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House Study Bill 598

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 231.3, subsections 1, 3, and 4, Code
  1  2 2001, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  An adequate income in retirement.
  1  4    3.  Suitable housing, appropriate to the special that
  1  5 reflects the needs of older people.
  1  6    4.  Full restorative services for those who require
  1  7 institutional care, and a comprehensive array of community-
  1  8 based, long-term care services adequate to sustain older
  1  9 people in their communities and, whenever possible, in their
  1 10 homes including support for caregivers.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 231.4, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1 12 follows:
  1 13    231.4  DEFINITIONS.
  1 14    For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise
  1 15 requires:
  1 16    1.  "Administrative action" means an action or decision
  1 17 made by an owner, employee, or agent of a long-term care
  1 18 facility, or by a governmental agency, which affects the
  1 19 service provided to residents covered in this chapter.
  1 20    2.  "Commission" means the commission of elder affairs.
  1 21    3.  "Comprehensive and coordinated system" means a system
  1 22 for providing all necessary supportive services, including
  1 23 nutrition services, in a manner designed to:
  1 24    a.  Facilitate accessibility to, and utilization of, all
  1 25 supportive services and nutrition services provided within the
  1 26 geographic area served by the system by any public or private
  1 27 agency or organization.
  1 28    b.  Develop and make the most efficient use of supportive
  1 29 services and nutrition services in meeting the needs of
  1 30 elders.
  1 31    c.  Use available resources efficiently and with a minimum
  1 32 of duplication.
  1 33    4. 3.  "Department" means the department of elder affairs.
  1 34    5. 4.  "Director" means the director of the department of
  1 35 elder affairs.
  2  1    6. 5.  "Elder" means an individual who is sixty years of
  2  2 age or older.  "Elderly" means individuals sixty years of age
  2  3 or older.
  2  4    7. 6.  "Equivalent support" means in-kind contributions of
  2  5 services, goods, volunteer support time, administrative
  2  6 support, or other support reasonably determined by the
  2  7 commission department as equivalent to a dollar amount.
  2  8    8. 7.  "Federal Act" means the Older Americans Act of 1965,
  2  9 42 U.S.C. } 3001 et seq., as amended to and including February
  2 10 1, 1986 November 13, 2000.
  2 11    9.  "Focal point" means a facility established to encourage
  2 12 the maximum collocation and coordination of services for
  2 13 elders.
  2 14    10.  "Greatest economic need" means the need resulting from
  2 15 an income level at or below the poverty threshold established
  2 16 by the bureau of the census.
  2 17    11.  "Greatest social need" means the need caused by
  2 18 noneconomic factors which include physical and mental
  2 19 disabilities, language barriers, and cultural or social
  2 20 isolation including that caused by racial or ethnic status
  2 21 which restricts an individual's ability to perform normal
  2 22 daily tasks or which threatens the elder's capacity to live
  2 23 independently.
  2 24    12.  "Information and referral source" means a location
  2 25 where a department of elder affairs or any public or private
  2 26 agency or organization:
  2 27    a.  Maintains current information with respect to the
  2 28 opportunities and services available to elders, and develops
  2 29 current lists of elders in need of services and opportunities.
  2 30    b.  Employs, where feasible, a specially trained staff to
  2 31 assess the needs and capacities of elders, and to inform
  2 32 elders of the opportunities and services.
  2 33    13.  "Legal assistance" means legal advice and
  2 34 representation by an attorney including, but not limited to,
  2 35 counseling or other appropriate assistance by a paralegal or
  3  1 law student under the supervision of an attorney, and includes
  3  2 counseling or representation by a person who does not possess
  3  3 a juris doctorate, where permitted by law, of elders with
  3  4 economic or social needs.
  3  5    14. 8.  "Long-term care facility" means a long-term care
  3  6 unit of a hospital, a licensed hospice program, a foster group
  3  7 home, a group living arrangement, or a facility licensed under
  3  8 section 135C.1, excluding facilities licensed primarily to
  3  9 serve persons with mental retardation or mental illness,
  3 10 whether the facility is public or private.
  3 11    15.  "Multipurpose senior center" means a community
  3 12 facility for the organization and provision of a broad
  3 13 spectrum of services, which shall include, but not be limited
  3 14 to, health, social, nutritional, and educational services and
  3 15 the provision of facilities for recreational activities for
  3 16 elders.
