Text: SF00369 Text: SF00371 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 89.2, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. A building or structure primarily used as a theater, 1 4 motion picture theater, museum, arena, exhibition hall, 1 5 school, college, dormitory, bowling alley, physical fitness 1 6 center, family entertainment center, lodge hall, union hall, 1 7 pool hall, casino, place of worship, funeral home, institution 1 8 of health and custodial care, hospital, or child care or adult 1 9 daycareservices. 1 10 Sec. 2. Section 135C.1, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 1. "Adult daycareservices" meansan organized program of1 13supportive care provided for sixteen hours or less in a1 14twenty-four-hour period to persons who require support and1 15assistance on a regular or intermittent basisadult day 1 16 services as defined in section 231.61 that are provided in a 1 17 licensed health care facility. 1 18 Sec. 3. Section 135C.2, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 1 19 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 20 6. a. This chapter shall not apply to adult daycare1 21 services provided in a health care facility. However, adult 1 22 daycareservices shall not be provided by a health care 1 23 facility to persons requiring a level of care which is higher 1 24 than the level of care the facility is licensed to provide. 1 25 Sec. 4. Section 135C.33, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 1 26 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 27 a. An employee of a homemaker, home-health aide, home-care 1 28 aide, adult daycareservices, or other provider of in-home 1 29 services if the employee provides direct services to 1 30 consumers. 1 31 Sec. 5. Section 234.6, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 1 32 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 33 a. Child care for children or adult daycare for adults1 34 services, in facilities which are licensed or are approved as 1 35 meeting standards for licensure. 2 1 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 231.61 ADULT DAY SERVICES 2 2 REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT. 2 3 1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 2 4 requires, "adult day services" means personal care services 2 5 provided on a planned basis in a supervised, protective, 2 6 congregate setting during some portion of the twenty-four hour 2 7 day. Services offered as adult day services may include but 2 8 are not limited to social, recreational, or health services, 2 9 support services such as training and counseling, meals, 2 10 medication assistance, rehabilitation services, and home 2 11 health aide services. Adult day services provided in an 2 12 existing facility, must have separate and distinct staff, 2 13 hours of operation, and designated space. 2 14 2. The department shall establish, in cooperation with the 2 15 department of inspections and appeals, the department of human 2 16 services, the Iowa department of public health, the area 2 17 agencies on aging, industry representatives, and consumers, a 2 18 system of oversight for all adult day services in the state. 2 19 The system shall address, but is not limited to, all of the 2 20 following: 2 21 a. Requirements for the operation of adult day services. 2 22 b. Oversight measures including evaluation of adult day 2 23 services and assessment of compliance with rules for adult day 2 24 services. 2 25 c. A system for formal investigation of consumer 2 26 complaints relating to adult day services. 2 27 d. Coordination of requirements and funding sources 2 28 available to adult day services. 2 29 3. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 2 30 17A to implement the system. 2 31 Sec. 7. Section 235B.2, subsection 14, Code 2001, is 2 32 amended to read as follows: 2 33 14. "Support services" includes but is not limited to 2 34 community-based services including area agency on aging 2 35 assistance, mental health services, fiscal management, home 3 1 health services, housing-related services, counseling 3 2 services, transportation services, adult daycareservices, 3 3 respite services, legal services, and advocacy services. 3 4 Sec. 8. Section 249H.2, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 3 5 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3 6 d. The supported development of long-term care 3 7 alternatives, including assisted-living facility services, 3 8 adult daycareservices, and home and community-based 3 9 services, is critical in areas of the state where such 3 10 alternatives otherwise are not likely to be developed. 3 11 Sec. 9. Section 249H.6, subsection 5, Code 2001, is 3 12 amended to read as follows: 3 13 5. In addition to the types of grants described in 3 14 subsection 1, the department of human services, at the 3 15 direction of the senior living coordinating unit, may also use 3 16 moneys appropriated to the department from the senior living 3 17 trust fund to award grants, of not more than one hundred 3 18 thousand dollars per grant, to licensed nursing facilities 3 19 that are awarded nursing facility conversion grants and agree, 3 20 as part of the nursing facility conversion, to also provide 3 21 adult daycareservices, child care for children with special 3 22 needs, safe shelter for victims of dependent adult abuse, or 3 23 respite care. 3 24 Sec. 10. Section 249H.7, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 3 25 amended to read as follows: 3 26 1. Beginning October 1, 2000, the department of elder 3 27 affairs, in consultation with the senior living coordinating 3 28 unit, shall use funds appropriated from the senior living 3 29 trust fund for activities related to the design, maintenance, 3 30 or expansion of home and community-based services for seniors, 3 31 including but not limited to adult daycareservices, personal 3 32 care, respite, homemaker, chore, and transportation services 3 33 designed to promote the independence of and to delay the use 3 34 of institutional care by seniors with low and moderate 3 35 incomes. At any time that moneys are appropriated, the 4 1 department of elder affairs, in consultation with the senior 4 2 living coordinating unit, shall disburse the funds to the area 4 3 agencies on aging. 4 4 Sec. 11. Section 422.45, subsection 22, paragraph c, Code 4 5 2001, is amended to read as follows: 4 6 c. Rehabilitation facilities that provide accredited 4 7 rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities which are 4 8 accredited by the commission on accreditation of 4 9 rehabilitation facilities or the accreditation council for 4 10 services for persons with mental retardation and other persons 4 11 with developmental disabilities and adult daycareservices 4 12 approved for reimbursement by the state department of human 4 13 services. 4 14 Sec. 12. IMPLEMENTATION CONTINGENCY. The department 4 15 shall implement the adult day services system developed 4 16 pursuant to section 231.61 on July 1, 2002, or at such time as 4 17 the general assembly appropriates sufficient funding to 4 18 implement the system. 4 19 EXPLANATION 4 20 This bill directs the department of elder affairs to 4 21 develop a system of oversight for adult day services. The 4 22 bill directs the department of elder affairs, in cooperation 4 23 with the department of inspections and appeals, the department 4 24 of human services, the Iowa department of public health, the 4 25 area agencies on aging, industry representatives, and 4 26 consumers to develop a system which is to address requirements 4 27 for the operation of adult day services in the state; 4 28 oversight measures including evaluation of services and 4 29 assessment of compliance with rules of adult day services; a 4 30 system for formal investigation of consumer complaints 4 31 relating to these services; and coordination of requirements 4 32 and funding sources available to adult day services. The bill 4 33 also directs the department of elder affairs to adopt rules to 4 34 implement the system. The bill provides that the department 4 35 of elder affairs is to implement the system on July 1, 2002, 5 1 or at such time as the general assembly appropriates 5 2 sufficient funding for such implementation. 5 3 The bill also makes conforming changes throughout the Code 5 4 which relate to adult day services. 5 5 LSB 2302XS 79 5 6 pf/cf/24
Text: SF00369 Text: SF00371 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
© 2001 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Wed May 9 09:40:00 CDT 2001
URL: /DOCS/GA/79GA/Legislation/SF/00300/SF00370/010306.html
jhf