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1 1 Amend Senate File 454, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 4 clause and inserting the following:
1 5 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 231C.1 DEFINITIONS.
1 6 As used in this chapter, unless the context
1 7 otherwise requires:
1 8 1. "Assisted living program" means a program which
1 9 provides housing and which additionally provides or
1 10 arranges for services including but not limited to
1 11 health-related care, personal care, and assistance
1 12 with instrumental activities of daily living to six or
1 13 more tenants in a physical structure which provides a
1 14 homelike environment. An assisted living program is
1 15 characterized by service provision which is consumer-
1 16 driven, flexible, and individualized, and that
1 17 maximizes consumer independence, choice, and dignity.
1 18 "Assisted living program" does not include the
1 19 provision of housing and assistance with instrumental
1 20 activities of daily living which does not also include
1 21 the provision of personal or health-related care.
1 22 2. "Department" means the department of elder
1 23 affairs created in chapter 231 or the department's
1 24 designee.
1 25 3. "Health-related care" means services provided
1 26 by a licensed or certified health care professional.
1 27 4. "Instrumental activities of daily living" means
1 28 those activities that reflect the tenant's ability to
1 29 perform household and other tasks necessary to meet
1 30 the tenant's needs within the community, including but
1 31 not limited to shopping, cooking, housekeeping and
1 32 other household tasks, and traveling within the
1 33 community.
1 34 5. "Personal care" means assistance with the
1 35 essential activities of daily living which may include
1 36 but are not limited to transferring, bathing, personal
1 37 hygiene, dressing, grooming, housekeeping essential to
1 38 the health and welfare of the tenant, and supervising
1 39 of self-administered medications. "Personal care"
1 40 does not include administration of medications.
1 41 6. "Tenant" means an individual who is a recipient
1 42 of assisted living program services.
1 43 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 231C.2 ACCREDITATION OF
1 44 ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAMS.
1 45 1. A program which is represented to the public as
1 46 an assisted living program shall be accredited by an
1 47 independent entity.
1 48 2. An independent entity which provides
1 49 accreditation services shall provide copies of all
1 50 requested materials relating to the accreditation
2 1 process to the department.
2 2 3. A hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B or
2 3 a health care facility licensed pursuant to chapter
2 4 135C may operate an assisted living program, located
2 5 in a distinct part of or a separate structure under
2 6 the control of the hospital or health care facility,
2 7 if the program is accredited pursuant to this chapter.
2 8 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 231C.3 SANCTIONS.
2 9 The department may adopt rules to establish
2 10 sanctions for failure to comply with the accreditation
2 11 provisions of this chapter. Additional sanctions
2 12 shall not be imposed for violations for which
2 13 sanctions exist under other law including but not
2 14 limited to building code and fire safety violations,
2 15 dependent adult abuse and adult protective services
2 16 provisions, and home health care regulations.
2 17 Sec. 4. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAIVER. The department
2 18 of human services shall seek a waiver from the health
2 19 care financing administration of the United States
2 20 department of health and human services to include
2 21 assisted living programs as eligible providers under
2 22 the medical assistance home and community-based
2 23 services waiver for the elderly.
2 24 Sec. 5. IMPLEMENTATION.
2 25 1. The department shall approve at least one
2 26 independent entity for the purposes of accrediting
2 27 assisted living programs on or before July 1, 1997.
2 28 2. The requirements of this chapter relating to
2 29 accreditation of assisted living programs take effect
2 30 July 1, 1998, if the program represents itself to the
2 31 public as an assisted living program."
2 32 #2. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
2 33 word "program" the following: "accreditation
2 34 process".
2 35 #3. Title page, line 3, by striking the word
2 36 "penalties" and inserting the following: "sanctions".
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2 40 WITT of Black Hawk
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2 44 CARROLL of Poweshiek
2 45 SF 454.301 76
2 46 pf/cf
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