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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
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