  3 17    16. 9.  "Resident's advocate program" means the state long-
  3 18 term care resident's advocate program operated by the
  3 19 commission department of elder affairs and administered by the
  3 20 long-term care resident's advocate.
  3 21    For the purposes of this chapter, "focal point", "greatest
  3 22 economic need", "greatest social need", "legal assistance",
  3 23 and "multipurpose senior center" mean as those terms are
  3 24 defined in the federal Act.
  3 25    Sec. 3.  Section 231.14, unnumbered paragraph 1, and
  3 26 subsections 6, 7, 8, and 10, Code 2001, are amended to read as
  3 27 follows:
  3 28    The commission is the policymaking body of the sole state
  3 29 agency responsible for administration of the Older Americans
  3 30 federal Act of 1965, as amended.  The commission shall:
  3 31    6.  Adopt policies to assure that the department will take
  3 32 into account the views of recipients of supportive services or
  3 33 nutrition services, or elders using multipurpose senior
  3 34 centers in the development of policy.
  3 35    7.  Adopt a formula for the distribution of federal Older
  4  1 Americans Act, state elderly services, and senior living
  4  2 program funds taking into account, to the maximum extent
  4  3 feasible, the best available data on the geographic
  4  4 distribution of elders in the state, and publish the formula
  4  5 for review and comment.
  4  6    8.  Adopt policies and measures to assure that preference
  4  7 will be given to providing services to elders with the
  4  8 greatest economic or social needs, with particular attention
  4  9 to low-income minority elders, and include methods of carrying
  4 10 out the preference in the state plan.
  4 11    10.  Adopt policies by which eligibility for federal,
  4 12 state, and local funding is established at age sixty, with
  4 13 preference in service delivery given to elders age seventy-
  4 14 five or older.
  4 15    Sec. 4.  Section 231.23, subsection 4, Code 2001, is
  4 16 amended to read as follows:
  4 17    4.  Advocate for elders by reviewing and commenting upon
  4 18 all state plans, budgets, laws, rules, regulations, and
  4 19 policies which affect elders and by providing technical
  4 20 assistance to any agency, organization, association, or
  4 21 individual representing the needs of the elders.
  4 22    Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  231.25  CONFIDENTIALITY.
  4 23    1. Information obtained by the department, and its
  4 24 employees or agents, which does not constitute the
  4 25 department's final findings in any monitoring, investigation,
  4 26 surveying, or certification is privileged and confidential,
  4 27 and is not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of
  4 28 legal compulsion for release to a person other than the
  4 29 department, and its employees or agents, and to the person
  4 30 involved as a party in a contested case proceeding resulting
  4 31 directly from the monitoring, investigation, survey, or
  4 32 certification.  However, the identity of the person filing the
  4 33 complaint shall remain confidential and shall not be released
  4 34 to any party.
  4 35    2.  The name of the person who files a complaint with the
  5  1 department, the name and address of a client or tenant of a
  5  2 program under this chapter, an assisted living program or an
  5  3 elder group home, and a client's or tenant's identifying
  5  4 medical information is confidential and shall not be subject
  5  5 to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for
  5  6 its release to the public or an assisted living program or
  5  7 elder group home in any proceeding.
  5  8    3.  Information obtained during monitoring, investigation,
  5  9 surveying, or certification may be disclosed to the
  5 10 appropriate licensing authorities or adult protective service
  5 11 entities within this state, another state, the District of
  5 12 Columbia, a territory, the federal government, or other
  5 13 country in which the holder of the certification or license is
  5 14 certified, licensed, or accredited or has applied for a
  5 15 license, certification, or accreditation.  If the information
  5 16 which would otherwise be confidential indicates that a crime
  5 17 may have been committed, the department shall notify the
  5 18 appropriate law enforcement agency.  If the information which
  5 19 would otherwise be confidential indicates that an act of abuse
  5 20 may have been committed, the information shall be reported to
  5 21 the proper investigative agency.
  5 22    4.  Contested case hearings shall be open to the public,
  5 23 unless otherwise requested by a party to the contested case.
  5 24 However, all exhibits and documents presented at the hearing
  5 25 or filed in the contested case that disclose identifying
  5 26 information of any client or tenant shall be sealed and
  5 27 subject to a protective order to protect the privacy of the
  5 28 client or tenant.  The department's final decision is a public
  5 29 record.
  5 30    5.  Records maintained by the long-term care resident's
  5 31 advocate program are confidential pursuant to the federal Act.
