SECTION .0200 – REQUIREMENTS

10A NCAC 05I .0201         SERVICES SUBJECT TO Consumer contributions

(a)  Consumer contributions may be accepted for all services administered by the Division of Aging and Adult Services.

(b)  The use of a Recommended Contribution Schedule is prohibited for individuals receiving:

(1)           Information and Assistance, Outreach, Benefits Counseling, Case Management Services;

(2)           Congregate Nutrition and Home Delivered Meals, Senior Companion;

(3)           Ombudsman, Elder Abuse Prevention, Legal Assistance or other consumer protection services or

(4)           Any services delivered through tribal organizations.

(c)  When any of the services specified in Paragraph (a) of this Rule are provided to adults or children as part of a Protective Services Plan, these individuals shall be excluded from consumer contributions, from the beginning of the provision of services until protective services are no longer needed or for 12 months, whichever comes first.  Consumer contributions shall not apply to children in foster care, children who have been approved to receive adoption assistance, persons receiving Work First assistance, or federally administered Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicants or recipients.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143B‑181.1 (a) (10); 143B‑181.1 (c); 42 U.S.C. 3001; 45 C.F.R. 1321.67;

Older Americans Act, Section 315(a)(3) (as amended, 2000);

Eff. July 1, 1992;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2005;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 23, 2015.