Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 - Introduced
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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY TINSMAN
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the establishment
1 4 of a planning group to develop a plan for unifying
1 5 the state administration of services utilized by
1 6 older Iowans age 60 or older.
1 7 WHEREAS, the provision of long=term living services
1 8 to older Iowans is vital in enhancing the lives of
1 9 older Iowans as well as the overall community life in
1 10 the state; and
1 11 WHEREAS, providing the correct balance of long=term
1 12 living services involves coordination of a variety of
1 13 disciplines and programs, and activities of state
1 14 governmental agencies; and
1 15 WHEREAS, the role of the state in administering
1 16 long=term care services should be to streamline access
1 17 to appropriate services in the most cost=effective
1 18 manner possible; and
1 19 WHEREAS, access to Iowa's quality long=term living
1 20 services could be improved by increased unification of
1 21 the administration of these services; NOW THEREFORE,
1 22 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
1 23 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the leadership of the
1 24 senate and the house of representatives is requested
1 25 to establish a blue ribbon planning group to develop a
1 26 plan for unifying the state administration of long=
1 27 term living services utilized by older Iowans who are
1 28 age 60 or older; and
1 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the plan developed
1 30 should address options for implementing the
2 1 unification of the state administration through
2 2 legislation, funding changes, or other appropriate
2 3 means and should address the services paid for or
2 4 provided to older Iowans by the departments of elder
2 5 affairs, human services, and public health; and
2 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the departments that
2 7 are the focus of the planning process are requested to
2 8 provide information to the planning group and the
2 9 legislative services agency is requested to provide
2 10 staffing services to the planning group; and
2 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the unification plan
2 12 should be presented to the general assembly upon
2 13 completion, no later than April 1, 2005, and should be
2 14 designed to achieve the following goals:
2 15 1. Provide for a more effective delivery of long=
2 16 term living services to older Iowans.
2 17 2. Create financial efficiencies.
2 18 3. Increase accountability; and
2 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the appointments
2 20 necessary for the planning group be made by the senate
2 21 republican and democratic leaders and by the speaker
2 22 of the house of representatives in consultation with
2 23 the majority leader of the house of representatives
2 24 and the minority leader of the house of
2 25 representatives and that the membership of the
2 26 planning group should include all of the following:
2 27 1. The directors of the three departments or the
2 28 directors' designees.
2 29 2. A director of an area agency on aging.
2 30 3. A representative of the office of the governor.
3 1 4. A representative of the banking industry in
3 2 this state who has significant experience with
3 3 reorganization or restructuring of agencies.
3 4 5. The chief executive officer of a united way
3 5 organization located in Iowa.
3 6 6. The president of an Iowa resource center for
3 7 nonprofit organizations.
3 8 7. The president of the university of northern
3 9 Iowa.
3 10 8. The chairman of the board of the largest
3 11 private employer in the state.
3 12 9. An individual retired as president of the
3 13 state's largest private health insurer who has served
3 14 as mayor of Iowa's largest city.
3 15 10. The head of the AARP Iowa chapter.
3 16 11. The chief executive officer of an Iowa=based
3 17 financial services company ranked by Fortune magazine
3 18 as the sixth among life and health companies.
3 19 12. Two members of the senate and two members of
3 20 the house of representatives.
3 21 LSB 1572SS 81
3 22 pf/cf/24
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