House File 368

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  DOLECHECK and REASONER


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to requirements for elder group homes.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2512YH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 231B.1, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  "Elder group home" means a single=family residence that
  1  4 is a residence of a operated by a person who is providing
  1  5 room, board, and personal care to three through five elders
  1  6 who are not related to the person providing the service within
  1  7 the third degree of consanguinity or affinity.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 231B.2, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
  1  9 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 10    c.  An elder group home shall be owner=occupied, or owned
  1 11 by a nonprofit corporation and occupied by a resident manager
  1 12 staffed by an on=site manager twenty=four hours per day, seven
  1 13 days per week.  A resident manager shall reside in and provide
  1 14 services for no more than one elder group home.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill provides that an elder group home is a single=
  1 17 family residence operated by a person who provides room,
  1 18 board, and personal care to tenants.  Current law provides
  1 19 that an elder group home is a single=family residence that is
  1 20 the residence of the person providing the room, board, and
  1 21 personal care services.
  1 22    The bill also provides that rather than require the home to
  1 23 be owner=occupied or occupied by a resident manager, the home
  1 24 is to be staffed by an on=site manager 24 hours per day, seven
  1 25 days per week.
  1 26 LSB 2512YH 80
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