CHAPTER 1. BUREAU OF AGING SERVICES
IC 12-10
ARTICLE 10. AGING SERVICES
IC 12-10-1
Chapter 1. Bureau of Aging Services
IC 12-10-1-1
Establishment of bureau
Sec. 1. The bureau of aging and in-home services is established
within the division.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.35;
P.L.5-1993, SEC.48.
IC 12-10-1-2
Purpose
Sec. 2. The purpose of the bureau is to assist the constantly
increasing number of aged in:
(1) maintaining self-sufficiency and personal well-being with
the dignity to which the years of labor entitle the person; and
(2) realizing the aged person's maximum potential as a creative
and productive individual.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.4.
IC 12-10-1-3
Administration of programs
Sec. 3. The bureau shall administer the following programs:
(1) The federal Older Americans Act under IC 12-9.1-4-1.
(2) Area agencies on aging services under this article.
(3) Adult protective services under IC 12-10-3.
(4) Room and board assistance and assistance to residents in
county homes under IC 12-10-6.
(5) Adult guardianship program under IC 12-10-7.
(6) Community and home options for the elderly and
individuals with a disability under IC 12-10-10.
(7) Nursing home preadmission screening under IC 12-10-12.
(8) Long term care advocacy under IC 12-10-13.
(9) Nutrition services and home delivered meals.
(10) Title III B supportive services.
(11) Title III D in-home services.
(12) Aging programs under the Social Services Block Grant.
(13) United States Department of Agriculture elderly feeding
program.
(14) Title V senior employment.
(15) PASARR under older adult services.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.24-1997, SEC.20;
P.L.243-2003, SEC.10; P.L.141-2006, SEC.39; P.L.99-2007,
SEC.59.
IC 12-10-1-4
Duties
Sec. 4. The bureau shall perform the following duties:
(1) Provide a comprehensive and coordinated service system for
Indiana's aging population, giving high priority to those
individuals in greatest need.
(2) Conduct studies and research into the needs and problems
of the aging.
(3) Ensure participation by the aging in the planning and
operation of all phases of the system.
(4) Provide a focal point for advocacy, coordination,
monitoring, and evaluation of programs for the aging and the
aged.
(5) Provide for the performance of any other functions required
by regulations established under the Older Americans Act (42
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).
(6) Function as the sole state agency to develop a
comprehensive plan to meet the needs of the aged.
(7) Evaluate programs, services, and facilities for the aged and
determine the extent to which those programs, services, and
facilities meet the needs of the aged.
(8) Coordinate programs, services, and facilities furnished for
the aged by state agencies and make recommendations
regarding those programs, services, and facilities to the
governor and the general assembly.
(9) Receive and disburse federal money made available for
providing services to the aged or related purposes.
(10) Administer any state plan for the aging required by federal
law.
(11) Provide consultation and assistance to communities and
groups developing local services for the aged.
(12) Promote community education regarding the problems of
the aged through institutes, publications, radio, television, and
the press.
(13) Cooperate with agencies of the federal government in
studies and conferences designed to examine the needs of the
aged and prepare programs and facilities to meet those needs.
(14) Establish and maintain information and referral sources
throughout Indiana when not provided by other agencies.
(15) Act, in accordance with regulations established under the
Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), as the agent for
providing state money to the area agencies on aging designated
in each planning and service region in Indiana.
(16) Initiate, evaluate, and provide assistance for improving
programs in cooperation with all other state agencies having
concerns or responsibility for the aged.
(17) Conduct an annual conference on the problems of the aging
and the aged.
(18) Designate area agencies on aging in each planning and
service region in Indiana.
(19) Examine the needs of the aged and prepare programs and
facilities to meet those needs.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.4.
IC 12-10-1-5
Coordination of services with area agencies
Sec. 5. In carrying out the bureau's duties under this chapter, the
bureau shall coordinate service delivery with the area agencies on
aging.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.4.
IC 12-10-1-6
Area agencies; duties
Sec. 6. (a) The area agencies on aging designated by the bureau
in each planning and service region shall do the following:
(1) Determine the needs and resources of the aged in the area.
(2) Coordinate, in cooperation with other agencies or
organizations in the area, region, district, or county, all
programs and activities providing health, recreational,
educational, or social services for the aged.
(3) Secure local matching money from public and private
sources to provide, improve, or expand the sources available to
meet the needs of the aged.
(4) Develop, in cooperation with the division and in accordance
with the regulations of the commissioner of the federal
Administration on Aging, an area plan for each planning and
service area to provide for the following:
(A) A comprehensive and coordinated system for the
delivery of services needed by the aged in the area.
(B) The collection and dissemination of information and
referral sources.
(C) The effective and efficient use of all resources meeting
the needs of the aged.
(D) The inauguration of new services and periodic
evaluation of all programs and projects delivering services
to the aged, with special emphasis on the low income and
minority residents of the planning and service area.
(E) The establishment, publication, and maintenance of a toll
free telephone number to provide information, counseling,
and referral services for the aged residents of the planning
and service area.
(5) Conduct case management (as defined in IC 12-10-10-1).
(6) Perform any other functions required by regulations
established under the Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. 3001 et
seq.).
(b) The division shall pay the costs associated with the toll free
telephone number required under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.150-1995, SEC.4.