231.32 - CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.
231.32 CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF AREA AGENCIES ON
AGING.
1. The commission shall designate thirteen area agencies on
aging, the same of which existed on July 1, 1985. The commission
shall continue the designation until an area agency on aging's
designation is removed for cause as determined by the commission or
until the agency voluntarily withdraws as an area agency on aging.
In that event, the commission shall proceed in accordance with
subsections 2, 3, and 4. Designated area agencies on aging shall
comply with the requirements of the federal Act.
2. The commission shall designate an area agency to serve each
planning and service area, after consideration of the views offered
by units of general purpose local government. An area agency may be:
a. An established office of aging which is operating within a
planning and service area designated by the commission.
b. Any office or agency of a unit of general purpose local
government, which is designated for the purpose of serving as an area
agency by the chief elected official of such unit.
c. Any office or agency designated by the appropriate chief
elected officials of any combination of units of general purpose
local government to act on behalf of the combination for such
purpose.
d. Any public or nonprofit private agency in a planning and
service area or any separate organizational unit within such agency
which is under the supervision or direction for this purpose of the
department on aging and which can engage in the planning or provision
of a broad range of supportive services or nutrition services within
the planning and service area.
3. When the commission designates a new area agency on aging the
commission shall give the right of first refusal to a unit of general
purpose local government if:
a. Such unit can meet the requirements of subsection 1.
b. The boundaries of such a unit and the boundaries of the
area are reasonably contiguous.
4. Each area agency shall provide assurance, determined adequate
by the commission, that the area agency has the ability to develop an
area plan and to carry out, directly or through contractual or other
arrangements, a program in accordance with the plan within the
planning and service area. In designating an area agency on aging
within the planning and service area, the commission shall give
preference to an established office of aging, unless the commission
finds that no such office within the planning and service area has
the capacity to carry out the area plan. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1013
C87, § 249D.32
C93, § 231.32
2003 Acts, ch 141, §8; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §24; 2009 Acts, ch 41,
§230; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §218, 219