Senate Resolution 180 PAG LIN 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