Senate
File
2025
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2025
BY
TRONE
GARRIOTT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
statewide
dementia
care
coordination,
and
1
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
STATEWIDE
DEMENTIA
CARE
COORDINATOR
——
DEMENTIA
1
CARE
SPECIALISTS
——
APPROPRIATION.
There
is
appropriated
from
2
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
health
and
3
human
services
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
and
4
ending
June
30,
2025,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
5
as
is
necessary,
for
the
purposes
designated:
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$
750,000
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The
funds
appropriated
in
this
section
shall
be
used
by
the
8
department
of
health
and
human
services
to
employ
a
statewide
9
dementia
care
coordinator
within
the
department,
and
to
provide
10
grants
to
each
area
agency
on
aging
to
employ
a
dementia
care
11
specialist
in
each
area
agency
on
aging.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
appropriates
$750,000
from
the
general
fund
of
the
16
state
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
(HHS)
for
17
FY
2024-2025
to
employ
a
statewide
dementia
care
coordinator
18
within
HHS,
and
to
provide
grants
to
each
area
agency
on
aging
19
to
employ
a
dementia
care
specialist
in
each
area
agency
on
20
aging.
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