HF 197 (LSB 1256HV (4) 85)

RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF ADULT DAY SERVICES PROGRAMS AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 231D.3, subsection 7, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  Certification
 
Beginning January 1, 2013, certification of an adult day services program shall be for two
 
three years unless revoked for good cause by the department.
    Sec. 2.  Section 231D.4, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraphs (1) and (2), Code 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   (1)  For
 
Beginning January 1, 2013, for a two-year
 
three-year initial certification, seven hundred fifty dollars.
   (2)  For
 
Beginning January 1, 2013, for a two-year
 
three-year recertification, one thousand dollars.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 4.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2013. The department of inspections and appeals shall extend any initial certification or recertification issued to an adult day services program on or after January 1, 2013, and prior to the enactment of this 

Act, to reflect the three-year certification or recertification period specified under this Act.

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KRAIG PAULSEN

Speaker of the House

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PAM JOCHUM

President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 197, Eighty-fifth General Assembly.

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CARMINE BOAL

Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2013

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TERRY E. BRANSTAD

Governor