STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 321	By:	Anderson

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to poor persons; authorizing the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services to establish the Aging and Disability Resource Consortium initiative; directing the Division to serve as the lead agency; directing the Division to collaborate with certain communities; permitting the Division to pursue grants; providing duties of initiative; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3002.1 of Title 56, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  The Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to collaborate with other national, state and local agencies and community groups to establish, develop and implement a single point-of-entry concept for aging and disability groups in the state.  This initiative shall be referred to as the Aging and Disability Resource Consortium (ADRC) initiative.
B.  The Aging Services Division shall be the lead agency for the establishment of the ADRC initiative.  The Aging Services Division shall collaborate and coordinate with the aging and disability communities in the state to ensure appropriate inclusion in the ADRC initiative.  The Aging Services Division is authorized to pursue national, state and local grants to comply with national, state and local rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act.
C.  The ADRC initiative shall streamline access to long-term support services and assist elderly persons and persons with disabilities in making informed decisions about their service and support options.  The ADRC initiative shall coordinate existing systems of information, assistance and access for elderly persons and persons with disabilities and shall form state and local partnerships that provide information and assistance to individuals or professionals needing either public or private resources for themselves or their clients, especially when planning for long-term support service needs.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.

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