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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY DEARDEN
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 2105HH BY CONNORS)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution relating to the funding of the
1 5 Older Iowans' Legislature.
1 6 WHEREAS, the Older Iowans' Legislature was
1 7 established by the General Assembly in 1978 and
1 8 received state funding for the first 12 years of its
1 9 existence; and
1 10 WHEREAS, over the years the Older Iowans'
1 11 Legislature has monitored the needs of the aging
1 12 population and has framed legislative proposals to
1 13 address the changing and varied needs and issues of
1 14 this population; and
1 15 WHEREAS, the General Assembly has recognized the
1 16 efforts of the Older Iowans' Legislature by enacting
1 17 legislation based upon many of the proposals of the
1 18 Older Iowans' Model Legislature including but not
1 19 limited to those relating to mandatory use of
1 20 seatbelts; handicapped parking provisions; the use of
1 21 flashing fire warning devices for the hearing-
1 22 impaired; the establishment of well elderly clinics,
1 23 homemaker chore services, adult day care centers, case
1 24 management as an alternative to inappropriate
1 25 placement in nursing homes; and recognition of spousal
1 26 impoverishment; and provisions for adult and child
1 27 abuse prevention; and
1 28 WHEREAS, state funding for the Older Iowans'
1 29 Legislature was eliminated by the General Assembly in
1 30 1990 and since that time delegates to the Older
2 1 Iowans' Legislature have provided personal funding for
2 2 their participation in the Model Legislature; and
2 3 WHEREAS, the lack of state funding has resulted in
2 4 representation by only the financially secure or by
2 5 those Iowans for whom costs have been paid by an area
2 6 agency on aging, which payment has, additionally,
2 7 resulted in the placing of a financial burden on these
2 8 agencies; and
2 9 WHEREAS, a nonprofit organization, the Older Iowa
2 10 Foundation, was established to generate funding for
2 11 the Older Iowans' Legislature but has been unable to
2 12 generate sufficient funding; and
2 13 WHEREAS, the Older Iowans' Legislature estimates
2 14 that the Older Iowans' Model Legislature requires
2 15 funds in the amount of $60,000 annually in order to
2 16 pay delegate costs and associated costs of the area
2 17 agencies on aging; and
2 18 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa has benefited greatly
2 19 from the work of the Older Iowans' Model Legislature
2 20 in the past and can continue to benefit from these
2 21 efforts in the future; NOW THEREFORE,
2 22 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 23 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
2 24 be requested to provide adequate funding to the Older
2 25 Iowans' Legislature to continue its work including
2 26 maintenance of the current format for the Model
2 27 Legislature, providing older Iowans with instruction
2 28 in the legislative process, to provide older Iowans
2 29 with a means of proposing legislation for review by
2 30 the General Assembly, and providing the General
3 1 Assembly with a source of information and experience
3 2 in addressing the issues and needs of older Iowans.
3 3 LSB 2105SS 76
3 4 pf/sc/14
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