Text: HF00168 Text: HF00170 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. ALTERNATIVE HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELDERS IN 1 2 ABUSIVE SITUATIONS. The department of elder affairs shall 1 3 develop a plan for alternative housing arrangements for 1 4 elders. The goal of the plan shall be the development of a 1 5 viable and comprehensive alternative housing arrangement 1 6 proposal for citizens of Iowa over 60 years of age facing 1 7 removal from their living environment due to the infliction, 1 8 or potential infliction, of physical or emotional abuse. The 1 9 plan shall include an assessment of the number of individuals 1 10 estimated by the department to be at risk for such removal, 1 11 currently available housing options, alternative options which 1 12 will provide an affordable and secure living environment, and 1 13 the estimated cost of providing the alternative housing 1 14 arrangements and administering an alternative housing 1 15 arrangements for elders program. The plan shall be developed 1 16 by November 1, 2001. Copies of the plan shall be submitted to 1 17 members of the general assembly by January 15, 2002. 1 18 It is the intent of the general assembly to appropriate an 1 19 amount of funding for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, 1 20 and ending June 30, 2003, sufficient to implement the 1 21 alternative housing arrangements for elders plan and 1 22 administer an ongoing alternative housing arrangements for 1 23 elders program. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill requires the department of elder affairs to 1 26 develop a plan to address alternative housing arrangements for 1 27 citizens of Iowa over 60 years of age facing removal from 1 28 their living environment due to the infliction, or potential 1 29 infliction, of physical or emotional abuse. The bill provides 1 30 that the plan shall include an assessment of the number of 1 31 individuals estimated by the department to be at risk for 1 32 removal, options currently available to them, alternative 1 33 housing options which will provide an affordable and secure 1 34 living environment, and the estimated cost of providing the 1 35 alternative housing arrangements and administering an 2 1 alternative housing arrangements for elders program. The bill 2 2 provides that the plan shall be developed by November 1, 2001, 2 3 with copies submitted to members of the general assembly by 2 4 January 15, 2002. The bill provides intent language regarding 2 5 an appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, 2 6 and ending June 30, 2003, sufficient to implement the plan and 2 7 administer an alternative housing arrangements for elders 2 8 program. 2 9 LSB 2150HH 79 2 10 rn/pj/5
Text: HF00168 Text: HF00170 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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