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DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 9000. - 9000. This division shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 9001. - 9001. The Legislature hereby finds and recognizes all of the...

Section 9002. - 9002. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 9003. - 9003. (a) If any section of this code relating to...

Section 9004. - 9004. Unless the context otherwise indicates, the definitions of the...

Section 9004.5. - 9004.5. “Adult day health care” means an organized day program...

Section 9005. - 9005. “Advisory council” means a specific representative body of laypersons...

Section 9006. - 9006. “Area agency on aging” means a private nonprofit or...

Section 9007. - 9007. “Care or case management services” means: (a) Client assessment,...

Section 9008. - 9008. “Commission” means the California Commission on Aging. (Added by...

Section 9009. - 9009. (a) “Elder Economic Security Standard Index” means an index,...

Section 9010. - 9010. “Comprehensive and coordinated system” means a program of interrelated...

Section 9011. - 9011. “Department” means the California Department of Aging. (Added by...

Section 9012. - 9012. “Director” means the Director of the California Department of...

Section 9013. - 9013. “Frail elderly” means a person having those chronic physical...

Section 9014. - 9014. “Greatest economic need” means the need resulting from an...

Section 9015. - 9015. “Greatest social need” means the need caused by noneconomic...

Section 9016. - 9016. “Long-term care” means a coordinated continuum of preventive, diagnostic,...

Section 9017. - 9017. “Older Americans Act” means Chapter 35 (commencing with Section...

Section 9018. - 9018. “Older individual” or “elderly” means a person 60 years...

Section 9019. - 9019. “Personal and community support networks” means families, friends, neighbors,...

Section 9020. - 9020. “Planning and service area” means an area specified by...

Section 9021. - 9021. “Preventive services” means services that avoid dependency and assist...

Section 9022. - 9022. “Supportive services” means services that maintain individuals in home...

Section 9023. - 9023. “Systems of home and community based services” means an...

CHAPTER 2 - California Department of Aging

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 9100. - 9100. (a) There is in the California Health and Human...

Section 9101. - 9101. (a) The department shall consist of a director, and...

Section 9101.1. - 9101.1. In developing the Master Plan for Aging pursuant to...

Section 9101.5. - 9101.5. (a) (1) The University of California is requested to...

Section 9102. - 9102. The duties and powers of the department shall be:...

Section 9103. - 9103. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 9103.1. - 9103.1. (a) The department shall ensure all older adults have...

Section 9104. - 9104. (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds for this...

Section 9105. - 9105. The department may adopt and promulgate regulations for the...

Section 9105.1. - 9105.1. The department, in partnership with the area agencies on...

Section 9106. - 9106. (a) The department shall administer the administrative cost limitation,...

Section 9107. - 9107. The department may accept gifts and grants from any...

Section 9108. - 9108. In addition to any nutrition programs conducted under the...

Section 9109. - 9109. The department shall, in consultation with nutrition site directors...

Section 9110. - 9110. (a) The department may make available state funds to...

Section 9111. - 9111. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is...

Section 9112. - 9112. (a) The department shall implement an intrastate funding formula...

Section 9113. - 9113. Area agencies on aging shall maintain in effect contracts...

Section 9114. - 9114. The department may, where necessary to ensure the continued...

ARTICLE 2 - Senior Housing Information and Support Center

Section 9115. - 9115. There is in the California Department of Aging the...

Section 9116. - 9116. The Director of the California Department of Aging shall...

Section 9117. - 9117. Implementation of this article shall be subject to an...

ARTICLE 3 - Engaging Elders Through Volunteerism

Section 9118. - 9118. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The...

Section 9118.5. - 9118.5. (a) The Legislature requests that the Governor’s Office on...

ARTICLE 4 - Aging and Disability Resource Connection Program

Section 9120. - 9120. (a) There is hereby established an Aging and Disability...

Section 9121. - 9121. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose,...

Section 9122. - 9122. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 9123. - 9123. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in...

