The Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services shall establish a program to enable persons to volunteer their time and services to an in-home service or volunteer agency serving the homebound which is approved by the Division and receive credit for providing volunteer in-home service. The credit may then be drawn upon when a volunteer or beneficiary needs such in-home services. Types of services rendered are in-home services which enhance the capacity of the recipient to maintain self-sufficiency and/or improve the recipient's quality of life. No income test shall be used to determine eligibility for service.
The Commission for Human Services shall promulgate rules necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose of the Volunteer Service Credit Bank Program Act.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 348, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.