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Chief Patron: Landes
Care Coordination for the Elderly (language only)

Item 275 #4h

Item 275 #4h

Health And Human Resources
Aging, Department for the

Language
Page 182, after line 15, insert:
"P.  The Virginia Department for the Aging, in collaboration with the eighteen Area Agencies on Aging that are authorized to use funding for the Care Coordination for Elderly Virginians Program, shall examine and analyze existing state and national care coordination models to determine best practice models.  Any Area Agency on Aging (AAAs) that receives funding for care coordination may submit a plan describing the model of care coordination to be implemented, which may include the Senior Outreach to Services, and shall work with the Department to ensure that the plan embraces best practices, integrates its other service delivery systems and includes sufficient measures for evaluation.  The Department and designated AAAs shall determine which models of service delivery are appropriate and demonstrate beneficial use of these funds and develop the accompanying service standards."


Explanation
(This language amendment requires the Department to work with eighteen Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) that receive funding for care coordination to determine the best models to use in the Commonwealth for care coordination, including the Senior Outreach to Services (SOS), a program providing mobile, brief intervention and service linking. Language allows AAAs to submit a plan describing the model of care coordination to be used and requires them to work with the department to ensure that the plan embraces best practices, works with other service delivery systems and includes evaluation measures. The department and designated AAAs are required to determine which models of service delivery are appropriate and demonstrate beneficial use of these funds.)