2011 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 35 - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS (§§ 3001 - 3058ff)
Subchapter III - GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING (§§ 3021 - 3030s-12)
Part A - General Provisions (§§ 3021 - 3030c-3)
Section 3030c-1 - Rights relating to in-home services for frail older individuals
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 35 - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS SUBCHAPTER III - GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING Part A - General Provisions Sec. 3030c-1 - Rights relating to in-home services for frail older individuals |
Contains | section 3030c-1 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-73, title III, §314, as added Pub. L. 102-375, title III, §311, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1237; amended Pub. L. 103-171, §§2(11), 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1989, 1990. |
Statutes at Large References | 106 Stat. 1237 107 Stat. 1989 |
Public Law References | Public Law 89-73, Public Law 102-375, Public Law 103-171 |
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The Assistant Secretary shall require entities that provide in-home services under this subchapter to promote the rights of each older individual who receives such services. Such rights include the following:
(1) The right—
(A) to be fully informed in advance about each in-home service provided by such entity under this subchapter and about any change in such service that may affect the well-being of such individual; and
(B) to participate in planning and changing an in-home service provided under this subchapter by such entity unless such individual is judicially adjudged incompetent.
(2) The right to voice a grievance with respect to such service that is or fails to be so provided, without discrimination or reprisal as a result of voicing such grievance.
(3) The right to confidentiality of records relating to such individual.
(4) The right to have the property of such individual treated with respect.
(5) The right to be fully informed (orally and in writing), in advance of receiving an in-home service under this subchapter, of such individual's rights and obligations under this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 89–73, title III, §314, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title III, §311, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1237; amended Pub. L. 103–171, §§2(11), 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1989, 1990.)
Amendments1993—Pub. L. 103–171 struck out “(a)
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