[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1321.67]



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                        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.