PUBLIC LAW 106-501—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2241 (A) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), (G), (I), (J), (K), (L), (O), (P), (Q), (R), and (S); (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F), (H), (M), and (N) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G), respectively; (C) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B)), by striking "or adults" and inserting ", assistance to older individuals caring for relatives who are children"; (D) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B)), by inserting "and older individuals residing in rural areas" after "minority individuals"; and (E) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B)), by adding "and" after the semicolon; (11) by striking paragraphs (7) through (13) and inserting the following: "(7) provide that the area agency on aging will facilitate the coordination of community-based, long-term care services designed to enable older individuals to remain in their homes, by means including— "(A) development of case management services as a component of the long-term care services, consistent with the requirements of paragraph (8); "(B) involvement of long-term care providers in the coordination of such services; and "(C) increasing community awareness of and involvement in addressing the needs of residents of long-term care facilities; "(8) provide that case management services provided under this title through the area agency on aging will— "(A) not duplicate case management services provided through other Federal and State programs; "(B) be coordinated with services described in subparagraph (A); and "(C) be provided by a public agency or a nonprofit private agency that— "(i) gives each older individual seeking services under this title a list of agencies that provide similar services within the jurisdiction of the area agency on aging; "(ii) gives each individual described in clause (i) a statement specifying that the individual has a right to make an independent choice of service providers and documents receipt by such individual of such statement; "(iii) has case managers acting as agents for the individuals receiving the services and not as promoters for the agency providing such services; or "(iv) is located in a rural area and obtains a waiver of the requirements described in clauses (i) through (iii); "(9) provide assurances that the area agency on aging, in carrying out the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program under section 307(a)(9), will expend not less than the total amount of funds appropriated under this Act and expended by the agency in fiscal year 2000 in carrying out such a program under tlus title;
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