Section 17.4.5. Continuity of services in the event of appeal of designation.

To ensure continuity of services in the affected planning and service area(s) while the commission’s final decision regarding designation of an area agency on aging is on appeal, the existing area agency on aging shall provide services unless the department, in its discretion, elects to do any of the following individually or in combination:

        1.            Temporarily perform the responsibilities of the area agency on aging;

        2.            Assign the responsibilities of the area agency on aging to any other area agency on aging; or

        3.            Assign the responsibilities of the area agency on aging to another entity that is in the planning and service area and is competent to provide area agency on aging services.

The department may also submit a written request to the Administration on Aging for an extension of the continuity of services plan pursuant to this rule. The request shall document the need for an extension to provide continuity of services in the affected planning and service area(s) until a successor area agency on aging is designated after appeal.

[ARC 9863B, IAB 11/30/11, effective 11/1/11]