  5 32    Sec. 6.  Section 231.31, Code 2001, is amended by striking
  5 33 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  5 34    231.31  STATE PLAN ON AGING.
  5 35    The department of elder affairs shall develop, and submit
  6  1 to the commission of elder affairs for approval, a multiyear
  6  2 state plan on aging.  The state plan on aging shall meet all
  6  3 applicable federal requirements.
  6  4    Sec. 7.  Section 231.32, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  6  5 follows:
  6  6    231.32  CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.
  6  7    1.  The commission shall designate thirteen area agencies
  6  8 on aging, the same of which existed on July 1, 1985.  The
  6  9 commission shall continue the designation until an area agency
  6 10 on aging's designation is removed for cause as determined by
  6 11 the commission or until the agency voluntarily withdraws as an
  6 12 area agency on aging.  In that event, the commission shall
  6 13 then proceed in accordance with subsections 2 and 3.
  6 14 Designated area agencies on aging shall comply with the
  6 15 requirements of the federal Act.
  6 16    2.  The commission shall designate an area agency to serve
  6 17 each planning and service area, after consideration of the
  6 18 views offered by the political subdivisions in the area units
  6 19 of general-purpose local government.  An area agency may be:
  6 20    a.  An established office of aging which is operating
  6 21 within a planning and service area designated by the
  6 22 commission.
  6 23    b.  Any office or agency of a unit of a political
  6 24 subdivision general-purpose local government, which is
  6 25 designated for the purpose of serving as an area agency by the
  6 26 chief elected official of such unit.
  6 27    c.  Any office or agency designated by the appropriate
  6 28 chief elected officials of any combination of political
  6 29 subdivisions units of general-purpose local government to act
  6 30 on behalf of the combination for such purpose.
  6 31    d.  Any public or nonprofit private agency in a planning
  6 32 and service area or any separate organizational unit within
  6 33 such agency which is under the supervision or direction for
  6 34 this purpose of the department of elder affairs and which can
  6 35 engage in the planning or provision of a broad range of
  7  1 supportive services or nutrition services within the planning
  7  2 and service area.
  7  3    Each area agency shall provide assurance, determined
  7  4 adequate by the commission, that the area agency has the
  7  5 ability to develop an area plan and to carry out, directly or
  7  6 through contractual or other arrangements, a program in
  7  7 accordance with the plan within the planning and service area.
  7  8 In designating an area agency on aging within the planning and
  7  9 service area, the commission shall give preference to an
  7 10 established office of aging, unless the commission finds that
  7 11 no such office within the planning and service area has the
  7 12 capacity to carry out the area plan.
  7 13    3.  When the commission designates a new area agency on
  7 14 aging the commission shall give the right of first refusal to
  7 15 a political subdivision unit of general-purpose local
  7 16 government if:
  7 17    a.  Such unit can meet the requirements of subsection 1.
  7 18    b.  The boundaries of such a unit and the boundaries of the
  7 19 area are reasonably contiguous.
  7 20    Sec. 8.  Section 231.33, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  7 21 follows:
  7 22    231.33  AREA AGENCIES ON AGING DUTIES.
  7 23    Each area agency on aging shall:
  7 24    1.  Develop and administer an area plan on aging.
  7 25    2.  Assess the types and levels of services needed by older
  7 26 persons in the planning and service area, and the
  7 27 effectiveness of other public or private programs serving
  7 28 those needs.
  7 29    3.  Enter into subgrants or contracts to provide all
  7 30 services under the plan.
  7 31    4.  Provide technical assistance as needed, prepare written
  7 32 monitoring reports at least quarterly, and provide a written
  7 33 report of an annual on-site assessment of all service
  7 34 providers funded by the area agency.
  7 35    5.  Coordinate the administration of its plan with federal
  8  1 programs and with other federal, state, and local resources in
  8  2 order to develop a comprehensive and coordinated service
  8  3 system.
  8  4    6.  Establish an advisory council.
  8  5    7.  Give preference in the delivery of services under the
  8  6 area plan to elders with the greatest economic or social need.
  8  7    8.  Assure that elders in the planning and service area
  8  8 have reasonably convenient access to information and referral
  8  9 services.
  8 10    9.  Provide adequate and effective opportunities for elders
  8 11 to express their views to the area agency on policy
  8 12 development and program implementation under the area plan.
  8 13    10.  Designate community focal points.
