The Department on Aging shall designate area agencies on aging, and area agencies on aging shall designate focal points. Focal points shall provide leadership on aging issues in their respective communities and shall carry out a comprehensive service system for older adults or shall coordinate with a comprehensive service system in providing services for older adults. The area agencies on aging represent the regional level of the state aging network and the focal points represent the local level of the state aging network.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 336, Section 1, eff April 20, 1994; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 25C, eff July 1, 2009; 2018 Act No. 261 (S.107), Pt I, Section 8, eff January 1, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2018 Act No. 261, Section 8, in the first sentence, substituted "The Department on Aging shall" for "The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Division on Aging, shall", and made a nonsubstantive change.