26B-6-113. Allocation of funds to local area agencies — Formulas.
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Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-6-113- Area agency: means an area agency that provides services to the aged, high risk adults, or both within a planning and service area. See Utah Code 26B-6-101
- Board: means the Board of Aging and Adult Services created in Section 26B-1-426. See Utah Code 26B-6-101
- Division: means the Division of Aging and Adult Services within the department. See Utah Code 26B-6-101
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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The board shall establish by rule formulas for allocating funds to local area agencies through contracts to provide programs and services in accordance with this part based on need. |
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Determination of need shall be based on the number of eligible persons located in the local area which the division is authorized to serve, unless federal regulations require otherwise or the board establishes, by valid and accepted data, that other defined factors are relevant and reliable indicators of need. |
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Formulas established by the board shall include a differential to compensate for additional costs of providing services in rural areas. |
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Formulas established under Subsection (1) shall be in effect on or before July 1, 1998, and apply to all state and federal funds appropriated by the Legislature to the division for local area agencies, but does not apply to:
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funds that local area agencies receive from sources other than the division; |
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funds that local area agencies receive from the division to operate a specific program within its jurisdiction which is available to all residents of the state; |
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funds that a local area agency receives from the division to meet a need that exists only within that local area; and |
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funds that a local area agency receives from the division for research projects. |
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Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session
