231.56A   Prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation program.
  1.  The department shall administer the prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation program in accordance with the requirements of the federal Act. The purpose of the program is to carry out activities for intervention in, investigation of, and response to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation including financial exploitation.
  2.  The target population of the program shall be any older individual residing in Iowa who is at risk of or who is experiencing abuse, neglect, or exploitation including financial exploitation.
  3.  The contractor implementing the program shall identify emergency shelter and support services, state funding, outcomes, reporting requirements, and approved community resources from which services may be obtained.
  4.  The contractor shall implement the program and shall coordinate the provider network through the use of referrals or other engagement of community resources to provide services to older individuals.
  5.  The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.
2003 Acts, ch 98, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §67; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §35; 2012 Acts, ch 1086, §12
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