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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS APPROPRIATION. 1 2 There is appropriated from the senior living trust fund 1 3 created in section 249H.4 to the department of elder affairs 1 4 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 1 5 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 1 6 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated: 1 7 For the development of a comprehensive senior living 1 8 program, including program administration and costs associated 1 9 with implementation, salaries, support, maintenance, and 1 10 miscellaneous purposes: 1 11 .................................................. $ 5,067,626 1 12 Of the funds appropriated in this section, $100,000 shall 1 13 be used by the department to fund recruitment and retention 1 14 strategies to provide additional training and support for 1 15 certified nurse aides, employed by nursing facilities, as a 1 16 means of reducing staff turnover. The department shall 1 17 contract with an agency or organization whose primary purpose 1 18 is the improvement of the nurse aide profession through the 1 19 provision of continuing education, support and empowerment 1 20 programs, and career opportunities within the field of nurse 1 21 assisting, with the goal of the further stabilization of the 1 22 nurse aide workforce and the reduction of nurse aide turnover. 1 23 Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATION. There 1 24 is appropriated from the senior living trust fund created in 1 25 section 249H.4 to the department of human services for the 1 26 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, 1 27 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to 1 28 be used for the purposes designated: 1 29 1. To provide grants to nursing facilities for conversion 1 30 to assisted living programs or to provide long-term care 1 31 alternatives and to provide grants to long-term care providers 1 32 for development of long-term care alternatives: 1 33 ................................................. $ 20,000,000 1 34 2. To supplement the medical assistance appropriation and 1 35 to provide reimbursement for health care services and rent 2 1 expenses to eligible persons through the home and community- 2 2 based services waiver and the state supplementary assistance 2 3 program, including program administration and data system 2 4 costs associated with implementation, salaries, support, 2 5 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes: 2 6 .................................................. $ 1,733,406 2 7 3. To implement nursing facility provider reimbursement 2 8 based upon a case-mix reimbursement methodology: 2 9 .................................................. $ 20,750,000 2 10 In order to carry out the purposes of this subsection, the 2 11 department shall transfer funds appropriated in this section 2 12 to supplement other appropriations to the department of human 2 13 services. 2 14 EXPLANATION 2 15 This bill makes appropriations from the senior living trust 2 16 fund to the department of elder affairs and department of 2 17 human services. The appropriation to the department of elder 2 18 affairs includes funding for the comprehensive senior living 2 19 program and for recruitment and retention strategies for 2 20 certified nurse aides. The appropriation to the department of 2 21 human services includes funding for grants to provide assisted 2 22 living or long-term care alternatives; for supplementation of 2 23 the medical assistance appropriation and to provide funding 2 24 for reimbursement of health care services and rent expenses 2 25 provided to persons through the home and community-based 2 26 services waiver and the state supplementary assistance 2 27 program; and funding for reimbursement of nursing facility 2 28 providers under a case-mix reimbursement methodology. 2 29 LSB 1545XS 79 2 30 pf/gg/8
Text: SF00161 Text: SF00163 Text: SF00100 - SF00199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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