Sec. 17b-421. (Formerly Sec. 17a-304). Area agencies on aging.
Sec. 17b-421. (Formerly Sec. 17a-304). Area agencies on aging. The state shall
be divided into five elderly planning and service areas, in accordance with federal law
and regulations, each having an area agency on aging to carry out the mandates of the
federal Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The area agencies shall (1) represent
elderly persons within their geographic areas, (2) develop an area plan for approval by
the Department of Social Services and upon such approval administer the plan, (3)
coordinate and assist local public and nonprofit, private agencies in the development
of programs, (4) receive and distribute federal and state funds for such purposes, in
accordance with applicable law, (5) carry out any additional duties and functions required by federal law and regulations.
(P.A. 83-89, S. 2; P.A. 86-368, S. 1, 5; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 86-368 specified the number of planning and service areas for the elderly to be five; Sec. 17-136g
transferred to Sec. 17a-304 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services
for commissioner and department on aging, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-304 transferred to Sec. 17b-421 in 1995.