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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 655 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SYSTEM OF OVERSIGHT FOR 1 5 ADULT DAY SERVICES. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 89.2, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 1 10 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 11 a. A building or structure primarily used as a theater, 1 12 motion picture theater, museum, arena, exhibition hall, 1 13 school, college, dormitory, bowling alley, physical fitness 1 14 center, family entertainment center, lodge hall, union hall, 1 15 pool hall, casino, place of worship, funeral home, institution 1 16 of health and custodial care, hospital, or child care or adult 1 17 daycareservices. 1 18 Sec. 2. Section 135C.1, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 1 19 amended to read as follows: 1 20 1. "Adult daycareservices" meansan organized program of1 21supportive care provided for sixteen hours or less in a1 22twenty-four-hour period to persons who require support and1 23assistance on a regular or intermittent basisadult day 1 24 services as defined in section 231.61 that are provided in a 1 25 licensed health care facility. 1 26 Sec. 3. Section 135C.2, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 1 27 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 28 a. This chapter shall not apply to adult daycareservices 1 29 provided in a health care facility. However, adult daycare1 30 services shall not be provided by a health care facility to 1 31 persons requiring a level of care which is higher than the 1 32 level of care the facility is licensed to provide. 1 33 Sec. 4. Section 135C.33, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 1 34 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 35 a. An employee of a homemaker, home-health aide, home-care 2 1 aide, adult daycareservices, or other provider of in-home 2 2 services if the employee provides direct services to 2 3 consumers. 2 4 Sec. 5. Section 234.6, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 2 5 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 6 a. Child care for children or adult daycare for adults2 7 services, in facilities which are licensed or are approved as 2 8 meeting standards for licensure. 2 9 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 231.61 ADULT DAY SERVICES 2 10 REQUIREMENTS – OVERSIGHT. 2 11 1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 2 12 requires, "adult day services" means personal care services 2 13 provided on a planned basis in a supervised, protective, 2 14 congregate setting during some portion of the twenty-four hour 2 15 day. Services offered as adult day services may include but 2 16 are not limited to social, recreational, or health services, 2 17 support services such as training and counseling, meals, 2 18 medication assistance, rehabilitation services, and home 2 19 health aide services. Adult day services provided in an 2 20 existing facility, must have separate and distinct staff, 2 21 hours of operation, and designated space. 2 22 2. The department shall establish, in cooperation with the 2 23 department of inspections and appeals, the department of human 2 24 services, the Iowa department of public health, the area 2 25 agencies on aging, industry representatives, and consumers, a 2 26 system of oversight for all adult day services in the state. 2 27 The system shall address, but is not limited to, all of the 2 28 following: 2 29 a. Requirements for the operation of adult day services. 2 30 b. Oversight measures including evaluation of adult day 2 31 services and assessment of compliance with rules for adult day 2 32 services. 2 33 c. A system for formal investigation of consumer 2 34 complaints relating to adult day services. 2 35 d. Coordination of requirements and funding sources 3 1 available to adult day services. 3 2 3. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 3 3 17A to implement the system. 3 4 Sec. 7. Section 235B.2, subsection 14, Code 2001, is 3 5 amended to read as follows: 3 6 14. "Support services" includes but is not limited to 3 7 community-based services including area agency on aging 3 8 assistance, mental health services, fiscal management, home 3 9 health services, housing-related services, counseling 3 10 services, transportation services, adult daycareservices, 3 11 respite services, legal services, and advocacy services. 3 12 Sec. 8. Section 249H.2, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 3 13 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3 14 d. The supported development of long-term care 3 15 alternatives, including assisted-living facility services, 3 16 adult daycareservices, and home and community-based 3 17 services, is critical in areas of the state where such 3 18 alternatives otherwise are not likely to be developed. 3 19 Sec. 9. Section 249H.6, subsection 5, Code 2001, is 3 20 amended to read as follows: 3 21 5. In addition to the types of grants described in 3 22 subsection 1, the department of human services, at the 3 23 direction of the senior living coordinating unit, may also use 3 24 moneys appropriated to the department from the senior living 3 25 trust fund to award grants, of not more than one hundred 3 26 thousand dollars per grant, to licensed nursing facilities 3 27 that are awarded nursing facility conversion grants and agree, 3 28 as part of the nursing facility conversion, to also provide 3 29 adult daycareservices, child care for children with special 3 30 needs, safe shelter for victims of dependent adult abuse, or 3 31 respite care. 3 32 Sec. 10. Section 249H.7, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 3 33 amended to read as follows: 3 34 1. Beginning October 1, 2000, the department of elder 3 35 affairs, in consultation with the senior living coordinating 4 1 unit, shall use funds appropriated from the senior living 4 2 trust fund for activities related to the design, maintenance, 4 3 or expansion of home and community-based services for seniors, 4 4 including but not limited to adult daycareservices, personal 4 5 care, respite, homemaker, chore, and transportation services 4 6 designed to promote the independence of and to delay the use 4 7 of institutional care by seniors with low and moderate 4 8 incomes. At any time that moneys are appropriated, the 4 9 department of elder affairs, in consultation with the senior 4 10 living coordinating unit, shall disburse the funds to the area 4 11 agencies on aging. 4 12 Sec. 11. Section 422.45, subsection 22, paragraph c, Code 4 13 2001, is amended to read as follows: 4 14 c. Rehabilitation facilities that provide accredited 4 15 rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities which are 4 16 accredited by the commission on accreditation of 4 17 rehabilitation facilities or the accreditation council for 4 18 services for persons with mental retardation and other persons 4 19 with developmental disabilities and adult daycareservices 4 20 approved for reimbursement by the state department of human 4 21 services. 4 22 Sec. 12. IMPLEMENTATION – CONTINGENCY. The department 4 23 shall implement the adult day services system developed 4 24 pursuant to section 231.61 on July 1, 2002, or at such time as 4 25 the general assembly appropriates sufficient funding to 4 26 implement the system. 4 27 4 28 4 29 4 30 BRENT SIEGRIST 4 31 Speaker of the House 4 32 4 33 4 34 4 35 MARY E. KRAMER 5 1 President of the Senate 5 2 5 3 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 5 4 is known as House File 655, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 MARGARET THOMSON 5 9 Chief Clerk of the House 5 10 Approved , 2001 5 11 5 12 5 13 5 14 THOMAS J. VILSACK 5 15 Governor
Text: HF00654 Text: HF00656 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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