HCS HB 170 -- SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY

SPONSOR:  Gunn

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Social
Services, Medicaid and the Elderly by a vote of 16 to 2.

This substitute requires the Division of Aging to provide budget
allotment tables to each Area Agency on Aging (AAA) by January 1
of each year.  By March 1 of each year, each AAA must submit its
area plan, budget, and service contracts to the Division of
Aging.  Performance measures and outcomes to be achieved for
each year covered by the plan are to be included in each AAA's
area plan.  Each April, each AAA is required to present its plan
to the Division of Aging, in a public hearing to be held in the
area served by the AAA.  Within 30 days of the public hearing,
the division is required to report findings and recommendations
to the boards of directors for the AAA's, the AAA Advisory
Council, and the House and Senate appropriations and budget
committees.  Finally, the Division of Aging is to conduct on--
site monitoring of each AAA at least once a year, and to send
its monitoring reports to the AAA Advisory Council and the board
of directors for the area agency which is the subject of the
report.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that greater accountability among
the Area Agencies on Aging will result in better services to the
elderly.

Testifying for the bill were Representatives Graham (24), Davis
(63), and Kelly (27).

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Debra Cheshier, Senior Legislative Analyst

HB 170 -- Elderly Nutrition Services and Home Delivered Meals

Sponsor:  Graham (24)

Current law requires the Division of Aging to distribute funds
appropriated for nutrition services and home-delivered meals for
the elderly to each Area Agency on Aging.  This bill requires
these funds to be distributed to each Area Agency on Aging or
any not for profit organization.