washington, D.C.
				20201.
(3) "Federal department"
				means the department of health and human services.
(4) "Department" means the department of
				public health and human services.
(5) "Division" means the senior long term
				care division of the department of public health and human services.
(6) "Commissioner" means the commissioner on
				aging of the administration on aging.
(7) "Area agency" means the agency designated
				by the division in a planning and service area to develop and administer an
				area plan for a comprehensive and coordinated system of services for older
				persons.
(8) "Community focal point"
				means a place or mobile unit in a community or neighborhood designated by an
				area agency for the collocation and coordination of services to older
				persons.
(9) "Comprehensive and
				coordinated system" means a program of interrelated social and nutrition
				services designed to meet the needs of older persons in a planning and service
				area.
(10) "Indian tribal
				organization" means the recognized governing body of any Indian tribe, or any
				legally established organization of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned or
				chartered by the governing body.
(11) "Indian tribe" means any tribe, band,
				nation or
other organized group or community of Indians which is
				  recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the
				  federal government to Indians because of their status as
				  Indians.
(12) "Manual" means
				the state manual of policy and procedures for operations of programs under the
				Older Americans Act for the division.
(13) "Multipurpose senior center" means a
				community or neighborhood facility for the organization and provision of
				facilities for recreational and group activities for older persons and services
				including, but not limited to, health, social, nutritional, and educational
				services.
(14) "Planning and service
				area" means the geographic area served by an area agency.
(15) "Nonprofit organization" means a
				corporation organized under Title 35, chapter 2, MCA, in which no part of its
				income or profit is distributable to its members, directors, or
				officers.
(16) "Older person" means
				any person 60 years old or older.
(17) "Service provider" means an individual,
				agency, or organization awarded a subgrant or contract from the division or an
				area agency to provide services under the state plan or an area plan.
(18) "Federal fiscal year" means the period
				beginning October 1 of one year and ending September 30 of the next
				year.
(19) "State fiscal year" means
				the period beginning July 1 of one year and ending June 30 of the next
				year.
(20) "State plan" means the
				document submitted by the division to the administration on aging in order to
				receive grants from the state's allotments under the act.
(21) "Units of general purpose local
				government" include, but are not limited to, counties and incorporated cities
				and towns and other government units as may be established by law pursuant to
				Title 7, chapters 1, 2, and 3, MCA.
(22) "Area plan" means the document submitted
				by an area agency to the division in order to receive subgrants or contracts
				from the division's grants under the act.
(23) "Supportive services" means:
(a) access services such as:
(i) transporting older persons to and from
				community facilities and resources;
(ii) escorting older persons unable to use
				conventional means of transportation;
(iii) outreach to identify hard-to-reach
				older persons and assist them in obtaining services; and
(iv) informing older persons of the
				opportunities and services available and referring them to the proper service
				provider.