House File 2460 H-8226 Amend House File 2460 as follows: 1 1. Page 112, after line 5 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 FACILITY FOR ELDERLY PERSONS WITH AGGRESSIVE OR 4 PSYCHIATRIC BEHAVIORS 5 Sec. ___. FACILITY FOR ELDERLY PERSONS WITH 6 AGGRESSIVE OR PSYCHIATRIC BEHAVIORS —— COMMITTEE —— 7 REPORT. 8 1. The department of inspections and appeals, in 9 conjunction with the department of human services, 10 shall establish and facilitate a committee of 11 stakeholders to examine options for designating a 12 facility to provide care for elderly persons in this 13 state who are sexually aggressive, combative, or have 14 unmet geropsychiatric needs. 15 2. The membership of the committee shall include 16 but is not limited to the following: 17 a. Representatives of the departments of 18 inspections and appeals, human services, corrections, 19 public health, and aging, the state public defender, 20 the office of ombudsman, the office of long-term care 21 ombudsman, and the judicial branch. 22 b. Consumers of services provided by long-term care 23 facilities and family members of consumers. 24 c. Representatives from leadingage Iowa, the Iowa 25 health care association, and the Iowa association of 26 community providers. 27 d. Direct care workers employed by long-term care 28 facilities. 29 e. Representatives from Iowa legal aid. 30 f. Representatives from AARP Iowa. 31 g. Representatives from the Iowa civil liberties 32 union. 33 h. Other stakeholders as the department of 34 inspections and appeals and the department of human 35 -1- HF2460.3543 (1) 86 rh/rn 1/ 2 #1.
services deem appropriate. 1 3. The committee shall discuss whether a long-term 2 care facility, as defined in section 142D.2, should 3 have the ability to refuse admission to, or discharge, 4 residents who are sexually aggressive, combative, or 5 have unmet geropsychiatric needs. The committee shall 6 consider options for establishment of a facility to 7 provide care for persons who are sexually aggressive, 8 combative, or have unmet geropsychiatric needs. The 9 committee shall identify the characteristics of 10 residents for such a facility, options for creating 11 a new facility to house such residents, options for 12 the expansion of an existing facility to house such 13 residents, options for using any alternative facilities 14 for such residents, the workforce and training 15 necessary for the workforce in such facility, options 16 to qualify a facility for Medicaid reimbursement, 17 cost projections for any recommendations, and other 18 information deemed relevant by the department of 19 inspections and appeals. 20 4. The committee shall provide a report detailing 21 its findings and recommendations to the governor and 22 the general assembly by December 15, 2016. > 23 2. By renumbering as necessary. 24 ______________________________ H. MILLER of Webster -2- HF2460.3543 (1) 86 rh/rn 2/ 2 #2.