Senate Resolution 180

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  TINSMAN
  1  3 A Resolution requesting the Senate leadership to
  1  4    establish a blue ribbon elder services planning group
  1  5    to develop a plan for unifying the state administration
  1  6    of services utilized by elderly Iowans who are age
  1  7    sixty or older.
  1  8    WHEREAS, Iowa's services for persons who are
  1  9 elderly provide an important element in the community
  1 10 life of the state; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, Iowa's services for these populations,
  1 12 while of high quality, are amenable to improvement
  1 13 through consideration of the state's role in
  1 14 administering the services; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 15    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 16 leadership is requested to establish a blue ribbon
  1 17 elder services planning group to develop a plan for
  1 18 unifying the state administration of services utilized
  1 19 by elderly Iowans who are age sixty or older and the
  1 20 plan should address options for implementing the
  1 21 unification through legislation, funding changes, or
  1 22 other appropriate means and shall address the services
  1 23 paid for or provided to elderly Iowans by the
  1 24 departments of elder affairs, human services, and
  1 25 public health; and
  1 26    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the departments that
  1 27 are the focus of the planning process are requested to
  1 28 provide staffing services for the planning group and
  1 29 the plan should be submitted to the Senate when it is
  1 30 completed; and
  2  1    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the unification plan
  2  2 should be designed to achieve the following goals:
  2  3    1.  Provide for a more effective delivery of
  2  4 services to persons who are elderly.
  2  5    2.  Create financial efficiencies.
  2  6    3.  Create more accountability; and
  2  7    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the appointments
  2  8 necessary for the planning group be made by the Senate
  2  9 Majority Leader in consultation with the Senate
  2 10 Minority Leader and that the membership of the
  2 11 planning group should include the following:
  2 12    1.  The directors of the three departments or the
  2 13 directors' designees.
  2 14    2.  A director of an area agency on aging.
  2 15    3.  A representative of the governor.
  2 16    4.  A representative of the banking industry in
  2 17 this state who has significant experience with
  2 18 reorganization or restructuring of agencies.
  2 19    5.  The chief executive officer of a united way
  2 20 organization located in Iowa.
  2 21    6.  The president of an Iowa resource center for
  2 22 nonprofit organizations.
  2 23    7.  The president of the university of northern
  2 24 Iowa.
  2 25    8.  The chairman of the board of the largest
  2 26 private employer in the state.
  2 27    9.  An individual retired as president of the
  2 28 state's largest private health insurer who has served
  2 29 as mayor of Iowa's largest city.
  2 30    10.  The head of the AARP Iowa chapter.
  3  1    11.  The chief executive officer of an Iowa=based
  3  2 financial services company ranked by Fortune Magazine
  3  3 as sixth among life and health companies.
  3  4    12.  Two members of the senate.
  3  5 LSB 7131SS 80
  3  6 jp/sh/8.2