Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 35.23 - Advisory Council responsiblity to advise the Area Agency to develop and administer the area plan(a) In order to fulfill its responsibility to advise the Area Agency in the development and administration of the area plan, the Advisory Council will: (1) confer with the Area Agency Director regarding the area plan and contract and any revision to the area plan or contract prior to their submission by the Director to the appointing authority and to the Department; and(2) certify that it has participated in the development of the area plan, that it has reviewed the area plan as submitted to the Department, and that it recommends either approval or disapproval, by signature of the Chief Officer of the Advisory Council on the area plan application form submitted to the Department.(b) The Advisory Council may, in cooperation with the appointing authority: (1) review and discuss with the Area Agency Director any subcontracts for services entered into by the agency before such contracts are let and at such other times as indicated by the appearance of problems with or questions about such contracts; and(2) ensure that the Department's appeal procedures for service providers, as set forth in Chapter 3 (relating to hearing and appeals procedure) proposed at 10 Pa.B. 3922 (October 4, 1980), are available and, when necessary, utilized within the PSA.