  8 14    11.  Contact outreach efforts, with special emphasis on the
  8 15 rural elderly, to identify elders with greatest economic or
  8 16 social needs and inform them of the availability of services
  8 17 under the area plan.
  8 18    12.  Develop and publish the methods that the agency uses
  8 19 to establish preferences and priorities for services.
  8 20    13.  Attempt to involve the area lawyers in legal
  8 21 assistance activities.
  8 22    14. 13.  Submit all fiscal and performance reports in
  8 23 accordance with the policies of the commission.
  8 24    15. 14.  Monitor, evaluate, and comment on laws, rules,
  8 25 regulations, policies, programs, hearings, levies, and
  8 26 community actions which significantly affect the lives of
  8 27 elders.
  8 28    16. 15.  Conduct public hearings on the needs of elders.
  8 29    17. 16.  Represent the interests of elders to public
  8 30 officials, public and private agencies, or organizations.
  8 31    18. 17.  Coordinate activities in support of the statewide
  8 32 long-term care resident's advocate program.
  8 33    19. 18.  Coordinate planning with other agencies and
  8 34 organizations to promote new or expanded benefits and
  8 35 opportunities for elders.
  9  1    20. 19.  Coordinate planning with other agencies for
  9  2 assuring the safety of elders in a natural disaster or other
  9  3 safety threatening situation.
  9  4    21.  Submit a report to the department of elder affairs
  9  5 every six months, of the name of each health care facility in
  9  6 its area for which the resident advocate committee has failed
  9  7 to submit the report required by rules adopted pursuant to
  9  8 section 231.44.
  9  9    Sec. 9.  Section 231.41, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  9 10 follows:
  9 11    231.41  PURPOSE.
  9 12    The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the long-
  9 13 term care resident's advocate program operated by the Iowa
  9 14 commission of elder affairs in accordance with the
  9 15 requirements of the Older Americans federal Act of 1965, and
  9 16 to adopt the supporting federal regulations and guidelines for
  9 17 its implementation.  In accordance with chapter 17A, the
  9 18 commission of elder affairs shall adopt and enforce rules for
  9 19 the implementation of this subchapter.
  9 20    Sec. 10.  Section 231.42, unnumbered paragraph 1, and
  9 21 subsections 1, 3, and 5, Code 2001, are amended to read as
  9 22 follows:
  9 23    The Iowa commission of elder affairs, in accordance with
  9 24 section 3027(a)(12) of the federal Act, shall establish the
  9 25 office of long-term care resident's advocate within the
  9 26 commission department.  The long-term care resident's advocate
  9 27 shall:
  9 28    1.  Investigate and resolve complaints about administrative
  9 29 actions that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare,
  9 30 or rights of elderly residents in long-term care facilities.
  9 31    3.  Provide information to other agencies and to the public
  9 32 about the problems of elderly residents in long-term care
  9 33 facilities.
  9 34    5.  Carry out other activities consistent with the
  9 35 resident's advocate provisions of the federal Act.
 10  1    Sec. 11.  Section 231.43, subsection 3, Code 2001, is
 10  2 amended to read as follows:
 10  3    3.  Procedures to enable the long-term care resident's
 10  4 advocate to elicit, receive, and process complaints regarding
 10  5 administrative actions which may adversely affect the health,
 10  6 safety, welfare, or rights of elderly residents in long-term
 10  7 care facilities.
 10  8    Sec. 12.  Section 231.44, subsections 2, 3, and 4, Code
 10  9 2001, are amended to read as follows:
 10 10    2.  The responsibilities of the resident advocate committee
 10 11 are in accordance with the rules adopted by the commission
 10 12 pursuant to chapter 17A.  When adopting the rules, the
 10 13 commission shall consider the needs of residents of elder
 10 14 group homes as defined in section 231B.1 and each category of
 10 15 licensed health long-term care facility as defined in section
 10 16 135C.1, subsection 6, and the services each facility may
 10 17 render.  The commission shall coordinate the development of
 10 18 rules with the mental health and developmental disabilities
 10 19 commission created in section 225C.5 to the extent the rules
 10 20 would apply to a facility primarily serving persons with
 10 21 mental illness, mental retardation, or a developmental
 10 22 disability.  The commission shall coordinate the development
 10 23 of appropriate rules with other state agencies.
 10 24    3.  A health long-term care facility shall disclose the
 10 25 names, addresses, and phone numbers of a resident's family
 10 26 members, if requested, to a resident advocate committee
 10 27 member, unless permission for this disclosure is refused in
 10 28 writing by a family member.
