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
  5 pf/sc/5

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
  2 25 pf/sc/5