House
File
653
S-3379
Amend
House
File
653,
as
amended,
passed,
and
reprinted
by
1
the
House,
as
follows:
2
1.
Page
151,
after
line
20
by
inserting:
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DIVISION
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LEGISLATIVE
INTERIM
——
DEPARTMENTAL
STAKEHOLDER
WORKGROUP
——
5
FACILITY
FOR
ELDERLY
INDIVIDUALS
WITH
AGGRESSIVE,
COMBATIVE
OR
6
PSYCHIATRIC
BEHAVIORS
7
Sec.
___.
LEGISLATIVE
INTERIM
——
DEPARTMENTAL
STAKEHOLDER
8
WORKGROUP
——
FACILITY
FOR
ELDERLY
INDIVIDUALS
WITH
AGGRESSIVE,
9
COMBATIVE,
OR
PSYCHIATRIC
BEHAVIORS.
10
1.
The
legislative
council
is
requested
to
establish
an
11
interim
study
committee
for
the
2017
interim
to
examine
options
12
for
designating
or
establishing
a
facility
to
provide
care
for
13
elderly
individuals
who
are
sexually
aggressive,
combative,
or
14
have
unmet
geropsychiatric
needs.
The
interim
study
committee
15
shall
meet
to
receive
and
review
the
report
of
the
stakeholder
16
workgroup
established
pursuant
to
subsection
2,
and
the
interim
17
study
committee
shall
submit
its
report,
including
findings
and
18
recommendations,
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
19
December
15,
2017.
20
2.
a.
The
department
of
inspections
and
appeals,
in
21
cooperation
with
the
department
of
human
services,
shall
22
establish
and
facilitate
a
stakeholder
workgroup
to
examine
23
options
for
designating
or
establishing
a
facility
to
provide
24
care
for
elderly
individuals
in
this
state
who
are
sexually
25
aggressive,
combative,
or
have
unmet
geropsychiatric
needs.
26
b.
The
membership
of
the
stakeholder
workgroup
shall
27
include
but
is
not
limited
to
representatives
of
all
of
the
28
following:
29
(1)
The
departments
of
inspections
and
appeals,
human
30
services,
corrections,
and
public
health,
the
department
on
31
aging,
the
state
public
defender,
the
office
of
ombudsman,
the
32
office
of
long-term
care
ombudsman,
and
the
judicial
branch.
33
(2)
Consumers
of
services
provided
by
long-term
care
34
facilities
and
family
members
of
consumers.
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(3)
Leadingage
Iowa,
the
Iowa
health
care
association,
and
1
the
Iowa
association
of
community
providers.
2
(4)
Direct
care
workers
providing
care
in
long-term
care
3
facilities.
4
(5)
Iowa
legal
aid.
5
(6)
AARP
Iowa
chapter.
6
(7)
The
Iowa
civil
liberties
union.
7
(8)
Other
stakeholders
with
interest
or
expertise
in
the
8
subject
as
deemed
appropriate
by
the
department
of
inspections
9
and
appeals
and
the
department
of
human
services.
10
c.
The
stakeholder
workgroup
shall
consider
options
for
11
designating
or
establishing
a
facility
as
specified
in
this
12
subsection
and
shall
consider
whether
a
long-term
care
facility
13
should
have
the
ability
to
refuse
admission
to
or
discharge
14
from
a
facility,
individuals
who
are
sexually
aggressive,
15
combative,
or
have
unmet
geropsychiatric
needs.
The
workgroup
16
shall
identify
the
characteristics
of
individuals
who
are
17
sexually
aggressive,
combative,
or
have
unmet
geropsychiatric
18
needs;
review
workforce
needs,
recruitment,
training,
and
19
compensation
necessary
to
maintain
such
a
facility;
review
20
requirements
to
receive
Medicaid
reimbursement
for
such
21
a
facility;
provide
cost
projections
associated
with
any
22
recommendations
made;
and
review
any
other
relevant
issues.
23
d.
The
stakeholder
workgroup
shall
provide
a
report
to
24
the
interim
study
committee
created
pursuant
to
subsection
25
1
no
later
than
October
31,
2017,
detailing
its
findings
26
and
recommendations
for
further
review
by
the
interim
study
27
committee.
>
28
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
29
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HART
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