New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle Y - New York State Office for the Aging › Chapter II - Older Americans, Community Services, And Expanded In-home Services For The Elderly Programs › Part 6651 - General › Section 6651.1 - Purpose and scope

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  This Chapter sets forth procedures for administering social and nutrition
				  services for elderly people (age 60 or over) within New York State under title
				  III of the Federal Older Americans Act (42 USC
				  3001 et. seq.) and the New York State
				  Community Services for the Elderly statute (section 541 of the Executive Law),
				  including the program of expanded in-home, noninstitutional respite, case
				  management and ancillary services.
(b) Except where otherwise expressly stated,
				  procedures and requirements in this Chapter apply to Older Americans Act title
				  III (hereinafter referred to as OAA), Community Services for the Elderly
				  (hereinafter referred to as CSE), and the Expanded In-Home Services for the
				  Elderly Program (hereinafter referred to as EISEP).
(c) Under OAA, the State Office for the Aging
				  (hereinafter referred to as office) awards Federal funds to area agencies on
				  aging (hereinafter referred to as area agencies) to plan for, develop and
				  maintain comprehensive and coordinated systems for the delivery of supportive
				  and nutrition services to the elderly.
(d) Under CSE, the office awards State funds
				  to counties and the City of New York through their area agencies to help
				  elderly people remain in their homes and avoid institutionalization. These
				  grants are intended to improve coordination of existing programs, resources,
				  and service providers, and to expand access to and availability of services for
				  elderly people at risk of institutionalization. State funds are also awarded
				  for CSE planning and implementation.
(e) Under EISEP, the office awards State
				  funds to counties and the City of New York through their area agencies to
				  provide in-home services, noninstitutional respite services, case management
				  services and ancillary services to functionally impaired elderly, subject to
				  specified cost-sharing, to support elderly persons' continued residence in
				  their homes. State planning funds are also awarded to counties preparing county
				  home care plans for functionally impaired elderly; and State implementation
				  funds are awarded in subsequent State fiscal years to counties providing
				  services under approved county home care plans for functionally impaired
				  elderly.
(f) This Chapter
				  prescribes procedures which the office uses to meet the goals and requirements
				  of these programs through grants (subject to local matching requirements as
				  specified in this Chapter) to area agencies, which in turn award subgrants or
				  subcontracts to service providers or provide services directly to eligible
				  elderly.
(g) In any year for which
				  a county receives EISEP service funding, all EISEP requirements under this
				  Chapter shall apply to new CSE clients receiving similar in-home services,
				  noninstitutional respite, and, when provided to persons needing and/or
				  receiving in-home services or noninstitutional respite, and/or case management
				  services.