House
Study
Bill
527
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MILLER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
admission
or
retention
of
participants
1
in
an
adult
day
services
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
231D.19
Admission
and
retention
of
1
participants.
2
An
adult
day
services
program
shall
not
knowingly
admit
or
3
retain
a
participant
who
meets
any
of
the
following
criteria:
4
1.
Is
under
the
age
of
eighteen.
5
2.
Requires
routine
three-person
assistance
with
standing,
6
transfer,
or
evacuation.
7
3.
Poses
a
danger
to
the
participant,
other
participants,
8
or
the
adult
day
services
program
staff.
“Pose
a
danger”
may
9
include
but
is
not
limited
to
the
following
situations:
10
a.
The
participant
chronically
elopes
despite
intervention.
11
b.
The
participant
is
sexually
or
physically
aggressive
or
12
abusive.
13
c.
The
participant’s
verbal
abuse
is
unmanageable
by
staff.
14
d.
The
participant
is
in
the
acute
stage
of
alcoholism,
drug
15
addiction,
or
mental
illness.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
establishes
criteria
that
would
prohibit
the
20
admission
or
retention
of
a
participant
in
an
adult
day
21
services
program.
The
program
may
not
knowingly
admit
or
22
retain
a
participant
who
is
under
18
years
of
age,
requires
23
three-person
assistance,
poses
a
danger
to
the
participant,
to
24
other
participants,
or
to
the
staff
of
the
adult
day
services
25
program.
The
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
may
deny,
26
suspend,
or
revoke
certification
of
the
adult
day
services
27
program
for
failure
to
comply
with
this
requirement.
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