Section 30.24. Interim emergency redesignation

(a) Whenever circumstances in a designated planning and service area render the designated Area Agency on Aging immediately incapable of complying with the assurances specified in § 30.12(2) (relating to organization/agency eligibility), the Department will—all other provisions of this chapter notwithstanding and in order to guarantee the uninterrupted provision of services—take all appropriate action, including but not limited to acting immediately to redesignate an organization or agency as the Area Agency on Aging on an interim emergency basis. Such redesignation shall remain in effect as long as necessary, but in no case longer than 180 days.

(b) Within the 180-day period specified in subsection (a), the Department will make a final decision regarding redesignation in the affected planning and service area. In so doing, the Department will follow the procedures specified in § § 30.22 and 30.23 (relating to preliminary departmental action and procedure for redesignation); except that it will not be required to act within the time limits specified in these sections.

Editor’s Note: The following document is being codified under 1 Pa. Code § 3.1(9) (relating to contents of Pennsylvania Code) as a document which the Legislative Reference Bureau finds to be general and permanent in nature.