45 CFR § 1321.11 - Advocacy responsibilities.

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title: "45 CFR § 1321.11 - Advocacy responsibilities."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1321.11"
section_name: "Advocacy responsibilities."
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING"
part_number: "1321"
part_name: "GRANTS TO STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 3001"
regulatory_source: "89 FR 11656, Feb. 14, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1321.11 Advocacy responsibilities.

(a) The State agency shall:

(1) Review, monitor, evaluate, and comment on Federal, State, and local plans, budgets, regulations, programs, laws, levies, hearings, policies, and actions which affect or may affect older individuals or family caregivers, and recommend any changes in these which the State agency considers to be aligned with the interests identified in the Act;

(2) Provide technical assistance and training to agencies, organizations, associations, or individuals representing older individuals and family caregivers; and

(3) Review and comment on applications to State and Federal agencies for assistance relating to meeting the needs of older individuals and family caregivers.

(b) No requirement in this section shall be deemed to supersede a prohibition contained in a Federal appropriation on the use of Federal funds to lobby.