SB 1052 — AN ACT CONCERNING AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.

Senate General Assembly RaisedFile Bill No.

1052674 January Session, 2023 LCOSubstitute Senate Bill No.

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AN ACT CONCERNING AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.

The area agencies shall (1) represent older persons within their geographic areas, (2) develop an area plan for approval by the Department of Aging and Disability Services and upon such approval administer the plan, (3) coordinate and assist local public and nonprofit, private agencies in the development of programs, (4) receive and distribute federal and state funds for such purposes, in accordance with applicable law, (5) distribute nutritional risk assessment surveys to older persons, collect the surveys and report individual and average nutritional risk assessment scores for each elderly planning and service area to the DepartmentsSB1052 of/ AgingFile and Disability Services, (6) employ persons to LCO No.

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1052674 Department of Aging and Disability Services, (6) employ persons to help consumers navigate and obtain needed services, and [(6)] (7) carry out any additional duties and functions required by federal law and regulations.

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(Effective from passage) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Aging and Disability Services from the General Fund in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024, to fund not less than two persons per area agency on aging, established pursuant to section 17a-850 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, to help persons navigate and obtain needed services.

Section 1 July 1, 2023 17a-850 Sec.HS Joint Favorable Subst.

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TosSB1052 ensure/ thatFile eachNo. area agency on aging has not less than two staff members dedicated to helping persons served by the agencies to navigate and obtain available services.

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OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 24 $ FY 25 $ Aging and Disability Services, GF - Cost 500,000 500,000 Dept.

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GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The billrequiresthestate’sfive areaagenciesonaging toemploy staff to help consumers navigate and obtain needed services.

The estimated cost of a services navigator position is $50,000, annually.

sHB 6659, the FY 24 and FY 25 budget bill, as favorably reported by the Appropriations Committee, appropriated $500,000 for this purpose.

This funding supports 10 navigator positions, two in each area agency on aging.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to inflation.

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674 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 1052 AN ACT CONCERNING AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.

SUMMARY This bill expands the responsibilities of the state’s five area agencies on aging (AAAs) to explicitly include hiring people to help consumers navigate and obtain needed services.

AAAs are private, nonprofit planning and service agencies that receive state and federal funds to carry out the Older Americans Act’s requirements.

Generally, they plan, coordinate, evaluate, and act as brokers for older adult services.

They award funds to local agencies, which in turn provide meals and related social services at local sites.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2023 COMMITTEE ACTION Human Services Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference - APP Yea 21 Nay 1 (03/16/2023) Appropriations Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 52 Nay 0 (04/20/2023) sSB1052 / File No.

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