H-1120

   Amend House File 566 as follows:
   1.  By striking page 22, line 12, through page 23, line 15, and inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 235B.1, subsection 4, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  a.  The establishment of a dependent adult protective advisory council. The advisory council shall do all of the following:
   (1)  Advise the director of health and human services, the director of the department on aging, the director of inspections and appeals, the director of public health, and the director of the department of corrections, and the director of human rights regarding dependent adult abuse.
   (2)  Evaluate state law and rules and make recommendations to the general assembly and to executive branch departments regarding laws and rules concerning dependent adults.
   (3)  Receive and review recommendations and complaints from the public, health care facilities, and health care programs concerning the dependent adult abuse services program.
   b.  (1)  The advisory council shall consist of twelve nine members. Eight members who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. Four of the members appointed shall be appointed on the basis of knowledge and skill related to expertise in the area of dependent adult abuse including professionals practicing in the disciplines of medicine, public health, mental health, long-term care, social work, law, and law enforcement. Two of the members appointed shall be members of the general public with an interest in the area of dependent adult abuse and two of the members appointed shall be members of the Iowa caregivers association. In addition, the membership of the council shall include the director or the director’s designee of the department of human services, the department on aging, the Iowa department of public health, and the department of inspections and appeals.
   (2)  The members of the advisory council shall be appointed to terms of four years beginning May 1. Appointments shall comply with sections 69.16 and 69.16A. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
   (3)  Members shall receive actual expenses incurred while serving in their official capacity.
   (4)  (3)  The advisory council shall select a chairperson, annually, from its membership.>

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FORBES of Polk