173-1-02 Introduction to the department and definitions.

(A) The Ohio department of aging (ODA) was created by the general assembly to administer various state and federal programs to provide leadership for the delivery of services and supports that improve and promote quality of life and personal choice for Ohioans sixty years of age and older, adults with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers. To help ensure that the programs administered by ODA are responsive to the needs of local communities, ODA has divided the state into twelve regional planning and service areas (PSAs). ODA’s programs are administered within each of these PSAs by a public or nonprofit agency that has entered into a contract with ODA to be an area agency on aging (AAA), in accordance rules found in Chapter 173-2 of the Administrative Code. While AAAs are not state agencies, they do work in conjunction with the state and the Ohio’s aging network to provide quality services to Ohio’s older population.

(B) As used in this chapter of the Administrative Code and in all administrative rules adopted by ODA under agency 173 of the Administrative Code:

(1) “Area agency on aging” (“AAA”) means a public or non-profit agency that has entered into a contract with ODA to develop an area plan for a particular PSA and to administer programs on behalf of ODA within the particular PSA, in accordance with Section 306 of the “Older Americans Act” and as presented in rule 173-2-01 of the Administrative Code.

(2) “Department” means “the Ohio department of aging”.

(3) “Director” means the director of the ODA.

(4) “ODA” means “the Ohio department of aging”.

(5) “Older Americans Act” (“OAA”) means the “Older Americans Act of 1965,” 79 Stat. 219, 42 U.S.C. 3001, as amended.

(6) “Planning and service area” (“PSA”) means a geographical region of Ohio, the boundaries of which have been determined by ODA in accordance with Section 305 of the “Older Americans Act” and as presented in rule 173-1-03 of the Administrative Code.

Effective: 02/02/2008

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/16/2007 and 01/31/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 173.02

Rule Amplifies: 173.01

Prior Effective Dates: 5/15/2000, 5/13/2007