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1 1 Amend the amendment, H-8801, to Senate File 2435,
1 2 as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. Page 1, line 14, by striking the figure
1 5 "422,443,000" and inserting the following:
1 6 "422,543,000".
1 7 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 38 the
1 8 following:
1 9 " . Of the funds appropriated in this section,
1 10 $100,000 is allocated for development of a plan for
1 11 implementation of a personal assistance services
1 12 program as described in House File 2380, as introduced
1 13 in the Seventy-eighth General Assembly, 2000 Session.
1 14 The target date used in the plan for implementation of
1 15 the program shall be July 1, 2002.
1 16 The department, in consultation with the department
1 17 of elder affairs, the Iowa department of public
1 18 health, the department of workforce development, the
1 19 department of education, division of vocational
1 20 rehabilitation, the department of economic
1 21 development, the Iowa state association of counties,
1 22 Iowa creative employment options, the community
1 23 services affiliate of the Iowa state association of
1 24 counties, and the personal assistance and family
1 25 support services council, shall convene a planning
1 26 committee, which includes consumers and family
1 27 members, advocates of consumers, providers of services
1 28 to consumers, and the entities consulted with, to
1 29 assist in the development of a plan for a personal
1 30 assistance services program based on principles and
1 31 standards described in this chapter. The membership
1 32 of the planning committee shall be appointed in a
1 33 manner so there are relatively equal proportions of
1 34 members with involvement in service management,
1 35 purchasing or approval, and members with an interest
1 36 in or involvement as a service consumer or advocate.
1 37 The planning committee shall also include four members
1 38 of the general assembly to serve in an ex officio,
1 39 nonvoting capacity with one each appointed by the
1 40 following: senate majority leader, senate minority
1 41 leader, speaker of the house of representatives, and
1 42 minority leader of the house of representatives. The
1 43 department may contract for services to support the
1 44 planning committee. At a minimum, the plan shall
1 45 include options to accomplish all of the following:
1 46 a. Designate a lead agency to be responsible for
1 47 administering the personal assistance services
1 48 program.
1 49 b. Provide that the personal assistance and family
1 50 support services policy council assist in the design,
2 1 implementation, marketing, and evaluation of the
2 2 state's personal assistance services program.
2 3 c. Provide a consumer-level administrative
2 4 oversight and technical assistance mechanism relating
2 5 to the planning, administrative rules development, and
2 6 implementation of the personal assistance services
2 7 program.
2 8 d. Provide for a transition process, with action
2 9 steps and time lines, describing how the state will
2 10 make personal assistance services a viable option that
2 11 is more cost-effective and responsive to the needs and
2 12 preferences of consumers.
2 13 e. Describe a process for consolidating all
2 14 noninstitutional personal assistance services programs
2 15 funded through the medical assistance program.
2 16 f. Describe the type of personal assistance
2 17 services to be provided under the program.
2 18 g. Describe the method of delivery of personal
2 19 assistance services and how such services will be
2 20 delivered statewide.
2 21 h. Evaluate the feasibility of further reducing
2 22 costs and addressing consumer needs and preferences
2 23 through the provision of auxiliary services such as
2 24 assistive technology and home modifications.
2 25 i. Describe a program intake process that will be
2 26 uniform throughout the state.
2 27 j. Review and consolidate the eligibility
2 28 requirements, intake processes, assessment tools, and
2 29 other relevant processes of all existing personal
2 30 assistance services waiver and pilot programs into a
2 31 single, comprehensive system.
2 32 k. Describe the standards and mechanisms for
2 33 copayments or cost-sharing and the methods used to
2 34 determine income eligibility of persons with
2 35 disabilities.
2 36 l. Determine quality assurance outcomes and
2 37 safeguards against physical, emotional, or financial
2 38 abuse and exploitation.
2 39 m. Describe the appeal process.
2 40 n. Describe how the barriers and disincentives
2 41 that currently discourage people from becoming
2 42 personal assistants can be removed.
2 43 o. Address the issues of provider and consumer
2 44 liability.
2 45 p. Describe acceptable methods whereby independent
2 46 personal assistance services providers may pool
2 47 resources to ensure adequate coverage provisions for
2 48 health insurance, liability insurance, and workers'
2 49 compensation insurance.
2 50 q. Consult with the health care financing
3 1 administration of the United States department of
3 2 health and human services, in reviewing and completing
3 3 a plan for consolidation and coordination of funding
3 4 mechanisms and expenditures relative to health care
3 5 facility services, intermediate care facilities for
3 6 persons with mental retardation services, all covered
3 7 home and community-based services provided under
3 8 section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act,
3 9 services provided under the personal care option of
3 10 the medical assistance program, and frail elderly
3 11 program services. The plan shall provide for
3 12 consolidation and coordination of funding mechanisms
3 13 and expenditures in order to provide funding for the
3 14 personal assistance services described in this
3 15 subsection and shall address the costs and potential
3 16 cost offsets in implementing the personal care option
3 17 under the medical assistance program.
3 18 r. Develop options to capitalize on and leverage
3 19 federal funding to the maximum extent possible under
3 20 the federal Ticket to Work and Work Incentives
3 21 Improvement Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106-170 and the
3 22 federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub. L. No.
3 23 105-220."
3 24 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
3 25
3 26
3 27
3 28 DIX of Butler
3 29
3 30
3 31
3 32 HEATON of Henry
3 33 SF 2435.227 78
3 34 jp/gg
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