House File 2114 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY MASCHER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the senior living trust fund and providing
2 limitations on appropriation of moneys in the fund.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 5777HH 82
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 249H.2, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
1 2 2007, 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, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
1 11 amended by striking the subsection.
1 12 Sec. 3. Section 249H.5, subsection 1, Code 2007, 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 2007, 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, as follows:
1 25 a. To the department of elder affairs, an amount
1 26 necessary, annually, for expenses incurred in implementation
1 27 and administration of the long=term care alternatives programs
1 28 and for delivery of long=term care services to seniors with
1 29 low or moderate incomes.
1 30 b. To the department of human services, an amount
1 31 necessary, annually, for expenses incurred in administration
1 32 of and service delivery through medical assistance home and
1 33 community=based services waivers and the PACE program.
1 34 Sec. 5. Section 249H.5, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
1 35 amended to read as follows:
2 1 3. a. Any funds remaining after disbursement of moneys
2 2 under subsection 2 shall be invested with the interest earned
2 3 to be available in subsequent fiscal years for the purposes
2 4 provided in subsection 2, paragraph "b", and subsection 2,
2 5 paragraph "c", subparagraphs (1) and (2).
2 6 b. Moneys in the fund shall not be appropriated for
2 7 purposes other than those specified in subsection 2, and shall
2 8 not be appropriated in amounts that reduce the fund balance
2 9 below two hundred million dollars.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill provides for the use of moneys in the senior
2 12 living trust fund. The bill limits the purposes for which the
2 13 moneys in the fund may be appropriated to the implementation
2 14 and administration of the long=term care alternatives
2 15 programs, the delivery of long=term care services to seniors
2 16 with low or moderate incomes, and the administration and
2 17 delivery of services through medical assistance home and
2 18 community=based services waivers and the program of
2 19 all=inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) program.
2 20 The bill also provides that moneys in the fund are not to
2 21 be appropriated for purposes other than those specified and
2 22 not in amounts that reduce the fund balance below $200
2 23 million.
2 24 LSB 5777HH 82
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