173-4-10 Older Americans Act nutrition program: grocery shopping assistance.  

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    ACTION : Revised                                                DATE: 05/02/2016 2 :50 P?4

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

    Department of Aging

     

    John Kasich, Governor

    Bonnie K. Burman, Sc.D., Director

     

    PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE

     

    To make it easier for one person to pa?cipate in multiple public hearings, and to reduce state spending on public hearings, the Ohio Depa?ment of Aging (ODA) will consolidate the public hearings for five rule projects into the following place and time:

     

    Rhodes Tower, Lobby Hearing Room 30 E. Broad St.

    Columbus, OH 43215

     

    May 25, 2016 at 11:OOAM

     

    Any person is welcome to pa?cipate in the consolidated public hearing.

     

    Participants may find area parking at street meters and area parking garages, including the Ohio Statehouse's underaround oarkina aaraae, which is across the street from the Rhodes Tower.

     

    Here are the five rule projects with a May 25 public hearing:

     

    NUTRITION The rules involved in the project directly regulating the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program in Ohio and all rules directly regulating ODA-certified providers when they provide meals to consumers enrolled in the PASSPORT Program. The project's 6 prima? goals are to (1) increase person direction, (2) eliminate 210 unnecessa? regulations and reduce the impact of 36 other regulations, (3) increase verification of meals delivered and services provided, (4) clarify eligibility requirements for the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program, (5) make a

    new requi?ment to publish menus and ingredient information on provider websites or offer the same in writing to consumers, and (6) comply with state laws that require adopting rules. The pr?ect involves rescinding OAC Chapter 4 and replacing it with a new chapter of rules. It also involves rescinding OAC 173-39-02? 173-39-02 .10,

    and 173-39-02.14 and replacing those rules with new rules of the same number. The project also involves amending related language in the rules that regulate adult day services for the Older Americans Act and PASSPORT Programs (OAC 173-3-06.1 and 173-39-02 .1).

     

    For more information on the nutrition project, please review the business impact analysis (BIA) and its appendices . Nutrition rule packages: 164637 and 161558.

    OLDER AMERICANS ACT The project would implement federal requirements on procuring goods and services in 45 C.F.R. Pa? 75 and 2 C.F.R. 180. The project would also implement additional state requirements on procuring for goods and services . The project involves rescinding OAC 173-3-01, 173-3-04, 173-3-05, 173-3-06, and 173-3-07 and replacing the rules with OAC 173-3-01, 173-3-04, 173-3-05, 173-3-05.1, 173-3-06, and 173-3-07. It also involves amending OAC173-3-09 .

     

    246 N. High St. / 1st Fl.

    Columbus, OH 43215-2406 U.S.A.

    www.aging.ohio.gov

    Main: (614) 466-5500

    Fax:     (614) 466-5741 TIY:    Dial 711

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    For more information on the Older Americans Act rule project, please review the BIA and its appendices. Older Americans Act rule package: 165163.

    COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS AND PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING The project would

    implement requirements into ODA's rules to comply with the Ohio Dept. of Medicaid's proposed new (1A) community-characteristics rule and (1B) person-centered planning rule, which in turn, would bring Ohio into compliance with new federal mandates on those topics. The project would also make (2) several common-sense amendments as well as (3) many non-substantive updates to terminology and references. The project involves rescinding OAC 173-38-01, 173-40-01, 173-42-01, and 173-51-01 and replacing with new rules. It also involves amending OAC 173-39-01 and 173-39-02.

    For more information on the rules containing the community characteristics and person-centered planning standards, please review the BIA and its appendices.

    Community Characteristics + Person-Centered Planning rule package: 165157.

    MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES The project would amend rules for area agencies on aging (OAC 173-2-03, 173-02-04), the unified waiting list (OAC173-44-04), and PACE (OAC Chapter 173-50) with non-substantive amendments to incorporate updated terminology and references.

    Miscellaneous Updates rule package: 165162.

    LONG-TERM CARE CONSUMER GUIDE FEES The single-rule project would (1) delete language that sunsets on June 30, 2016 after its sunsets and (2) correct a misspelled word.

    Any person may participate in the public hearings. To submit written testimony to ODA regarding the rule projects, please email the written testimony to ODA's policy development manager, Tom Simmons, at  tsimmons@age.ohio.gov before May 25, 2016.

    Long-Term Care Consumer Guide Fees package: 165397