House File 543 - Introduced
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A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to direct care workers, including the
2 establishment of a direct care worker advisory council and
3 expansion of the Iowa nurse aide registry, and providing an
4 appropriation.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.151 DIRECT CARE WORKER
1 2 ADVISORY COUNCIL == ESTABLISHED == DUTIES.
1 3 1. A direct care worker advisory council is established in
1 4 the Iowa department of public health. The members of the
1 5 advisory council shall include representatives of the direct
1 6 care workforce, long=term care providers, consumer and
1 7 disability advocates, community colleges, licensed nurses, the
1 8 Iowa caregivers association, and the Iowa caregivers
1 9 association direct care worker advisory council, to be
1 10 selected by the governor. The task force shall also include
1 11 the director or the director's designee of the Iowa department
1 12 of public health, the department of human services, the
1 13 department of elder affairs, the department of inspections and
1 14 appeals, and the Iowa commission on the status of women, and
1 15 members of the general assembly.
1 16 2. The legislative members of the committee shall be
1 17 appointed by the president of the senate, after consultation
1 18 with the majority leader and minority leader of the senate,
1 19 and by the speaker of the house, after consultation with the
1 20 majority leader and the minority leader of the house of
1 21 representatives. Members shall serve staggered terms of two
1 22 years. Appointments shall comply with sections 69.16 and
1 23 69.16A. Vacancies shall be filled by the original appointing
1 24 authority and in the manner of the original appointments.
1 25 3. Nonlegislative members shall receive actual expenses
1 26 incurred while serving in their official capacity and may also
1 27 be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section
1 28 7D.6. Legislative members shall receive compensation pursuant
1 29 to section 2.12.
1 30 4. The advisory council shall select a chairperson,
1 31 annually, from its membership. A majority of the members of
1 32 the advisory council shall constitute a quorum.
1 33 5. The direct care worker advisory council shall do all of
1 34 the following:
1 35 a. Identify direct care worker classifications.
2 1 b. Review and outline the corresponding education and
2 2 training rules, regulations, and standards applicable to each
2 3 direct care worker classification identified.
2 4 c. Determine the appropriateness of the education and
2 5 training requirements for each direct care worker
2 6 classification identified.
2 7 d. Streamline and maintain the direct care worker
2 8 education and training system so that the system benefits the
2 9 direct care worker, provider, and consumer and is aligned with
2 10 any long=term care redesign plans.
2 11 e. Provide general oversight and review of direct care
2 12 worker education and training requirements.
2 13 f. Propose changes in state law and rules related to
2 14 direct care workers.
2 15 g. Interface direct care worker education and training
2 16 standards with the direct care worker registry maintained by
2 17 the department of inspections and appeals.
2 18 Sec. 2. DIRECT CARE WORKER REGISTRY == APPROPRIATION.
2 19 1. The department of inspections and appeals, in
2 20 cooperation with the direct care worker advisory council
2 21 established in section 135.151, shall create an Iowa direct
2 22 care worker registry by expanding the Iowa nurse aide registry
2 23 to include direct care workers.
2 24 2. The department of inspections and appeals shall utilize
2 25 the direct care worker classifications and corresponding
2 26 education and training rules, regulations, and standards
2 27 identified by the direct care worker advisory council in
2 28 creating the direct care worker registry.
2 29 3. There is appropriated to the department of inspections
2 30 and appeals from the general fund of the state for the fiscal
2 31 year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the
2 32 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the
2 33 purpose designated:
2 34 For creation of the direct care worker registry through
2 35 expansion of the Iowa nurse aide registry:
3 1 .................................................. $ 80,000
3 2 EXPLANATION
3 3 This bill relates to direct care workers. The bill
3 4 establishes a direct care worker advisory council within the
3 5 Iowa department of public health. The members of the advisory
3 6 council include representatives of the direct care workforce,
3 7 long=term care providers, consumer and disability advocates,
3 8 community colleges, licensed nurses, the Iowa caregivers
3 9 association, and the Iowa caregivers association direct care
3 10 worker advisory council, to be selected by the governor.
3 11 Additionally, the task force membership includes the director
3 12 or the director's designee of the Iowa department of public
3 13 health, the department of human services, the department of
3 14 elder affairs, the department of inspections and appeals, and
3 15 the Iowa commission on the status of women, and members of the
3 16 general assembly. The bill provides the duties of the council
3 17 which include: identifying direct care worker
3 18 classifications; reviewing and outlining the corresponding
3 19 education and training rules, regulations, and standards
3 20 applicable to each direct care worker classification
3 21 identified; determining the appropriateness of the education
3 22 and training requirements for each direct care worker
3 23 classification identified; streamlining and maintaining the
3 24 direct care worker education and training system so that the
3 25 system benefits the direct care worker, provider, and consumer
3 26 and is aligned with any long=term care redesign plans;
3 27 providing general oversight and review of direct care worker
3 28 education and training requirements; proposing changes in
3 29 state law and rule related to direct care workers; and
3 30 interfacing direct care worker education and training
3 31 standards with the direct care worker registry maintained by
3 32 the department of inspections and appeals.
3 33 The bill also directs the department of inspections and
3 34 appeals, in cooperation with the direct care worker advisory
3 35 council, to create an Iowa direct care worker registry by
4 1 expanding the Iowa nurse aide registry to include direct care
4 2 workers. The department of inspections and appeals is to
4 3 utilize the direct care worker classifications and
4 4 corresponding education and training rules, regulations, and
4 5 standards identified by the direct care worker advisory
4 6 council in creating the direct care worker registry.
4 7 The bill appropriates $80,000 to the department of
4 8 inspections and appeals from the general fund of the state for
4 9 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30,
4 10 2006, for creation of the direct care worker registry through
4 11 expansion of the Iowa nurse aide registry.
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