ARTICLE 5 - Comprehensive Act for Families and Caregivers of Cognitively Impaired Adults

Section 9156. - 9156. The Legislature finds all of the following: (a) Across...

Section 9157. - 9157. As used in this chapter: (a) “Caregiver” means any...

Section 9158. - 9158. The department shall administer this chapter and establish standards...

Section 9159. - 9159. (a) The department shall do all of the following:...

Section 9160. - 9160. (a) Agencies designated as CRCs by the department shall...

Section 9161. - 9161. (a) The CRCs shall deliver services to and advocate...

Section 9162. - 9162. Each CRC shall submit progress reports on its activities...

Section 9163. - 9163. The department shall administer the statewide caregiver resource center...

CHAPTER 3 - California Commission on Aging

Section 9200. - 9200. (a) (1) There is in the state government the...

Section 9201. - 9201. The term of office of members of the commission...

Section 9202. - 9202. The duties and functions of the commission shall be...

Section 9203. - 9203. The commission may accept gifts and grants from any...

Section 9203.5. - 9203.5. The commission may also accept gifts on behalf of...

Section 9204. - 9204. Wherever there is a reference in any statute of...

Section 9205. - 9205. Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for their...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Coordinated System of Care

Section 9250. - 9250. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 9251. - 9251. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 9252. - 9252. Implementation of this chapter shall be grounded on the...

Section 9253. - 9253. By June 1, 2003, pursuant to the California long-term...

Section 9253.5. - 9253.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 9254. - 9254. (a) By January 1, 2005, the agency, with recommendations...

Section 9255. - 9255. (a) By January 1, 2004, the agency, based on...

Section 9256. - 9256. The implementation of a care navigation program, as described...

CHAPTER 3.6 - Office of the Long-Term Care Patient Representative

Section 9260. - 9260. (a) (1) The Long-Term Care Patient Representative Program is...

Section 9265. - 9265. (a) The department shall establish appropriate eligibility, training, certification,...

Section 9270. - 9270. (a) A public patient representative shall not participate in...

Section 9275. - 9275. A public patient representative assigned by the program to...

Section 9280. - 9280. Upon request of the department, the Attorney General shall...

Section 9285. - 9285. Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act...

Section 9290. - 9290. (a) The State of California, the California Department of...

Section 9295. - 9295. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department...

CHAPTER 4 - California Senior Legislature

Section 9300. - 9300. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the needs...

Section 9301. - 9301. (a) The California Senior Legislature shall be composed of...

Section 9302. - 9302. The members of the California Senior Legislature shall be...

Section 9304. - 9304. The California Senior Legislature shall have the full authority...

Section 9304.5. - 9304.5. (a) The California Senior Legislature shall enter into a...

Section 9305. - 9305. (a) The funds for the California Senior Legislature shall...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Home Modifications for Seniors

Section 9450. - 9450. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 9451. - 9451. The department, in consultation with the commission, shall enter...

Section 9452. - 9452. The department shall distribute the information developed pursuant to...

Section 9453. - 9453. The department, in cooperation with the entity contracting with...

Section 9454. - 9454. Implementation of this chapter shall be subject to an...

CHAPTER 5 - Area Agencies on Aging and Advisory Councils

Section 9400. - 9400. (a) The Legislature hereby declares and recognizes the area...

Section 9401. - 9401. Area agencies on aging and other county agencies that...

Section 9402. - 9402. The Legislature hereby declares and recognizes each area agency...

Section 9403. - 9403. To the extent provided for in paragraph (2) of...

Section 9404. - 9404. An individual’s receipt of services under the In-Home Supportive...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Aging Multidisciplinary Personnel Teams

Section 9450. - 9450. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, an area agency...

CHAPTER 6 - Home-Delivered Meals Act

Section 9500. - 9500. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 9501. - 9501. (a) The department shall allocate any new funds to...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Senior Legal Services

Section 9320. - 9320. (a) The department shall establish a task force to...

