Senate Study Bill 1042
SENATE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
HUMAN RESOURCES BILL
BY CO=CHAIRPERSON RAGAN)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the membership of the council with which the
2 director of human services consults regarding the medical
3 assistance program.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 1263SC 81
6 pf/sh/8
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 249A.4, subsection 8, unnumbered
1 2 paragraph 1, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 Shall advise and consult at least semiannually with a
1 4 council composed of the presidents or directors of the
1 5 following organizations or agencies, or a president's
1 6 representative who is a member of the organization represented
1 7 by the president, or a director's representative: the Iowa
1 8 medical society, the Iowa osteopathic medical association, the
1 9 Iowa academy of family physicians, the Iowa chapter of the
1 10 American academy of pediatrics, the Iowa physical therapy
1 11 association, the Iowa dental association, the Iowa nurses
1 12 association, the Iowa pharmacy association, the Iowa podiatric
1 13 medical society, the Iowa optometric association, the Iowa
1 14 association of community providers, the Iowa psychological
1 15 association, the Iowa psychiatric society, the Iowa chapter of
1 16 the national association of social workers, the Iowa hospital
1 17 association, the Iowa association of rural health clinics, the
1 18 opticians' association of Iowa, inc., the Iowa association of
1 19 hearing health professionals, the Iowa speech and hearing
1 20 association, the Iowa health care association, the Iowa
1 21 association of area agencies on aging, AARP, the Iowa
1 22 caregivers association, the Iowa coalition of home and
1 23 community based services for seniors, the Iowa adult day
1 24 services association, the Iowa association for home care, the
1 25 Iowa council of health care centers, the Iowa physician
1 26 assistant society, the Iowa association of nurse
1 27 practitioners, the Iowa occupational therapy association, the
1 28 Iowa association of homes and services for the aging, the ARC
1 29 of Iowa which was formerly known as the association for
1 30 retarded citizens of Iowa, the alliance for the mentally ill
1 31 of Iowa, Iowa state association of counties, and the
1 32 governor's developmental disabilities council, together with
1 33 one person designated by the Iowa chiropractic society; one
1 34 state representative from each of the two major political
1 35 parties appointed by the speaker of the house, one state
2 1 senator from each of the two major political parties appointed
2 2 by the president of the senate, after consultation with the
2 3 majority leader and the minority leader of the senate, each
2 4 for a term of two years; four public representatives,
2 5 appointed by the governor for staggered terms of two years
2 6 each, none of whom shall be members of, or practitioners of,
2 7 or have a pecuniary interest in any of the professions or
2 8 businesses represented by any of the several professional
2 9 groups and associations specifically represented on the
2 10 council under this subsection, and at least one of whom shall
2 11 be a recipient of medical assistance; the director of public
2 12 health, or a representative designated by the director; the
2 13 director of the department of elder affairs, or a
2 14 representative designated by the director; the dean of Des
2 15 Moines university == osteopathic medical center, or a
2 16 representative designated by the dean; and the dean of the
2 17 university of Iowa college of medicine, or a representative
2 18 designated by the dean.
2 19 EXPLANATION
2 20 This bill adds to the membership of the council with which
2 21 the director of the department of human services is required
2 22 to consult regarding the medical assistance program (known as
2 23 the medical assistance advisory council, or MAAC) the
2 24 president, director, or the representative of the president or
2 25 director of the department of elder affairs, the Iowa
2 26 association of area agencies on aging, AARP, the Iowa
2 27 caregivers association, the Iowa coalition of home and
2 28 community based services for seniors, and the Iowa adult day
2 29 services association.
2 30 LSB 1263SC 81
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