SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to an exception from state certification for adult day services programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  231D.3A  Exception.
   An entity certified by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services as a federal program of all-inclusive care for the elderly shall not be required to be certified as an adult day services program under this chapter.
EXPLANATION
   This bill grants an exception from the state certification requirement applicable to an adult day services program under Code chapter 231D, if the program is certified as a federal program for all-inclusive care for the elderly.