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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY TINSMAN
1 3 A Resolution requesting the Senate leadership to
1 4 establish a blue ribbon elder services planning group
1 5 to develop a plan for unifying the state administration
1 6 of services utilized by elderly Iowans who are age
1 7 sixty or older.
1 8 WHEREAS, Iowa's services for persons who are
1 9 elderly provide an important element in the community
1 10 life of the state; and
1 11 WHEREAS, Iowa's services for these populations,
1 12 while of high quality, are amenable to improvement
1 13 through consideration of the state's role in
1 14 administering the services; NOW THEREFORE,
1 15 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
1 16 leadership is requested to establish a blue ribbon
1 17 elder services planning group to develop a plan for
1 18 unifying the state administration of services utilized
1 19 by elderly Iowans who are age sixty or older and the
1 20 plan should address options for implementing the
1 21 unification through legislation, funding changes, or
1 22 other appropriate means and shall address the services
1 23 paid for or provided to elderly Iowans by the
1 24 departments of elder affairs, human services, and
1 25 public health; and
1 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the departments that
1 27 are the focus of the planning process are requested to
1 28 provide staffing services for the planning group and
1 29 the plan should be submitted to the Senate when it is
1 30 completed; and
2 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the unification plan
2 2 should be designed to achieve the following goals:
2 3 1. Provide for a more effective delivery of
2 4 services to persons who are elderly.
2 5 2. Create financial efficiencies.
2 6 3. Create more accountability; and
2 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the appointments
2 8 necessary for the planning group be made by the Senate
2 9 Majority Leader in consultation with the Senate
2 10 Minority Leader and that the membership of the
2 11 planning group should include the following:
2 12 1. The directors of the three departments or the
2 13 directors' designees.
2 14 2. A director of an area agency on aging.
2 15 3. A representative of the governor.
2 16 4. A representative of the banking industry in
2 17 this state who has significant experience with
2 18 reorganization or restructuring of agencies.
2 19 5. The chief executive officer of a united way
2 20 organization located in Iowa.
2 21 6. The president of an Iowa resource center for
2 22 nonprofit organizations.
2 23 7. The president of the university of northern
2 24 Iowa.
2 25 8. The chairman of the board of the largest
2 26 private employer in the state.
2 27 9. An individual retired as president of the
2 28 state's largest private health insurer who has served
2 29 as mayor of Iowa's largest city.
2 30 10. The head of the AARP Iowa chapter.
3 1 11. The chief executive officer of an Iowa-based
3 2 financial services company ranked by Fortune Magazine
3 3 as sixth among life and health companies.
3 4 12. Two members of the senate.
3 5 LSB 7131SS 80
3 6 jp/sh/8.2
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