1. (a) There is a Healthy Aging Program in the Department.

2. (b) The purposes of the Program are to:

   1. (1) promote healthy aging and healthy living by older adults at both the State and local levels;
   2. (2) encourage aging safely at home and in the community;
   3. (3) raise public awareness about the importance of healthy aging and aging safely for both individuals and the public at large;
   4. (4) evaluate the need for improving the quality and accessibility of existing healthy aging opportunities and services;
   5. (5) improve the quality of life and contain health care costs of older adults;
   6. (6) provide competitive funding grants to design and test programs and services that help older adults achieve healthy and safe aging and healthy living; and
   7. (7) publicly disseminate the outcomes of the grants awarded under the Program.

Added by Acts 2017, c. 206, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.