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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ____
1 2 BY BOLKCOM
1 3 A Resolution relating to the maintenance of the Iowa
1 4 Department of Elder Affairs as a separate department
1 5 within state government.
1 6 WHEREAS, around 19 percent of Iowa's population is
1 7 comprised of Iowans 60 years of age and older; and
1 8 WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs is
1 9 the primary state agency dedicated to advocacy for
1 10 Iowans 60 years of age and older; and
1 11 WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs
1 12 serves as the state unit on aging that each state is
1 13 required to have by the federal Older Americans Act;
1 14 and
1 15 WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs'
1 16 responsibilities as the state unit on aging include
1 17 coordinating all state activities related to the
1 18 purposes of the federal Act to provide community-level
1 19 systems of services that meet the unique needs of
1 20 older persons, developing a state plan on aging, and
1 21 serving as an effective and visible advocate for older
1 22 persons before any agency, organization, association,
1 23 or individual representing the needs of elders; and
1 24 WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs also
1 25 provides educational and prevention services to older
1 26 Iowans to ensure that they find Iowa a healthy, safe,
1 27 productive, and enjoyable place to live and work; and
1 28 WHEREAS, the 2002 Older Iowans Legislature
1 29 recognized that the responsibilities and functions of
1 30 the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs can best be
2 1 served by an independent agency dedicated solely to
2 2 the needs of older Iowans and thereby recommended
2 3 maintaining the department as a freestanding
2 4 department within state government; NOW THEREFORE,
2 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 6 agrees with the delegates of the 2002 Older Iowans
2 7 Legislature that the best way to ensure that the needs
2 8 of older Iowans are well served is to maintain the
2 9 Iowa Department of Elder Affairs as a separate
2 10 freestanding department with an 11-member commission,
2 11 seven of whom shall be appointed by the Governor.
2 12 LSB 1557XS 80
2 13 ec/pj/5
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