Bill Text: IA HF2009 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the office of substitute decision maker and providing an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-22 - Subcommittee, Heaton, Fisher, and Jacoby. H.J. 97. [HF2009 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2009-Introduced.html
House
File
2009
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2009
BY
HEDDENS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
office
of
substitute
decision
maker
and
1
providing
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
ON
AGING
——
OFFICE
OF
SUBSTITUTE
1
DECISION
MAKER
——
APPROPRIATION.
2
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
3
the
department
on
aging
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
4
2014,
and
ending
June
30,
2015,
the
following
amount
or
so
much
5
thereof
as
is
necessary
for
the
purposes
designated:
6
For
administration
of
the
office
of
substitute
decision
7
maker
established
pursuant
to
chapter
231E,
on
a
statewide
8
basis:
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$
2,210,646
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EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
appropriates
funds
to
the
department
on
aging
14
for
FY
2014-2015
for
administration
of
the
office
of
15
substitute
decision
maker
on
a
statewide
basis.
The
office
16
was
established
in
2005,
was
partially
funded
in
2007,
and
was
17
discontinued
due
to
budget
reductions
in
2009.
The
office
of
18
substitute
decision
maker
provides
a
public
substitute
decision
19
maker
(guardian,
conservator,
attorney-in-fact
under
a
power
20
of
attorney,
or
a
representative
payee)
to
assist
those
with
21
limited
or
no
decision-making
capabilities
to
make
personal
22
care
and
financial
decisions.
The
public
substitute
decision
23
maker
is
a
decision
maker
of
last
resort
and
acts
only
when
24
there
is
no
willing
and
responsible
person
available
to
serve
25
as
a
private
substitute
decision
maker
or
the
adult
is
without
26
adequate
resources
to
compensate
a
private
decision
maker.
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