Senate File 2062 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY BOLKCOM, CONNOLLY, HANCOCK,
HATCH, KIBBIE, GRONSTAL,
COURTNEY, FRAISE, QUIRMBACH,
SCHOENJAHN, DEARDEN, KREIMAN,
WOOD, SENG, HORN, DOTZLER,
DANIELSON, WARNSTADT, RAGAN,
STEWART, and BEALL
(COMPANION TO LSB 5739HH BY
HUSER)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the senior living trust fund and providing for
2 appropriation of the moneys in the fund.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 249H.2, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 f. Grants are necessary to cover the expenditures related
1 4 to the development of alternative health care services.
1 5 Development of these long=term care alternatives will improve
1 6 access to and delivery of long=term care services to
1 7 underserved individuals or in underserved areas, which will in
1 8 turn contain or reduce the cost and improve the quality of
1 9 health care services.
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 249H.3, subsections 3, 6, and 8, Code
1 11 2005, are amended by striking the subsections.
1 12 Sec. 3. Section 249H.5, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
1 13 amended to read as follows:
1 14 1. Moneys deposited in the senior living trust fund
1 15 created in section 249H.4 shall be used only as provided in
1 16 appropriations from the trust fund to the department of human
1 17 services and the department of elder affairs, and for
1 18 purposes, including the awarding of grants, as specified in
1 19 this chapter.
1 20 Sec. 4. Section 249H.5, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
1 21 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
1 22 thereof the following:
1 23 2. Moneys in the trust fund are allocated, subject to
1 24 their appropriation by the general assembly, to the department
1 25 of elder affairs, in an amount necessary, annually, for
1 26 expenses incurred in implementation and administration of the
1 27 long=term care alternatives programs and for delivery of
1 28 long=term care services to seniors with low or moderate
1 29 incomes.
1 30 Sec. 5. Section 249H.5, subsection 3, Code 2005, is
1 31 amended to read as follows:
1 32 3. a. Any funds remaining after disbursement of moneys
1 33 under subsection 2 shall be invested with the interest earned
1 34 to be available in subsequent fiscal years for the purposes
1 35 provided in subsection 2, paragraph "b", and subsection 2,
2 1 paragraph "c", subparagraphs (1) and (2).
2 2 b. Moneys in the fund shall not be appropriated in an
2 3 amount in excess of the amount appropriated for the purposes
2 4 specified in subsection 2, or for purposes other than those
2 5 specified in subsection 2, until such time as the amount
2 6 deposited in the fund, following disbursement of moneys under
2 7 subsection 2, exceeds two hundred million dollars. At such
2 8 time, moneys in the fund may be appropriated in an amount that
2 9 does not reduce the fund balance below two hundred million
2 10 dollars and only for the purpose of providing additional
2 11 funding for the purposes of subsection 2.
2 12 Sec. 6. Section 249H.11, Code 2005, is amended to read as
2 13 follows:
2 14 249H.11 FUTURE REPEAL GRANTS.
2 15 Section 249H.6 is repealed on June 30, 2005. However,
2 16 Nursing facility conversion and long=term care services
2 17 development grants awarded pursuant to section 249H.6, Code
2 18 2005, and moneys appropriated for such grants on or before
2 19 June 30, 2005, shall be disbursed to eligible applicants after
2 20 that date if necessary.
2 21 EXPLANATION
2 22 This bill provides for the use of moneys in the senior
2 23 living trust fund. The bill limits the purposes for which the
2 24 moneys in the fund may be appropriated to the implementation
2 25 and administration of the long=term care alternatives programs
2 26 and the delivery of long=term care services to seniors with
2 27 low or moderate incomes.
2 28 The bill also provides that moneys in the fund are not to
2 29 be appropriated in an amount in excess of the amounts
2 30 specified for the purpose specified, or for purposes other
2 31 than those specified, until such time as the amount deposited
2 32 in the fund, following disbursement of moneys for the two
2 33 purposes and in the amounts specified, exceeds $200 million.
2 34 At such time as the amount exceeds $200 million, moneys in the
2 35 fund may be appropriated in an amount that does not reduce the
3 1 fund balance below $200 million and only for the purposes of
3 2 providing additional funding for implementation and
3 3 administration of the long=term care alternatives programs and
3 4 for delivery of long=term care services to seniors with low or
3 5 moderate incomes.
3 6 The bill also makes a conforming change due to the repeal
3 7 of the Code section related to nursing facility conversion and
3 8 long=term care services development grants.
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