The department of elder affairs shall develop, and submit to the commission of elder affairs for approval, a multiyear state plan on aging. The state plan on aging shall meet all applicable federal requirements and shall:
1. Be based upon area plans developed by area agencies on aging and submitted in a uniform format prepared and distributed by the department.
2. Require that each area agency on aging develop and submit to the commission for approval an area plan which complies with federal law.
3. Evaluate the need for supportive services, including legal assistance, nutrition services, and multipurpose senior centers within the state, and determine the extent to which existing public or private programs meet those needs.
4. Adopt methods for effective and efficient administration of the state and area plans.
5. Adopt methods for periodic evaluation of activities and projects carried out under the state plan.
6. Prohibit the direct provision of supportive services or nutrition services by the department of elder affairs or an area agency on aging unless necessary to assure an adequate supply of such services, or unless the services are directly related to the department of elder affairs or area agency on aging's administrative functions, or unless services of comparable quality can be provided more economically by the department of elder affairs or area agency on aging.
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1012
C87, § 249D.31
C93, § 231.31
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