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Section 1Establishment; secretary, powers and duties
Section 2Offices of administration and of program planning and management; assistant secretaries
Section 3Divisions and administrative units; directors; description of organization, filing
Section 4Home care program; needs and services of adult handicapped; powers and duties of secretary
Section 4ASliding fee scale for home care services; financial eligibility limits
Section 4BAging services access points
Section 4CPharmacy outreach program; medication education and intervention resource center; executive office of elder affairs
Section 5Citizen advisory boards
Section 6Regulations
Section 7Acceptance of gifts or grants
Section 8Employees; appointments and removal; age restriction
Section 9Experts and technical consultants; appointment
Section 10Civil service status or tenure of employees
Section 11Interagency cooperation
Section 12Biennial evaluations of programs and projects; standards, restriction; publication of summaries; annual report
Section 13Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 3
Section 14Definitions applicable to Secs. 14 to 26
Section 15Reports of abuse; liability
Section 16Protective services system
Section 17Protective services agencies; authorized activities
Section 18Assessment and evaluation of reports; investigations; arrangement for protective services
Section 19Consent to protective services; interference with provision of services
Section 20Lack of capacity to consent to protective services; hearings; emergency orders; placement or commitment
Section 21Geriatric evaluation process
Section 22Financial eligibility guidelines; reimbursements by elderly persons
Section 23Records; disclosure; destruction; regulations; penalties
Section 24Reports
Section 25Rules and regulations
Section 26Powers and responsibilities of other departments or agencies
Section 27Definitions applicable to Secs. 27 to 35
Section 28Long term care ombudsman program; director
Section 29Access to consenting residents; purpose of visit
Section 30Access to facility by ombudsman or designee; purpose; access to residents’ records
Section 31Residents’ records; confidentiality; investigations; notice of actions and findings; notice of abuse
Section 32Complaints; investigation and resolution; contracts with local programs
Section 33Ombudsman; duties
Section 33ALiability of ombudsmen; willful interference with duties; retaliation
Section 34Rules and regulations
Section 35Construction of chapter; interagency cooperation
Section 36Eligibility for public assistance programs; reverse mortgage proceeds
Section 37Hot lunch program; incorporation into school lunch program
Section 38Liability of counselors and coordinators; description of duties and responsibilities
Section 39Subsidized catastrophic prescription drug insurance program; department of elder affairs
Section 40Prescription drug review commission; membership; recommendations