House File 653 S-3385 Amend House File 653, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the House, as follows: 2 1. Page 151, after line 20 by inserting: 3 < DIVISION ___ 4 DEPARTMENTAL STAKEHOLDER WORKGROUP —— LEGISLATIVE INTERIM —— 5 FACILITY FOR ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AGGRESSIVE, COMBATIVE, 6 HAVE DEMENTIA OR OTHER OR GEROPSYCHIATRIC BEHAVIORS 7 Sec. ___. DEPARTMENTAL STAKEHOLDER WORKGROUP —— LEGISLATIVE 8 INTERIM —— FACILITY FOR ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AGGRESSIVE, 9 COMBATIVE, OR HAVE DEMENTIA OR OTHER GEROPSYCHIATRIC BEHAVIORS. 10 1. a. In addition to the collaborative analysis of 11 dementia-specific care in the state as required in division 12 XXII of this 2017 Act, the department on aging, department of 13 public health, department of inspections and appeals, and the 14 department of human services shall facilitate a stakeholder 15 workgroup to examine options for designating or establishing 16 a facility to provide care for elderly individuals who are 17 sexually aggressive, combative, require dementia-specific care, 18 or have other unmet geropsychiatric needs. 19 b. The membership of the stakeholder workgroup shall 20 include but is not limited to representatives of all of the 21 following: 22 (1) The departments of inspections and appeals, human 23 services, corrections, and public health, the department on 24 aging, the state public defender, the office of ombudsman, the 25 office of long-term care ombudsman, and the judicial branch. 26 (2) Consumers of services provided by long-term care 27 facilities and family members of consumers. 28 (3) Leadingage Iowa, the Iowa health care association, and 29 the Iowa association of community providers. 30 (4) Direct care workers providing care in long-term care 31 facilities. 32 (5) Iowa legal aid. 33 (6) AARP Iowa chapter. 34 (7) The Iowa civil liberties union. 35 -1- HF653.2651 (3) 87 pf/rn 1/ 2 #1.
(8) Other stakeholders with interest or expertise in the 1 subject as deemed appropriate by the departments involved. 2 c. The stakeholder workgroup shall consider options for 3 designating or establishing a facility as specified in this 4 subsection and shall consider whether a long-term care facility 5 should have the ability to refuse admission to or discharge 6 from a facility, individuals who are sexually aggressive, 7 combative, or have unmet geropsychiatric needs. The workgroup 8 shall identify the characteristics of individuals who are 9 sexually aggressive, combative, or have unmet geropsychiatric 10 needs; review workforce needs, recruitment, training, and 11 compensation necessary to maintain such a facility; review 12 requirements to receive Medicaid reimbursement for such 13 a facility; provide cost projections associated with any 14 recommendations made; and review any other relevant issues. 15 d. The stakeholder workgroup shall provide a report to 16 the interim study committee created pursuant to subsection 17 2 no later than October 31, 2017, detailing its findings 18 and recommendations for further review by the interim study 19 committee. 20 2. The legislative council is requested to establish an 21 interim study committee for the 2017 interim to examine options 22 for designating or establishing a facility to provide care for 23 elderly individuals who are sexually aggressive, combative, or 24 have unmet geropsychiatric needs. The interim study committee 25 shall meet to receive and review the report of the stakeholder 26 workgroup established pursuant to subsection 1, and the interim 27 study committee shall submit its report, including findings and 28 recommendations, to the governor and the general assembly by 29 December 15, 2017. > 30 2. By renumbering as necessary. 31 ______________________________ RITA HART -2- HF653.2651 (3) 87 pf/rn 2/ 2 #2.