House Amendment 1457


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 586 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
     1  3 clause and inserting the following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  TASK FORCE == MEDICARE PART D
     1  5 IMPLEMENTATION.
     1  6    1.  The department of human services shall convene
     1  7 a task force to determine the most efficient means of
     1  8 implementing the Medicare drug benefit established as
     1  9 Medicare Part D under the federal Medicare
     1 10 Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act
     1 11 of 2003.  The task force shall consist of all of the
     1 12 following voting members:
     1 13    a.  The director of human services, or the
     1 14 director's designee.
     1 15    b.  The director of the department of elder
     1 16 affairs, or the director's designee.
     1 17    c.  The director of public health, or the
     1 18 director's designee.
     1 19    d.  A representative of the area agencies on aging.
     1 20    e.  A representative of the AARP.
     1 21    f.  A representative of the governor's
     1 22 developmental disabilities council.
     1 23    g.  A representative of the insurance division of
     1 24 the department of commerce.
     1 25    h.  A representative of the national alliance for
     1 26 the mentally ill Iowa.
     1 27    i.  A representative of the United States social
     1 28 security administration.
     1 29    j.  A representative of the Iowa association of
     1 30 homes and services for the aging.
     1 31    k.  A representative of the Iowa health care
     1 32 association.
     1 33    l.  A representative of the Iowa state association
     1 34 of counties.
     1 35    m.  A representative of the Iowa council of health
     1 36 care centers.
     1 37    n.  Eight members of the general assembly.
     1 38    2.  a.  The legislative members of the task force
     1 39 shall be appointed by the republican and democratic
     1 40 leaders of the senate, after consultation with the
     1 41 president of the senate, and by the speaker of the
     1 42 house of representatives, after consultation with the
     1 43 majority leader and the minority leader of the house
     1 44 of representatives.  The legislative appointments
     1 45 shall comply with sections 69.16 and 69.16A.
     1 46    b.  Vacancies on the task force shall be filled by
     1 47 the original appointing authority and in the manner of
     1 48 the original appointments.
     1 49    3.  The task force shall elect a chairperson.  A
     1 50 majority of the members of the task force shall
     2  1 constitute a quorum.  A majority vote of those members
     2  2 present shall be required for any action of the task
     2  3 force.  The department of human services shall provide
     2  4 staffing for the task force.
     2  5    4.  The task force shall make recommendations
     2  6 regarding all of the following:
     2  7    a.  Issues related to low=income elderly and
     2  8 individuals with disabilities who are enrolled in both
     2  9 Medicaid and Medicare, or "dual eligibles", who will
     2 10 no longer be eligible for coverage of prescription
     2 11 drugs under Medicaid.
     2 12    b.  The extent to which the state will provide
     2 13 benefits to wraparound Medicare Part D benefits.
     2 14    c.  Administration of the subsidy for low=income
     2 15 beneficiaries.
     2 16    d.  General administration of the Medicare Part D
     2 17 program throughout the state.
     2 18    5.  The task force shall submit a report of its
     2 19 findings and recommendations to the oversight
     2 20 committee of the general assembly no later than
     2 21 October 1, 2005.
     2 22    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
     2 23 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.>
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     2 26                               
     2 27 UPMEYER of Hancock
     2 28 HF 586.201 81
     2 29 pf/sh/1992

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