Ohio Admin. Code 173-4-10 - Older Americans Act nutrition program: grocery shopping assistance
(A) "Grocery shopping assistance" means a
service that assists consumers with the act of grocery shopping for
groceries .
(B) Requirements
for every AAA-provider agreement for grocery shopping assistance paid, in whole
or in part, with Older Americans Act funds:
(1)
General
requirements: The AAA-provider agreement is subject to
the requirements in rule
173-3-06 of the Administrative
Code for every AAA-provider agreement paid, in whole
or in part, with Older Americans Act funds.
(2) Introductory information: The provider
shall provide a consumer with a packet of introductory information that
explains how grocery shopping assistance works upon
on the
consumer's enrollment into the grocery shopping
assistance service .
(3) Transferring groceries:
In the AAA-provider agreement, the
The AAA shall indicate the extent to which
it requires the provider
shall
to
transfer the groceries that the consumer
purchases or receives.
(4) Payment:
(a) No Older Americans Act funds, other than
funds from Title III-B or III-E of the Older Americans Act,
shall
may pay
for grocery shopping assistance.
(b) No Older Americans Act funds, other than
funds from Title III-B or III-E of the Older Americans Act,
shall
may pay
for consumable supplies or material aid to meet basic needs, such as groceries.
Providers may accept other funds (e.g., private pay, SNAP) for consumable
supplies or material aid to meet basic needs.
(5) Service verification:
(c)(b) During a state of
emergency declared by the governor or a federal public health emergency, the
provider may verify each episode of service provided without collecting the
unique identifier of the consumer or the consumer's
caregiver .
(a)
The following are
the mandatory reporting items
For
for each episode of assistance, the provider shall retain a record of the consumer's name;
service date; pick-up time and location; drop-off time and location; service
units; and a unique identifier of the consumer.
that a provider retains to comply with the requirements
under paragraph (B)(9) of rule
173-3-06 of the Administrative
Code:
(i)
Consumer's name.
(ii)
Service
date.
(iii)
Pick-up time and location.
(iv)
Drop-off time
and location.
(v)
Service units.
(vi)
Unique
identifier of the consumer or the consumer's caregiver to attest to receiving
the service.
(b) In the AAA-provider agreement,
the AAA shall not prohibit the provider from using an electronic system to
collect and retain the items in paragraph (B)(5)(a) of this
rule.
(C) Units: One unit of grocery shopping
assistance equals
is one-way transportation to or from a retail food
establishment or non-profit food establishment.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 121.07, 173.01, 173.02, 173.392; 42 U.S.C. 3025; 45 C.F.R. 1321.11, 1321.17
Rule Amplifies: 173.39, 173.392; 42 U.S.C. 3025, 3030e, 3030f; 45 C.F.R. 1321.11, 1321.17
Prior Effective Dates: 03/05/2009, 09/01/2016, 06/11/2020 (Emer.), 10/29/2020, 01/29/2022
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