HF 2463 (LSB 5821HV (3) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2463

BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2078)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to certification requirements related to services provided by an assisted living program, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 231C.3, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Services provided by a certified assisted living program may be provided directly by a person who is staff of the assisted living program, by individuals a person contracting with the assisted living program to provide services, or by individuals a person employed by the tenant or with whom the tenant contracts if the tenant agrees to assume the responsibility and risk of the employment or the contractual relationship.  For the purposes of specifying the entity providing services under this section, “person” means person as defined in section 4.1 and includes a corporate parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of an assisted living program.
    Sec. 2.  Section 231C.3, subsection 4, Code Supplement 2009, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Certification of an assisted living program shall require that an assisted living program is prohibited from ceasing operation as an assisted living program if the program provides or continues to provide services which meet the definition of assisted living under this chapter by a person specified in paragraph “a”.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to the services provided by an assisted living program. The bill provides that services provided by a certified assisted living program may be provided by persons as specified in the bill and defines “person” to mean person as defined in Code section 4.1, which means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity and for the purposes of the bill specifically includes any corporate parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of an assisted living program. 
   The bill also provides that certification of an assisted living program requires that an assisted living program is prohibited from ceasing operation as an assisted living program if the program provides or continues to provide services which meet the definition of assisted living under the Code chapter by a person as specified under the bill.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.