California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 9100.
  (a) There is in the California Health and Human Services Agency, the California Department of Aging.(b) The department’s mission shall be to provide leadership to the area...
• Section 9101.
  (a) The department shall consist of a director, and any staff as may be necessary for proper administration.(b) The department shall maintain its main office in Sacramento.(c) The...
• Section 9101.5.
  (a) (1) The University of California is requested to compile the following information:(A) A survey of existing resources throughout California’s governmental and administrative structure that are available to...
• Section 9102.
  The duties and powers of the department shall be:(a) To administer all programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and this division, including...
• Section 9103.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Recent studies have shown that lifelong experiences of marginalization place lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) seniors...
• Section 9103.1.
  (a) The department shall ensure all older adults have equal access to programs and services provided through the Older Americans Act and under this division in...
• Section 9105.
  The department may adopt and promulgate regulations for the purpose of carrying out this division.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective...
• Section 9105.1.
  The department, in partnership with the area agencies on aging, the Department of Rehabilitation, any independent living centers, any contractor selected to implement the federal...
• Section 9106.
  (a) The department shall administer the administrative cost limitation, as defined in applicable federal law or regulation on a statewide basis. This allocation shall be based...
• Section 9107.
  The department may accept gifts and grants from any source, public or private, to assist it in the performance of its functions, and these gifts...
• Section 9108.
  In addition to any nutrition programs conducted under the McCarthy-Kennick Nutrition Program for the Elderly Act of 1972 (Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 18325) of...
• Section 9109.
  The department shall, in consultation with nutrition site directors and area agencies on aging, develop policies and guidelines for senior nutrition sites that ensure food...
• Section 9110.
  (a) The department may make available state funds to fund senior nutrition programs that complement programs implemented pursuant to Title III of the federal Older Americans...
• Section 9111.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a great disparity in the method by which the federal Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3001,...
• Section 9112.
  (a) The department shall implement an intrastate funding formula in accordance with all federal regulations. This formula shall apply to all federal and state funds allocated...
• Section 9113.
  Area agencies on aging shall maintain in effect contracts funded from appropriations made by the Budget Act of 2000 for community-based service program expansion until...
• Section 9114.
  The department may, where necessary to ensure the continued provision of services or program operation, advance available state funds to an area agency on aging...

Last modified: October 22, 2018