SB 1366

Abstract

Aging services; social need. Requires the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, in providing aging services, to use available resources to provide services to older persons with the greatest economic or social needs. The bill defines "economic need" as need resulting from an income level at or below the poverty line. The bill defines "social need" as need caused by noneconomic factors, including (i) physical and mental disabilities, which include developmental disabilities and human immunodeficiency virus; (ii) language barriers; and (iii) cultural, social, or geographic isolation, including that which is related to a history of discrimination for factors such as racial or ethnic status, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation that can affect an individual's ability to perform normal daily tasks or threatens such individual's capacity to live independently.

Aging services; social need. Provides that,in providing aging services, the Department for Aging and RehabilitativeServices shall prioritize older persons with significant social needand defines "social need" as need caused by noneconomic factors,including physical and developmental disabilities; language barriers;cultural, social, or geographic isolation, including that caused byracial or ethnic status; gender identity or gender expression; sexualorientation; or status as a person infected with human immunodeficiencyvirus that restricts an individual's ability to perform normal dailytasks or threatens such individual's capacity to live independently.