Senate File 355 - Reprinted SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1204) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the creation of a task force to provide for 2 the implementation of Medicare Part D and providing an 3 effective date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1269SV 81 6 pf/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. TASK FORCE == MEDICARE PART D IMPLEMENTATION. 1 2 1. The department of human services shall convene a task 1 3 force to determine the most efficient means of implementing 1 4 the Medicare drug benefit established as Medicare Part D under 1 5 the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and 1 6 Modernization Act of 2003. The task force shall consist of 1 7 all of the following voting members: 1 8 a. The director of human services, or the director's 1 9 designee. 1 10 b. The director of the department of elder affairs, or the 1 11 director's designee. 1 12 c. The director of public health, or the director's 1 13 designee. 1 14 d. A representative of the area agencies on aging. 1 15 e. A representative of the AARP. 1 16 f. A representative of the governor's developmental 1 17 disabilities council. 1 18 g. A representative of the insurance division of the 1 19 department of commerce. 1 20 h. A representative of the national alliance for the 1 21 mentally ill Iowa. 1 22 i. A representative of the United States social security 1 23 administration. 1 24 j. A representative of the Iowa association of homes and 1 25 services for the aging. 1 26 k. A representative of the Iowa health care association. 1 27 l. A representative of the Iowa state association of 1 28 counties. 1 29 m. A representative of the Iowa council of health care 1 30 centers. 1 31 n. Eight members of the general assembly. 1 32 2. a. The legislative members of the task force shall be 1 33 appointed by the republican and democratic leaders of the 1 34 senate, after consultation with the president of the senate, 1 35 and by the speaker of the house of representatives, after 2 1 consultation with the majority leader and the minority leader 2 2 of the house of representatives. The legislative appointments 2 3 shall comply with sections 69.16 and 69.16A. 2 4 b. Vacancies on the task force shall be filled by the 2 5 original appointing authority and in the manner of the 2 6 original appointments. 2 7 3. The task force shall elect a chairperson. A majority 2 8 of the members of the task force shall constitute a quorum. A 2 9 majority vote of those members present shall be required for 2 10 any action of the task force. The department of human 2 11 services shall provide staffing for the task force. 2 12 4. The task force shall make recommendations regarding all 2 13 of the following: 2 14 a. Issues related to low=income elderly and individuals 2 15 with disabilities who are enrolled in both Medicaid and 2 16 Medicare, or "dual eligibles", who will no longer be eligible 2 17 for coverage of prescription drugs under Medicaid. 2 18 b. The extent to which the state will provide benefits to 2 19 wraparound Medicare Part D benefits. 2 20 c. Administration of the subsidy for low=income 2 21 beneficiaries. 2 22 d. General administration of the Medicare Part D program 2 23 throughout the state. 2 24 5. The task force shall submit a report of its findings 2 25 and recommendations to the oversight committee of the general 2 26 assembly no later than October 1, 2005. 2 27 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 29 SF 355 2 30 pf:nh/cc/26