The Department shall consult with the Office of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Administration on Aging, grantees, area agencies on aging, other state, county and local government entities, service providers and other activities which have an interest in or role in meeting the needs of the elderly in planning for, during, and after natural, civil defense, and/or man-made disasters. To facilitate this responsibility, the Department shall identify an individual as the Emergency Management specialist for the Department who shall:
  (1) represent the Department at meetings and functions pertinent to emergency management and communicate and coordinate with representatives of other agencies and activities concerned with emergency management;
  (2) develop all reports resulting from disaster recovery operations;
  (3) develop procedures for reimbursement of Title III funds for use by area agencies on aging in disaster recovery operations, including the acquisition of certificates of non-duplication of services from the FEMA on-site director, review such requests for accuracy and validity, and forward these requests to the Administration on Aging for payment;
  (4) provide technical assistance to area agencies engaged in planning for services to the elderly prior to disasters and following any natural, man-made or civil defense disaster which impacts the elderly within their PSA; and
  (5) assist area agencies in disaster recovery operations.

Source Note: The provisions of this §213.11 adopted to be effective January 12, 1995, 19 TexReg 10555; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 8842; transferred effective June 15, 2021, as published in the May 28, 2021 issue of the Texas Register, 46 TexReg 3421