House File 556 - Introduced



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    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to compensation levels of direct care workers in
  2    nursing facilities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 3009HH 81
  5 pf/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  DIRECT CARE WORKERS IN NURSING FACILITIES ==
  1  2 SURVEY == REPORT.  The department of workforce development
  1  3 shall complete a survey of direct care workers in nursing
  1  4 facilities to compare current compensation levels to
  1  5 compensation levels prior to the implementation of the
  1  6 modified price=based case=mix reimbursement system under the
  1  7 medical assistance program in fiscal year 2001 pursuant to
  1  8 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 192, section 4.  The department shall
  1  9 submit a report of its findings to the governor and the
  1 10 general assembly on or before January 15, 2006.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill directs the department of workforce development
  1 13 to complete a survey of direct care workers in nursing
  1 14 facilities to compare current compensation levels to
  1 15 compensation levels prior to the implementation of the
  1 16 modified price=based case=mix reimbursement system under the
  1 17 medical assistance program in fiscal year 2001.  The bill also
  1 18 directs the department of workforce development to submit a
  1 19 report of its findings to the governor and the general
  1 20 assembly on or before January 15, 2006.
  1 21 LSB 3009HH 81
  1 22 pf:nh/cf/24