House Journal: Page 1393: Tuesday, April 11, 2000
12 program as described in House File 2380, as introduced
13 in the Seventy-eighth General Assembly, 2000 Session.
14 The target date used in the plan for implementation of
15 the program shall be July 1, 2002.
16 The department, in consultation with the department
17 of elder affairs, the Iowa department of public
18 health, the department of workforce development, the
19 department of education, division of vocational
20 rehabilitation, the department of economic
21 development, the Iowa state association of counties,
22 Iowa creative employment options, the community
23 services affiliate of the Iowa state association of
24 counties, and the personal assistance and family
25 support services council, shall convene a planning
26 committee, which includes consumers and family
27 members, advocates of consumers, providers of services
28 to consumers, and the entities consulted with, to
29 assist in the development of a plan for a personal
30 assistance services program based on principles and
31 standards described in this chapter. The membership
32 of the planning committee shall be appointed in a
33 manner so there are relatively equal proportions of
34 members with involvement in service management,
35 purchasing or approval, and members with an interest
36 in or involvement as a service consumer or advocate.
37 The planning committee shall also include four members
38 of the general assembly to serve in an ex officio,
39 nonvoting capacity with one each appointed by the
40 following: senate majority leader, senate minority
41 leader, speaker of the house of representatives, and
42 minority leader of the house of representatives. The
43 department may contract for services to support the
44 planning committee. At a minimum, the plan shall
45 include options to accomplish all of the following:
46 a. Designate a lead agency to be responsible for
47 administering the personal assistance services
48 program.
49 b. Provide that the personal assistance and family
50 support services policy council assist in the design,
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1 implementation, marketing, and evaluation of the
2 state's personal assistance services program.
3 c. Provide a consumer-level administrative
4 oversight and technical assistance mechanism relating
5 to the planning, administrative rules development, and
6 implementation of the personal assistance services
7 program.
8 d. Provide for a transition process, with action
9 steps and time lines, describing how the state will
10 make personal assistance services a viable option that
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