Note Sections 349-1 to 349-11 designated as Part I by L 2007, c 93, §3. §349-1 Declaration of purpose; support; duties. (a) The legislature hereby declares that, in keeping with the traditional American concept of the inherent dignity of the individual in our democratic society, the older people of our State are entitled to, and […]
§349-10 Annual senior citizen’s fair. Each county may hold an annual senior citizen’s fair in its respective county. The county shall be responsible for the planning, organizing, and coordinating of the fair in every respect. The state policy advisory board for elder affairs may assist the county in any aspect upon request. Proceeds earned from […]
§349-11 State policy for senior centers. The executive office on aging shall be responsible for establishing state policy for senior centers. Such policy shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Establishment of comprehensive long range and immediate goals and objectives pursuant to chapter 349; (2) Establishment of state standards for the operation […]
§ §349-12 to 349-14 Renumbered as § §349-21 to 349-23.
§349-2 Executive office on aging; appointments. (a) There is established within the department of health, for administrative purposes only, an executive office on aging. (b) The head of this office shall be known as the director of the executive office on aging, hereinafter referred to as director. The director shall have professional training in the […]
§349-3 General functions, duties, and powers of the director. The director shall have the following principal functions, duties, and powers: (1) Serve as the principal official in state government solely responsible for the performance, development, and control of programs, policies, and activities on behalf of elders; (2) Oversee, supervise, and direct the performance by the […]
§349-3.1 Renumbered as §349-17. L 2017, c 102, §4.
§349-3.2 Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia services coordinator. There is established within the executive office on aging an Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia services coordinator to coordinate the provision of public and private Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia services. The coordinator shall be appointed by the director. [L 2013, c 214, §1; am L 2019, […]
§349-4 Policy advisory board for elder affairs; lifetime honorary kupuna. (a) There shall be a policy advisory board for elder affairs, appointed by the governor under section 26-34. The board shall advise the director in but not limited to the following areas: (1) The identification of issues and alternative approaches to solutions; (2) The development […]
§349-5 Administrative and program support for the executive office on aging. (a) The provision of administrative and program support for the executive office on aging shall be accomplished by the creation of two principal organizational divisions in the executive office on aging. One division shall be known as the planning and administrative services division and […]
§349-5.5 Executive office on aging administrative claiming special fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the executive office on aging administrative claiming special fund into which shall be deposited: (1) All revenues from medicaid administrative claiming designated for the department of health that are allowable for operating the aging and disability resource centers; […]
§349-6 State master plan for elders. The executive office on aging shall be responsible for the continued development, implementation, and continuous updating of a comprehensive master plan for elders which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Compilation of basic demographic data on elders in the State; (2) Identification of the physical, […]
§349-6.5 Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias state plan. (a) The executive office on aging shall prepare an update of the state plan on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias no less frequently than once per fiscal biennium. The executive office on aging shall include information on progress made toward the goals of the state plan in […]
§349-7 Recognition as responsible state agency. The executive office on aging shall be the single state agency responsible for programs affecting senior citizens of this State; provided that those programs affecting senior citizens now operated by other departments or agencies shall not be transferred to the executive office on aging except by executive order of […]
§349-8 Powers of other departments and agencies; cooperation with the executive office on aging. It shall be the duty and responsibility of every state department and county agency providing programs and services to the aging, in actively working toward the goals and objectives articulated in the state comprehensive master plan for elders, to coordinate with […]
§349-9 County functions. Each county may establish a county office on aging and a county council on aging pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. [L 1976, c 217, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 136, §1(2)]
