1. The department of elder affairs shall provide appropriate public and private organizations with written notice of the department's intent to serve as sponsor of the representative payee project in Iowa. The director shall designate a departmental staff person to serve as the project staff coordinator.
2. The department shall provide logistical support for the project including office space, telephone communications, office supplies, and postage.
3. The department shall provide for the training of representative payees.
4. The department shall establish and maintain an advisory council for the project which shall hold meetings quarterly. The department shall determine the council's membership by rule.
5. The department shall assist representative payees, and shall negotiate banking services for the project.
6. The department shall designate a volunteer, who may be a representative payee, as the public liaison to inform interested agencies and persons about the project, and to undertake to increase public awareness and referral of potential clients.
7. A person acting as a representative payee shall be considered acting in a fiduciary capacity, and shall be liable for acts or omissions of the representative payee constituting a breach of the fiduciary duty imposed by chapter 633.
8. For purposes of this section, "representative payee" means a person appointed by the social security administration to provide financial management services, without compensation, to individuals receiving social security administration or other government benefits, who are medically incapable of making responsible financial decisions.
89 Acts, ch 178, § 5
CS89, § 249D.60
C93, § 231.60
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