 10 29    4.  Neither the The state, nor any resident advocate
 10 30 committee member is, any resident advocate coordinator, and
 10 31 any sponsoring area agency on aging are not liable for an
 10 32 action undertaken by a resident advocate committee member or a
 10 33 resident advocate committee coordinator in the performance of
 10 34 duty, if the action is undertaken and carried out in good
 10 35 faith.
 11  1    Sec. 13.  Section 231.51, Code 2001, is amended to read as
 11  2 follows:
 11  3    231.51  SENIOR OLDER AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT
 11  4 PROGRAM (SCSEP), TITLE V OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT.
 11  5    1.  The department will shall direct and administer the
 11  6 senior older American community service employment program
 11  7 (SCSEP) as authorized by the federal Act in coordination with
 11  8 the department of workforce development and the department of
 11  9 economic development.
 11 10    2.  The purpose of the senior community service employment
 11 11 program is to foster and promote useful part-time
 11 12 opportunities in community service activities for unemployed,
 11 13 low-income persons who are fifty-five years old or older
 11 14 individual economic self-sufficiency and to increase the
 11 15 number of participants placed in unsubsidized employment in
 11 16 the public and private sectors while maintaining the community
 11 17 service focus of the program.
 11 18    3.  Funds appropriated to the department from the United
 11 19 States department of labor shall be distributed to local
 11 20 projects in accordance with federal requirements.
 11 21    4.  The department shall require such uniform reporting and
 11 22 financial accounting by area agencies on aging and local
 11 23 projects as may be necessary to fulfill the purposes of this
 11 24 section.
 11 25    Sec. 14.  Section 231.52, Code 2001, is amended to read as
 11 26 follows:
 11 27    231.52  RETIRED IOWANS COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SENIOR
 11 28 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (RICEP).
 11 29    1.  The department shall establish the retired Iowans
 11 30 community employment senior internship program in coordination
 11 31 with the department of workforce development to encourage and
 11 32 promote the meaningful employment of older citizens in the
 11 33 state Iowans.
 11 34    2.  Funds appropriated to the department for this purpose
 11 35 shall be distributed statewide according to administrative
 12  1 rules by the commission.
 12  2    3.  The department shall require such uniform reporting and
 12  3 financial accounting by area agencies on aging and local
 12  4 projects as may be necessary to fulfill the purposes of this
 12  5 section.
 12  6    Sec. 15.  Section 231.53, Code Supplement 2001, is amended
 12  7 by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
 12  8 following:
 12  9    231.53  COORDINATION WITH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT.
 12 10    The employment and training program administered by the
 12 11 department shall be coordinated with the training program for
 12 12 older individuals administered by the department of workforce
 12 13 development under the federal Workforce Investment Act.
 12 14    Sec. 16.  Section 231.58, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
 12 15 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 12 16    a.  Develop, for legislative review, the mechanisms and
 12 17 procedures necessary to implement, utilizing current
 12 18 personnel, a case-managed system of long-term care based on a
 12 19 uniform comprehensive assessment tool.
 12 20    Sec. 17.  NEW SECTION.  231C.3A  ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS –
 12 21 RULES.
 12 22    1.  The department may deny, suspend, or revoke the
 12 23 certification of an assisted living program, or may take other
 12 24 actions, specified by rule of the department, against an
 12 25 assisted living program if the assisted living program fails
 12 26 to comply with this chapter or the rules or standards adopted
 12 27 pursuant to this chapter.  The department shall adopt rules
 12 28 pursuant to chapter 17A, and in consultation with consumer and
 12 29 industry representatives, which establish the enforcement
 12 30 actions which may be taken.
 12 31    2.  The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
 12 32 as necessary to meet the purposes of this chapter and to
 12 33 enforce this chapter and the rules, standards, and
 12 34 requirements adopted pursuant to this chapter.
 12 35    Sec. 18.  NEW SECTION.  231C.3B  COMPLAINTS – ALLEGED
 13  1 VIOLATIONS – PROCESS – PROTECTIONS.
