HF 379 (LSB 2332HH (5) 87)

HOUSE FILE 379

BY  GASKILL, HINSON, and ANDERSON

(COMPANION TO LSB 2332SS BY MATHIS)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the health and resilience outreach (HERO) project and providing an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  HEALTH AND RESILIENCE OUTREACH (HERO) PROJECT —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department on aging for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes designated:      For the public purpose of providing a grant to an organization that is the Iowa chapter of a national nonprofit organization that is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research and provides vital services, education, and support to people living with Alzheimer’s as well as their family members and caregivers, to implement and expand the volunteer health and resilience outreach (HERO) project:
   ...................................................................... $    250,000
   The moneys appropriated in this section shall be used for volunteer recruitment, volunteer training, and respite scholarships to maintain caregiver resilience and to keep the person diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia in the person’s own home for a longer period of time than would otherwise be possible.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the department on aging for FY 2017-2018 for the public purpose of providing a grant to an organization that is the Iowa chapter of a national nonprofit organization that is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research and provides vital services, education, and support to people living with Alzheimer’s as well as their family members and caregivers, to implement and expand the volunteer health and resilience outreach (HERO) project. The moneys appropriated shall be used for volunteer recruitment, volunteer training, and respite scholarships to maintain caregiver resilience and to keep the person diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia in the person’s own home for a longer period of time than would otherwise be possible.