WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 538

(iii) Financial assistance;

(iv) Social services;

(v) Educational services;

(vi) Services available through volunteer
organizations or private agencies; [and]

(VII)  APPROPRIATE HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS;

(VIII)  HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING;

(IX)  EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES;

(X)  RESPITE CARE SERVICES; AND

[(vii)] (XI) Other programs, information,
counseling, or benefits for the elderly;

(5)   [Procedures for following up on] MONITORING THE
OUTCOME OF requests for service or information; and

(6)  Arrangements with other agencies for [the
thorough] INDIVIDUAL assessment [of services to] TO DETERMINE
SERVICE NEEDS of the frail OR HEALTH IMPAIRED elderly PERSON.

[6B.] 4F.

(a)   [The] A single point of entry shall be, wherever
possible:

(1)  Located in a senior citizen center; and

(2)  Available for access at least 5 days each week.

(b)   [The Interagency Committee on Aging Services shall
assist local agencies to] LOCAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEES ON AGING
SERVICES SHALL establish agreements AMONG THEMSELVES AND with
OTHER public and private agencies to provide [agency] personnel
at the designated single [point] POINTS of entry on a regular
basis to provide INFORMATION AND service to elderly persons and
administer agency programs.

[6C] 4G.

A [statewide] telephone information and referral service
shall be in effect on a 24-hour basis IN EACH DESIGNATED PLANNING
AND SERVICE AREA.

[25.] 4H.

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