Senate File 119 - Introduced SENATE FILE 119 BY RAGAN , WILHELM , JOCHUM , BOWMAN , SODDERS , BOLKCOM , DOTZLER , SENG , HANCOCK , SCHOENJAHN , BEALL , McCOY , HORN , DEARDEN , FRAISE , COURTNEY , DANDEKAR , GRONSTAL , KIBBIE , BLACK , HATCH , RIELLY , and QUIRMBACH A BILL FOR An Act relating to the creation of and use of moneys in a 1 home and community-based services trust fund and making an 2 appropriation. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2006XS (6) 84 pf/nh
S.F. 119 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 231.35 Home and community-based 1 services trust fund. 2 1. A home and community-based services trust fund is 3 created within the state treasury under the authority of 4 the department. The moneys in the home and community-based 5 services trust fund are appropriated to the department to be 6 used for distribution through the area agencies on aging to 7 provide home and community-based services for older individuals 8 designed to promote the independence of and to delay the use of 9 institutional care by older individuals with low and moderate 10 incomes. 11 2. Moneys received by the department, moneys appropriated 12 to the home and community-based services trust fund, and any 13 other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the 14 department for placement in the home and community-based trust 15 fund shall be deposited in the fund. Notwithstanding section 16 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the home 17 and community-based services trust fund shall be credited to 18 the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund 19 that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the end of the 20 fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for the 21 same purpose in the succeeding fiscal year. 22 3. The department shall annually distribute moneys 23 available in the home and community-based trust fund to the 24 area agencies on aging. The department shall adopt rules 25 pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section, including 26 the criteria and a process for distribution of funds to area 27 agencies on aging. 28 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated to the 29 department on aging for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, 30 and ending June 30, 2012, the following amount, or so much 31 thereof as is necessary, for the purpose designated: 32 For deposit in the home and community-based services 33 trust fund created in section 231.35 to provide home and 34 community-based services to older individuals: 35 -1- LSB 2006XS (6) 84 pf/nh 1/ 2
S.F. 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,500,000 1 EXPLANATION 2 This bill creates the home and community-based services 3 trust fund within the state treasury under the authority of 4 the department on aging. Moneys in the fund are appropriated 5 to the department for distribution through area agencies on 6 aging to provide home and community-based services for older 7 individuals designed to promote the independence of and to 8 delay the use of institutional care by older individuals 9 with low and moderate incomes. The fund consists of moneys 10 received by the department, moneys appropriated to the home 11 and community-based services trust fund, and any other moneys 12 available to and obtained or accepted by the department for 13 placement in the home and community-based trust fund. The 14 department is directed to adopt rules to administer the fund, 15 including criteria and a process for distribution of funds 16 to area agencies on aging. The bill also appropriates $8.5 17 million from the general fund of the state to the department 18 for FY 2011-2012 for deposit in the trust fund. Home and 19 community-based services are defined in Code section 231.4 as 20 “a continua of services available in an individual’s home or 21 community which include but are not limited to case management, 22 homemaker, home health aide, personal care, adult day, 23 respite, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling, and other 24 medical and social services which contribute to the health and 25 well-being of individuals and their ability to reside in a home 26 or community-based care setting.” 27 -2- LSB 2006XS (6) 84 pf/nh 2/ 2