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Subchapter
001
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OLDER VERMONTERS ACT
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 6204)
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§ 6204. Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living; duties
(a) The Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living is Vermont’s designated
State Unit on Aging.
(1) The Department shall administer all Older Americans Act programs in this State and
shall develop and maintain the State Plan on Aging.
(2) The Department shall be the subject matter expert to guide decision making in State
government for all programs, services, funding, initiatives, and other activities
relating to or affecting older Vermonters, including:
(A) State-funded and federally funded long-term care services and supports;
(B) housing and transportation;
(C) health care reform activities; and
(D) public health crisis and emergency preparedness planning.
(3) The Department shall administer the Choices for Care program, which the Department
shall do in coordination with efforts it undertakes in its role as the State Unit
on Aging.
(b)(1) The Department shall coordinate strategies to incorporate the principles established
in section 6202 of this subchapter into all programs serving older Vermonters.
(2) The Department shall use both qualitative and quantitative data to monitor and evaluate
the system’s success in targeting services to individuals with the greatest economic
and social need.
(c) The Department’s Advisory Board established pursuant to section 505 of this title shall monitor the implementation and administration of the Older Vermonters Act established
by this subchapter. (Added 2019, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 5, 2020; amended 2021, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. July 1, 2022.)