House Study Bill 252
HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
HUMAN RESOURCES BILL
BY CHAIRPERSON UPMEYER)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the establishment of a direct care worker task
2 force.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. DIRECT CARE WORKER TASK FORCE ==
1 2 RECOMMENDATIONS == REPORT.
1 3 1. The Iowa department of public health shall convene a
1 4 direct care worker task force to review the education and
1 5 training requirements applicable to and to make
1 6 recommendations regarding direct care workers. The Iowa
1 7 department of public health shall provide administrative
1 8 support for the task force.
1 9 2. The task force shall consist of twelve members
1 10 including representatives of the direct care workforce, health
1 11 care providers, consumer and disability advocates, and
1 12 individuals involved in the education and training of direct
1 13 care workers selected by the governor.
1 14 3. The task force shall also include the director or the
1 15 director's designee of the Iowa department of public health,
1 16 the department of human services, the department of elder
1 17 affairs, and the department of inspections and appeals, and
1 18 members of the general assembly as ex officio, nonvoting
1 19 members.
1 20 3. The legislative members of the task force shall be
1 21 appointed by the president of the senate, after consultation
1 22 with the majority leader and the minority leader of the
1 23 senate, and by the speaker of the house, after consultation
1 24 with the majority leader and the minority leader of the house
1 25 of representatives.
1 26 4. Nonlegislative members shall receive actual expenses
1 27 incurred while serving in their official capacity.
1 28 Legislative members shall receive compensation pursuant to
1 29 section 2.12.
1 30 5. The task force shall select a chairperson from its
1 31 membership. A majority of the members of the task force shall
1 32 constitute a quorum.
1 33 6. The direct care worker task force shall do all of the
1 34 following:
1 35 a. Identify the existing direct care worker
2 1 classifications.
2 2 b. Review and outline the corresponding educational and
2 3 training requirements for each direct care worker
2 4 classification identified.
2 5 c. Determine the appropriate educational and training
2 6 requirements for each direct care worker classification
2 7 identified.
2 8 d. Recommend a process for streamlining the educational
2 9 and training system for direct care workers.
2 10 e. Recommend a process for establishing a direct care
2 11 worker registry by expanding the Iowa nurse aide registry to
2 12 integrate direct care workers, and consider moving
2 13 administration of the registry to the Iowa department of
2 14 public health.
2 15 7. The task force shall submit a report of its
2 16 recommendations regarding the issues specified in subsection 6
2 17 to the governor and the general assembly no later than
2 18 December 15, 2006.
2 19 EXPLANATION
2 20 This bill directs the Iowa department of public health to
2 21 convene a direct care worker task force to review the
2 22 education and training requirements applicable to and to make
2 23 recommendations regarding direct care workers. The Iowa
2 24 department of public health is also directed to provide
2 25 administrative support to the task force.
2 26 The task force consists of 12 members including
2 27 representatives of the direct care workforce, health care
2 28 providers, consumer and disability advocates, and individuals
2 29 involved in the education and training of direct care workers
2 30 selected by the governor. The task force also includes the
2 31 director or the director's designee of the Iowa department of
2 32 public health, the department of human services, the
2 33 department of elder affairs, and the department of inspections
2 34 and appeals, and members of the general assembly as ex
2 35 officio, nonvoting members.
3 1 The bill provides for organization of the task force and
3 2 requires the task force to identify the existing direct care
3 3 worker classifications, review and outline the corresponding
3 4 educational and training requirements for each direct care
3 5 worker classification identified, determine the appropriate
3 6 educational and training requirements for each direct care
3 7 worker classification identified, recommend a process for
3 8 streamlining the educational and training system for direct
3 9 care workers, and recommend a process for establishing a
3 10 direct care worker registry by expanding the Iowa nurse aide
3 11 registry to integrate direct care workers, and consider moving
3 12 administration of the registry to the Iowa department of
3 13 public health.
3 14 The bill requires the task force to submit a report of its
3 15 recommendations to the governor and the general assembly no
3 16 later than December 15, 2006.
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