House File 2095 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2095 BY MASCHER , RUFF , HUNTER , MURPHY , STAED , JACOBY , KEARNS , STUTSMAN , LENSING , DUNKEL , ABDUL-SAMAD , COHOON , T. TAYLOR , MEYER , BEARINGER , OURTH , WOLFE , ANDERSON , THEDE , H. MILLER , GAINES , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , STECKMAN , WINCKLER , BERRY , GASKILL , KAJTAZOVIC , HANSON , and OLDSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to the department on aging and providing an 1 appropriation. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5517HH (4) 85 pf/nh

H.F. 2095 Section 1. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 138, section 131, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 SEC. 131. DEPARTMENT ON AGING. There is appropriated from 3 the general fund of the state to the department on aging for 4 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 5 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 6 to be used for the purposes designated: 7 For aging programs for the department on aging and area 8 agencies on aging to provide citizens of Iowa who are 60 years 9 of age and older with case management for frail elders, Iowa’s 10 aging and disabilities resource center, and other services 11 which may include but are not limited to adult day services, 12 respite care, chore services, information and assistance, 13 and material aid, for information and options counseling for 14 persons with disabilities who are 18 years of age or older, 15 and for salaries, support, administration, maintenance, and 16 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following 17 full-time equivalent positions: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,300,190 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 13,000,000 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 28.00 21 1. Funds appropriated in this section may be used to 22 supplement federal funds under federal regulations. To 23 receive funds appropriated in this section, a local area 24 agency on aging shall match the funds with moneys from other 25 sources according to rules adopted by the department. Funds 26 appropriated in this section may be used for elderly services 27 not specifically enumerated in this section only if approved 28 by an area agency on aging for provision of the service within 29 the area. 30 2. Of the funds appropriated in this section, $139,973 31 $279,946 is transferred to the economic development authority 32 for the Iowa commission on volunteer services to be used for 33 the retired and senior volunteer program. 34 3. a. The department on aging shall establish and enforce 35 -1- LSB 5517HH (4) 85 pf/nh 1/ 3

H.F. 2095 procedures relating to expenditure of state and federal funds 1 by area agencies on aging that require compliance with both 2 state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, including but 3 not limited to all of the following: 4 (1) Requiring that expenditures are incurred only for goods 5 or services received or performed prior to the end of the 6 fiscal period designated for use of the funds. 7 (2) Prohibiting prepayment for goods or services not 8 received or performed prior to the end of the fiscal period 9 designated for use of the funds. 10 (3) Prohibiting the prepayment for goods or services 11 not defined specifically by good or service, time period, or 12 recipient. 13 (4) Prohibiting the establishment of accounts from which 14 future goods or services which are not defined specifically by 15 good or service, time period, or recipient, may be purchased. 16 b. The procedures shall provide that if any funds are 17 expended in a manner that is not in compliance with the 18 procedures and applicable federal and state laws, rules, and 19 regulations, and are subsequently subject to repayment, the 20 area agency on aging expending such funds in contravention of 21 such procedures, laws, rules and regulations, not the state, 22 shall be liable for such repayment. 23 4. Of the funds appropriated in this section, $125,000 24 $250,000 shall be used to fund services to meet the unmet needs 25 of older individuals as identified in the annual compilation of 26 unmet service units by the area agencies on aging. 27 5. Of the funds appropriated in this section, $300,000 28 $600,000 shall be used to fund home and community-based 29 services through the area agencies on aging that enable older 30 individuals to avoid more costly utilization of residential or 31 institutional services and remain in their own homes. 32 6. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, $10,000 33 $20,000 shall be used for implementation continuation of a 34 guardianship and conservatorship monitoring and assistance 35 -2- LSB 5517HH (4) 85 pf/nh 2/ 3

H.F. 2095 pilot project as specified in this Act. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 This bill appropriates $13 million to the department on 5 aging from the general fund of the state for FY 2014-2015. 6 The bill amends the appropriation and allocations enacted in 7 2013 for FY 2014-2015, by increasing the total appropriation 8 relative to FY 2013-2014 by $2.4 million and increasing each of 9 the allocations to 100 percent of the amount allocated for the 10 specific purpose for FY 2013-2014. 11 -3- LSB 5517HH (4) 85 pf/nh 3/ 3