 13  2    1.  The department may investigate complaints filed with
 13  3 the department alleging a violation of this chapter or the
 13  4 rules or standards adopted pursuant to this chapter.  The
 13  5 department shall adopt rules to establish a procedure for the
 13  6 filing of complaints and for the investigation of complaints
 13  7 filed with the department.  The procedure shall provide that
 13  8 if the department, upon preliminary review, determines that
 13  9 the complaint is without reasonable basis, or if the
 13 10 department determines following an investigation that the
 13 11 complaint is unsubstantiated, the department may dismiss the
 13 12 complaint.  The decision of the department to dismiss the
 13 13 complaint, or the department's determination that the
 13 14 complaint is unsubstantiated, is final agency action and is
 13 15 not subject to contested case proceedings, appeal, or judicial
 13 16 review provisions of chapter 17A.
 13 17    2.  An assisted living program certified under this chapter
 13 18 shall not discriminate or retaliate against a tenant, an
 13 19 employee of the program, or any other person who initiates or
 13 20 participates in any proceeding authorized under this chapter
 13 21 or the rules or standards adopted pursuant to this chapter.
 13 22    Sec. 19.  Section 514D.5, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2001,
 13 23 are amended to read as follows:
 13 24    3.  The commissioner after consultation with the commission
 13 25 of elder affairs shall prescribe disclosure rules for medicare
 13 26 Medicare supplement coverage which are determined to be in the
 13 27 public interest and which are designed to adequately inform
 13 28 the prospective insured of the need for and extent of coverage
 13 29 offered as medicare Medicare supplement coverage.  For
 13 30 medicare Medicare supplement coverage, the outline of coverage
 13 31 required by subsection 2 shall be furnished to the prospective
 13 32 insured with the application form.
 13 33    4.  The commissioner after consultation with the commission
 13 34 of elder affairs shall further prescribe by rule a standard
 13 35 form for and the contents of an informational brochure for
 14  1 persons eligible for medicare Medicare by reason of age, which
 14  2 is intended to improve the buyer's ability to select the most
 14  3 appropriate coverage and to improve the buyer's understanding
 14  4 of medicare Medicare.  Except in the case of direct response
 14  5 insurance policies, the commissioner may require by rule that
 14  6 this informational brochure be provided to prospective
 14  7 insureds eligible for medicare Medicare concurrently with
 14  8 delivery of the outline of coverage.  With respect to direct
 14  9 response insurance policies, the commissioner may require by
 14 10 rule that this brochure must be provided to prospective
 14 11 insureds eligible for medicare Medicare by reason of age upon
 14 12 request, but not later than at the time of delivery of the
 14 13 policy or contract.  The commissioner shall provide the
 14 14 information received from insurers pursuant to subsection 3
 14 15 and this subsection and information relating to section 231.59
 14 16 to the director of the department of elder affairs.
 14 17    Sec. 20.  Sections 231.24, 231.54, 231.57, 231.59, 231.60,
 14 18 335.31, and 414.29, Code 2001, are repealed.
 14 19    Sec. 21.  Chapter 231A, Code 2001, is repealed.  
 14 20                           EXPLANATION
 14 21    This bill includes provisions relating to the department of
 14 22 elder affairs including the elder Iowans Act (Code chapter
 14 23 231), elder family homes, elder group homes, and assisted
 14 24 living programs.
 14 25    The bill amends definitions used in the elder Iowans Act to
 14 26 reference definitions used in the federal Older Americans Act
 14 27 as amended to November 13, 2000.  The bill renames the Senior
 14 28 Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Older
 14 29 American Community Service Employment Program, and renames the
 14 30 Retired Iowans Community Employment Program (RICEP), the
 14 31 Senior Internship Program, and changes the reference to the
 14 32 Job Training Partnership Act to the Workforce Investment Act
 14 33 to reflect the changes in the federal Act.
 14 34    The bill also eliminates the elder law education program
 14 35 and the representative payee projects, eliminates the
 15  1 directive to the department of elder affairs to coordinate
 15  2 information and assistance provided within the state to assist
 15  3 elders in obtaining and protecting their rights and benefits,
 15  4 and eliminates the directive to the department of elder
 15  5 affairs to develop and disseminate information regarding
 15  6 insurance policies available to supplement Medicare.  The bill
 15  7 repeals the chapter relating to elder family homes.
 15  8    The bill also establishes enforcement provisions relating
 15  9 to certified assisted living programs and provides
 15 10 confidentiality provisions relating to information obtained by
 15 11 the department of elder affairs relating to monitoring,
 15 12 investigation, surveying, or certification.  The bill also
 15 13 provides that records maintained by the long-term care
 15 14 resident's advocate program are confidential pursuant to the
 15 15 federal Act.  
 15 16 LSB 5339DP 79
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