CHAPTER 7 - Community-Based Services Network

Section 9530. - 9530. (a) As part of its role in providing leadership...

Section 9530.5. - 9530.5. Consistent with Article 4.05 (commencing with Section 14139.05) of...

Section 9531. - 9531. (a) This chapter establishes the Community-Based Services Network. (b)...

Section 9532. - 9532. In addition to the definitions already contained in this...

Section 9533. - 9533. The department shall be responsible for, but not limited...

Section 9534. - 9534. (a) Contracts between the department and participating area agencies...

Section 9535. - 9535. Area agencies on aging shall be responsible for, but...

Section 9536. - 9536. (a) The state funds available for the community-based services...

Section 9537. - 9537. The funding contracted by the department to the participating...

Section 9538. - 9538. (a) Persons involved in the procurement or management of...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Community-Based Services Programs

Section 9540. - 9540. It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure...

Section 9541. - 9541. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose...

Section 9541.5. - 9541.5. (a) The California Department of Aging shall assess annually...

Section 9542. - 9542. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose...

Section 9543. - 9543. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose...

Section 9544. - 9544. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose...

Section 9545. - 9545. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose...

Section 9546. - 9546. (a) The purpose of the Respite Program shall be...

Section 9547. - 9547. (a) The purpose of the Senior Companion Program shall...

CHAPTER 8 - Multipurpose Senior Services Program

Section 9560. - 9560. (a) The purpose of this chapter shall be to...

Section 9561. - 9561. Program services provided pursuant to this chapter may be...

Section 9562. - 9562. (a) This chapter shall be administered by the department,...

Section 9563. - 9563. The department shall formulate criteria for approval and designation...

Section 9564. - 9564. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude expansion of Multipurpose...

Section 9565. - 9565. The department shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 9566. - 9566. The department may, where necessary to ensure the effective...

Section 9567. - 9567. This chapter shall remain in effect so long as...

Section 9568. - 9568. The department shall explore options for, and obtain necessary...

CHAPTER 9 - Senior Center Bond Act of 184

Section 9590. - 9590. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 9591. - 9591. The following definitions shall govern the construction of this...

Section 9592. - 9592. There is hereby created in the State Treasury the...

Section 9593. - 9593. The department shall make awards from funds derived from...

Section 9594. - 9594. Eligible applicants for funding under this chapter include units...

Section 9595. - 9595. (a) A recipient of a contract for the acquisition...

Section 9596. - 9596. (a) The State of California shall be entitled to...

Section 9597. - 9597. A facility altered, acquired, renovated, constructed, or equipped using...

Section 9598. - 9598. In a senior center facility that is shared with...

Section 9599. - 9599. Proposals shall do all of the following: (a) Document...

Section 9600. - 9600. (a) Priority for funding shall be given to proposals...

Section 9601. - 9601. Funds not utilized by each planning and service area...

Section 9602. - 9602. The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for...

Section 9603. - 9603. For the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale,...

Section 9604. - 9604. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in...

Section 9605. - 9605. (a) For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the...

CHAPTER 9.5 - Multipurpose Senior Centers And Senior Centers Emergency Operations Plans

Section 9625. - 9625. (a) No later than June 30, 2007, each multipurpose...

CHAPTER 10 - Aging Information and Education

Section 9630. - 9630. As part of its role in providing leadership in...

Section 9631. - 9631. (a) The department shall establish an Aging Information and...

CHAPTER 10.5 - Senior Wellness Program

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 9650. - 9650. The definitions contained in this article shall govern the...

Section 9651. - 9651. “Wellness” means optimizing opportunities for physical, social, and mental...

Section 9652. - 9652. “Senior” means any person 60 years of age or...

Section 9653. - 9653. “Person with a disability” means the same as the...

Section 9654. - 9654. “Senior wellness program” means the program established pursuant to...

