Senate File 257 SENATE FILE BY TINSMAN Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the management of elder group homes. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2553SS 80 4 pf/pj/5 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 residencethat 1 4 is a residence of a person who is providingat which location 1 5 is provided room, board, and personal care to three through 1 6 five elders who are not related to the person providing the 1 7 service within 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 beowner=occupied, or owned 1 11 by a nonprofit corporation and occupied by a resident manager. 1 12 A resident manager shall reside in and provide services for no 1 13 more than one elder group homestaffed twenty=four hours per 1 14 day, seven days per week. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill provides that an elder group home is no longer 1 17 required to be a location that is the residence of a person 1 18 providing room, board, and services to elder tenants and is no 1 19 longer required to be owner=occupied or have a resident 1 20 manager, but instead is a location that provides room, board, 1 21 and services to elder residents and is staffed 24 hours per 1 22 day, seven days per week. 1 23 LSB 2553SS 80 1 24 pf/pj/5 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35