Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-1-1 - Definitions
(a) "Area agency"
and "area agency on aging" mean the agency or organization within a planning
and service area that has been designated by the secretary to develop,
implement, and administer a plan for the delivery of a comprehensive and
coordinated system of services to individuals in the planning and service
area.
(b) "Area plan" means the
document developed by an area agency that describes the comprehensive and
coordinated system of services to be provided to individuals in a planning and
service area.
(c) "Comprehensive
and coordinated system of services" means a program of interrelated supportive
and nutrition services designed to meet the needs of individuals in a planning
and service area.
(d) "Contract"
means a procurement agreement.
(e)
"Contractor" means the party or parties who are under contract with the
department or an area agency to provide services to individuals in a planning
and service area.
(f)
"Contribution" means a donation of money or vision card units that is given by
a customer to pay to the provider a portion or the total cost of services
received.
(g) "Department" has the
meaning specified in
K.S.A. 75-5902(a), and amendments
thereto.
(h) "Federal act" means
the older Americans act of 1965, codified at 42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. on October
17, 2006, as amended.
(i) "Final
financial report" means a contractor-prepared or grantee-prepared document that
contains an accurate and complete disclosure of the financial results of the
contract, grant, subcontract, or subgrant.
(j) "Grant" means an award of financial
assistance in the form of money, or property in lieu of money, by the
department.
(k) "Grantee" means any
legal entity to which a grant is awarded and that is accountable to the
department for the use of the grant. The grantee is the entire legal entity
even if only a particular component of the entity is designated in the
grant.
(l) "Granting agency" means
Kansas department on aging.
(m)
"Greatest economic need" means the need for services resulting from an annual
income level at or below the poverty threshold established annually by the U.S.
department of health and human services.
(n) "Greatest social need" means the need for
services caused by noneconomic factors that restricts an individual's ability
to perform normal daily tasks or that threatens the capacity to live
independently. Noneconomic factors shall include physical and mental
disabilities, language barriers, and cultural, social, or geographic isolation
including isolation caused by racial or ethnic status.
(o) "Indian tribal organization" means the
recognized governing body of any Indian tribe or any legally established
organization of Indians that is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by the
governing body of an Indian tribe.
(p) "In-home service" means the provision of
health, medical, or social services to a private individual in the individual's
noninstitutional place of residence.
(q) "Kansan" means any individual who
currently resides within the state of Kansas.
(r) "Metropolitan area" means a standard
metropolitan statistical area as defined by the census bureau.
(s) "Modification of a grant or contract"
means a change in an area plan or other grant or a contract that would result
in any of the following:
(1) Alteration of the
program scope, planned objectives, or manner in which services are
delivered;
(2) provision of
financial assistance or payments to any entity not authorized by the original
grant or contract; or
(3)
alteration of the approved budget of the original grant or contract.
(t) "Notification of grant award"
and "NGA" mean the document, issued by the department, awarding financial
assistance for the provision of services and specifying the terms of the
grant.
(u) "Obligation" means the
dollar amount of the orders placed, contracts and subgrants awarded, services
received, and similar transactions during the grant period that will require
payment within 75 days following the last day in which the grant is
active.
(v) "Older individual" and
"older person" has the meaning specified in
K.S.A. 75-5902(d), and amendments
thereto, for "aged" and "senior citizen."
(w) "Planning and service area" and "PSA"
mean a geographic area of the state designated by the department for the
purpose of planning, development, delivery, and overall administration of
services under an area plan.
(x)
"Program income" and "project income" mean gross income received by the grantee
or subgrantee and directly generated by a grant-supported activity or earned
only as a result of the grant agreement during the period.
(y) "Qualified assessor" means any individual
who meets the department's education, licensure, certification, and training
requirements that are required to perform a customer assessment for a program
funded by the department.
(z)
"Redesignation" means a change in the geographic boundaries of a planning and
service area or selection of an area agency that is different from the area
agency previously designated for a particular planning and service
area.
(aa) "Request for proposal"
and "RFP" mean the document containing criteria that is used to solicit
applications for a contract or grant from potential service
providers.
(bb) "Secretary" has the
meaning specified in
K.S.A. 75-5902(b), and amendments
thereto.
(cc) "Self-employment"
means work for income performed by an individual engaged on that individual's
own account in a business, farm, or other enterprise.
(dd) "Service provider" means any legal
entity that is obligated to provide services in any planning and service
area.
(ee) "State act" means Kansas
act on aging,
K.S.A. 75-5901 et seq. and amendments
thereto.
(ff) "State advisory
council" means the advisory council on aging created by
K.S.A. 75-5911, and amendments thereto.
(gg) "State plan" means the document
submitted to the U.S. department of health and human services by the department
in order to receive its allotment of funds under the older Americans
act.
(hh) "Subcontractor" means any
legal entity to which a subcontract has been awarded and that is accountable to
the contractor to provide services to individuals in a planning and service
area.
(ii) "Subgrant" means an
award of financial assistance in the form of money, or property in lieu of
money, made under a grant by a grantee to a subgrantee.
(jj) "Subgrantee" means any legal entity to
which a sub-grant is awarded and that is accountable to the grantee for the use
of the grant funds.
(kk) "Unit of
local government" means either of the following:
(1) Any county, city, township, school
district, or other similar political subdivision of the state, or any agency,
bureau, office, or department thereof; or
(2) any Indian tribal organization.
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