ARTICLE 2 - Senior Wellness Program

Section 9660. - 9660. There is in the California Department of Aging a...

Section 9661. - 9661. (a) The senior wellness program shall have all of...

Section 9662. - 9662. The department shall deliver, or provide for the delivery...

Section 9663. - 9663. This article shall be implemented only to the extent...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Campaign to Change Cultural Attitudes Toward and Perceptions of Older Adults

Section 9664. - 9664. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 9665. - 9665. (a) The Legislature requests that the California Department of...

ARTICLE 3 - Program for Injury Prevention in the Home Environment

Section 9675. - 9675. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 9676. - 9676. The Program for Injury Prevention in the Home Environment...

Section 9677. - 9677. The department may provide a program grant to an...

Section 9678. - 9678. (a) The Program for Injury Prevention in the Home...

Section 9679. - 9679. (a) The department, in consultation with groups, including, but...

Section 9680. - 9680. (a) The director shall establish a methodology for awarding...

Section 9681. - 9681. (a) Funding of projects pursuant to this article shall...

CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent and Definitions

Section 9700. - 9700. (a) The Legislature recognizes that the department, pursuant to...

Section 9701. - 9701. Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 9710. - 9710. There is within the department an Office of the...

Section 9710.5. - 9710.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)...

Section 9711. - 9711. (a) The office shall be under the direction of...

Section 9712. - 9712. (a) The office shall be headed by an individual,...

Section 9712.5. - 9712.5. The State Ombudsman shall, personally or through representatives of...

Section 9713. - 9713. (a) Upon request of the office, the Attorney General...

Section 9714. - 9714. The office shall solicit and receive funds, gifts, and...

Section 9714.5. - 9714.5. (a) The office may form a foundation eligible to...

Section 9715. - 9715. (a) No representative of the office shall be held...

Section 9716. - 9716. (a) The office shall be responsible for activities that...

Section 9716.11. - 9716.11. (a) The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman...

Section 9717. - 9717. (a) All advocacy programs and any programs similar in...

Section 9718. - 9718. Every long-term care facility, as defined in subdivision (b)...

Section 9718.5. - 9718.5. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a...

Section 9719. - 9719. (a) (1) The office shall sponsor a training of...

Section 9719.5. - 9719.5. (a) (1) The department shall allocate all federal and...

ARTICLE 3 - Investigation and Resolution of Complaints

Section 9720.5. - 9720.5. The office shall give priority to investigations and complaint...

Section 9721. - 9721. (a) The office may refer any complaint to any...

Section 9722. - 9722. (a) Representatives of the office shall have the right...

Section 9723. - 9723. The State Ombudsman shall have access to any record...

Section 9724. - 9724. Notwithstanding Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division...

Section 9725. - 9725. All records and files of the office relating to...

Section 9726. - 9726. (a) The office shall establish a toll-free telephone hotline...

Section 9726.1. - 9726.1. (a) The office and approved organizations may do any...

ARTICLE 4 - Enforcement

Section 9730. - 9730. Anyone who willfully interferes with any lawful action of...

Section 9731. - 9731. Notwithstanding the availability of statutory damages, this chapter shall...

Section 9732. - 9732. (a) Any person who willfully interferes with any lawful...

ARTICLE 5 - Advisory Council

Section 9740. - 9740. (a) The department shall establish an 11-member advisory council...

Section 9741. - 9741. At least 30 days prior to the designation of...

ARTICLE 6 - Regulations

Section 9745. - 9745. The department shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter...

CHAPTER 12 - Regulations

Section 9750. - 9750. The department may adopt regulations to implement this division...

CHAPTER 13 - No Wrong Door System

Section 9800. - 9800. (a) The master plan for aging established pursuant to...

Section 9805. - 9805. (a) The master plan for aging established pursuant to...

CHAPTER 14 - Master Plan for Aging in California

Section 9850. - 9850. (a) The Secretary of the California Health and Human...