Senate File 53 - Introduced





                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  BOLKCOM, BLACK, QUIRMBACH,
                                        STEWART, RAGAN, BEALL,
                                        SCHMITZ, SCHOENJAHN, DOTZLER,
                                        HECKROTH, WILHELM, HOGG,
                                        HORN, OLIVE, DANDEKAR,
                                        DEARDEN, APPEL, COURTNEY,
                                        GRONSTAL, KIBBIE, JOCHUM,
                                        KREIMAN, McCOY, and HATCH


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to and making an appropriation for the case
  2    management program for the frail elderly.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1126XS 83
  5 pf/rj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE FRAIL ELDERLY
  1  2 == APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund
  1  3 of the state to the department of elder affairs for the fiscal
  1  4 year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010, the
  1  5 following amount or so much thereof as is necessary to be used
  1  6 for the purpose designated:
  1  7    For the case management program for the frail elderly:
  1  8 .................................................. $  2,700,000
  1  9    The department of elder affairs shall utilize the funding
  1 10 appropriated to meet the needs of frail elders identified by
  1 11 the most recent case management for the frail elderly unmet
  1 12 needs report including but not limited to adult daycare,
  1 13 assisted transportation, caregiver support, case management,
  1 14 chore services, congregate meals, counseling, emergency
  1 15 response system, home repair, home delivered meals, homemaker
  1 16 services, legal assistance, mental health outreach, personal
  1 17 care, preventive health promotion, respite, transportation,
  1 18 and visiting.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill appropriates funds to the department of elder
  1 21 affairs for the case management program for the frail elderly
  1 22 to meet the needs of frail elders identified in the most
  1 23 recent frail elderly unmet needs report.
  1 24 LSB 1126XS 83
  1 25 pf/rj/5