[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1321.67]

[Page 268]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1321--GRANTS TO STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D--Service Requirements
 
Sec. 1321.67  Service contributions.

    (a) For services rendered with funding under the Older Americans 
Act, the area agency on aging shall assure that each service provider 
shall:
    (1) Provide each older person with an opportunity to voluntarily 
contribute to the cost of the service;
    (2) Protect the privacy of each older person with respect to his or 
her contributions; and
    (3) Establish appropriate procedures to safeguard and account for 
all contributions.
    (b) Each service provider shall use supportive services and 
nutrition services contributions to expand supportive services and 
nutrition services respectively. To that end, the State agency shall:
    (1) Permit service providers to follow either the addition 
alternative or the cost sharing alternatives as stated in 45 CFR 
92.25(g) (2) and (3); or
    (2) A combination of the two alternatives.
    (c) Each service provider under the Older Americans Act may develop 
a suggested contribution schedule for services provided under this part. 
In developing a contribution schedule, the provider shall consider the 
income ranges of older persons in the community and the provider's other 
sources of income. However, means tests may not be used for any service 
supported with funds under this part. State agencies, in developing 
State eligibility criteria for in-home services under section 343 of the 
Act, may not include a means test as an eligibility criterion.
    (d) A service provider that receives funds under this part may not 
deny any older person a service because the older person will not or 
cannot contribute to the cost of the service.