PRINTER'S NO. 2584
No. 2018 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, TIGUE, ARTY, RYBAK, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO,
PHILLIPS, LEVDANSKY, VEON, HESS, BUNT, McHALE, MRKONIC,
DISTLER, STABACK, DURHAM, JACKSON, JOHNSON, GEIST, JAROLIN,
NAHILL, CARLSON, RAYMOND, DeLUCA, PETRARCA, STAIRS AND
MICOZZIE, DECEMBER 1, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, DECEMBER 1, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for the
21 services to be provided by area agencies for aging.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 2207-A(a) of the act of April 9, 1929
25 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
26 added June 20, 1978 (P.L.477, No.70), is amended to read:
1 Section 2207-A. Area Agencies; Powers and Duties.--(a) The
2 area agency shall have the authority to act as an advocate at
3 all levels of government and within the community at large for
4 the interests of older persons within the planning and service
5 area. It shall develop a comprehensive area plan to coordinate
6 services for older persons within its planning and service area
7 as the department may prescribe by regulation. The area plan
8 shall make provision for:
9 (1) Information and referral, advocacy programs.
10 (2) Social service case management and casework services
11 including protective placement and services.
12 (3) Transportation services.
13 (4) Legal counseling and representation.
14 (5) In-home services including residential repair, snow
15 removal, lawn care, homemaker, home chore services, and
16 congregate and home delivered meals.
17 (6) Assistance to secure adequate housing and health
18 services.
19 (7) Other services required by Federal law and other such
20 services and activities designated by the department or
21 identified as critical needs by the area agency and the area
22 agency advisory board. The State plan on aging and grants and
23 contracts provided by the department shall reasonably
24 accommodate such locally designated priorities and critical
25 needs.
26 (8) The establishment of an affiliated network of
27 multiservice centers and neighborhood centers for older persons.
28 Each center shall provide those services required by the
29 department in accordance with regulations adopted by the
30 department, which regulations shall provide for the maximum
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1 involvement of members of such centers and sponsoring
2 organizations in the identification and prioritization of
3 services and activities to be conducted in such centers.
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5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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