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Senate Amendment 5394

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 2348, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 12 and
  1  4 inserting the following:
  1  5    "Section 1.  INSTITUTIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE
  1  6 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES – LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS
  1  7 AND INTENT.  During the 1997 legislative interim, the
  1  8 human services restructuring task force of the general
  1  9 assembly visited the state institutions administered
  1 10 by the department of human services.  The task force
  1 11 members heard from concerned parents, service
  1 12 consumers, service system administrators, state and
  1 13 community-based providers, advocates for the needs of
  1 14 persons with disabilities, and many other persons
  1 15 interested in the service system for persons with
  1 16 disabilities and juveniles.  Based upon the task
  1 17 force's review and recommendations, the general
  1 18 assembly makes the following findings concerning these
  1 19 institutions:"
  1 20    #2.  Page 1, line 15, by inserting after the word
  1 21 "multiuse" the following:  "regional".
  1 22    #3.  Page 1, line 21, by striking the words "and
  1 23 residential".
  1 24    #4.  Page 1, by striking lines 23 and 24 and
  1 25 inserting the following:
  1 26    "___.  Community-based approaches and individually
  1 27 designed services and support are recognized as the
  1 28 most desirable means of meeting the needs of persons
  1 29 with disabilities.  A movement from an institution-
  1 30 oriented system to a community and individual-oriented
  1 31 system has occurred over time while community
  1 32 resources and individualized services have been
  1 33 developed.  However, state institutions continue to
  1 34 fill a necessary role in serving persons with chronic,
  1 35 complex, or difficult-to-treat conditions."
  1 36    #5.  Page 1, line 28, by striking the words "State
  1 37 officials" and inserting the following:  "Institution
  1 38 administrators".
  1 39    #6.  Page 2, line 6, by inserting after the word
  1 40 "services" the following:  ", the governor's
  1 41 developmental disabilities council, a certified
  1 42 employee organization that represents residential
  1 43 treatment workers, the Iowa association of
  1 44 rehabilitation and residential facilities, the Iowa
  1 45 state association of counties, the arc of Iowa which
  1 46 was formerly known as the association for retarded
  1 47 citizens of Iowa, the alliance for the mentally ill of
  1 48 Iowa, and other service system consumers,
  1 49 administrators, providers, and advocates".
  1 50    #7.  Page 2, by striking lines 18 through 21 and
  2  1 inserting the following:
  2  2    "1.  The department of human services shall work
  2  3 with county central point".
  2  4    #8.  Page 2, line 31, by striking the words "other
  2  5 citizens" and inserting the following:  "any citizen".
  2  6    #9.  Page 3, line 3, by striking the words "state
  2  7 institutions" and inserting the following:
  2  8 "resources".
  2  9    #10. Page 3, by striking line 8 and inserting the
  2 10 following:  "appropriate services to serve citizens
  2 11 from the other state."
  2 12    #11.  Page 4, line 35, by inserting after the word
  2 13 "department" the following:  ", the medical assistance
  2 14 advisory council created in section 249A.4, subsection
  2 15 8,".
  2 16    #12.  Page 5, lines 7 and 8, by striking the words
  2 17 "community and residential" and inserting the
  2 18 following:  "regional".
  2 19    #13.  Page 5, by striking lines 20 through 22 and
  2 20 inserting the following:  "signage, and in other forms
  2 21 of communication."
  2 22    #14.  Page 6, line 16, by striking the words
  2 23 "community and residential" and inserting the
  2 24 following:  "regional".
  2 25    #15.  Page 6, by striking lines 31 through 33 and
  2 26 inserting the following:  "signage, and in other forms
  2 27 of communication." 
  2 28 
  2 29 
  2 30                               
  2 31 ELAINE SZYMONIAK 
  2 32 
  2 33 
  2 34                               
  2 35 NANCY BOETTGER 
  2 36 
  2 37                               
  2 38 MAGGIE TINSMAN 
  2 39 
  2 40                               
  2 41 HF 2348.502 77
  2 42 jp/jw/28
     

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