Bill Text: IA SF2250 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to planning and service delivery under the purview of the department on aging including the designation of area agencies on aging, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3039.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Withdrawn. S.J. 597. [SF2250 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2250-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2250
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2250
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3039)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
planning
and
service
delivery
under
the
1
purview
of
the
department
on
aging
including
the
designation
2
of
area
agencies
on
aging,
and
including
effective
date
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
231.14,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
j.
Adopt
policies
and
administrative
3
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
that
support
the
capabilities
4
of
the
area
agencies
on
aging
and
the
aging
and
disabilities
5
resource
centers
to
serve
older
individuals
and
persons
with
6
disabilities
experiencing
Alzheimer’s
disease
or
related
7
dementias.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
231.32,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2011,
are
9
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
1.
The
commission
shall
designate
thirteen
area
agencies
11
on
aging,
the
same
of
which
existed
on
July
1,
1985
an
area
12
agency
on
aging
for
each
planning
and
service
area
.
The
13
commission
shall
continue
the
designation
until
an
area
agency
14
on
aging’s
designation
is
removed
for
cause
as
determined
by
15
the
commission
or
,
until
the
agency
voluntarily
withdraws
as
16
an
area
agency
on
aging
,
or
until
a
change
in
the
designation
17
of
planning
and
service
areas
or
area
agencies
on
aging
18
is
required
by
state
or
federal
law
.
In
that
event,
the
19
commission
shall
proceed
in
accordance
with
subsections
2,
3,
20
and
4
.
Designated
area
agencies
on
aging
shall
comply
with
the
21
requirements
of
the
federal
Act.
22
2.
The
commission
shall
designate
an
area
agency
to
serve
23
each
planning
and
service
area,
after
consideration
of
the
24
views
offered
by
units
of
general
purpose
local
government.
An
25
area
agency
may
be:
26
a.
An
established
office
of
aging
which
is
operating
within
27
a
planning
and
service
area
designated
by
the
commission.
28
b.
Any
office
or
agency
of
a
unit
of
general
purpose
local
29
government,
which
is
designated
to
function
only
for
the
30
purpose
of
serving
as
an
area
agency
on
aging
by
the
chief
31
elected
official
of
such
unit.
32
c.
Any
office
or
agency
designated
by
the
appropriate
33
chief
elected
officials
of
any
combination
of
units
of
general
34
purpose
local
government
to
act
only
on
behalf
of
the
such
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combination
for
such
purpose.
1
d.
Any
public
or
nonprofit
private
agency
in
a
planning
2
and
service
area
or
any
separate
organizational
unit
within
3
such
agency
which
is
under
the
supervision
or
direction
for
4
this
purpose
of
the
department
on
aging
and
which
can
and
will
5
engage
only
in
the
planning
or
provision
of
a
broad
range
of
6
supportive
services
or
nutrition
services
within
the
planning
7
and
service
area.
8
Sec.
3.
REVOKING
OF
DESIGNATION
AND
DESIGNATION
OF
AREA
9
AGENCIES
ON
AGING
——
EMERGENCY
RULES.
10
1.
Based
upon
the
plan
for
reduction
in
the
number
of
11
area
agencies
on
aging
submitted
pursuant
to
2011
Iowa
Acts,
12
chapter
122,
section
20,
and
pursuant
to
procedures
established
13
by
the
department
on
aging
in
accordance
with
the
federal
14
Older
Americans
Act,
the
commission
on
aging
shall
revoke
the
15
designation
of
the
existing
area
agencies
on
aging
on
June
30,
16
2012,
and
shall
designate
an
area
agency
on
aging
to
represent
17
each
planning
and
service
area
effective
July
1,
2012.
18
2.
The
department
on
aging
may
adopt
emergency
rules
under
19
section
17A.4,
subsection
3,
and
section
17A.5,
subsection
2,
20
paragraph
“b”,
to
implement
the
provisions
of
this
section
and
21
the
rules
shall
be
effective
immediately
upon
filing
unless
22
a
later
date
is
specified
in
the
rules.
Any
rules
adopted
23
in
accordance
with
this
section
shall
also
be
published
as
a
24
notice
of
intended
action
as
provided
in
section
17A.4.
25
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
26
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
27
EXPLANATION
28
This
bill
provides
for
the
revoking
of
the
designation
of
29
existing
area
agencies
on
aging
and
the
designation
of
new
area
30
agencies
on
aging.
31
The
bill
eliminates
the
requirement
that
the
commission
on
32
aging
designate
13
area
agencies
on
aging
and
instead
directs
33
the
commission
to
designate
an
area
agency
on
aging
for
each
34
planning
and
service
area
in
the
state,
and
to
continue
the
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designation
until
certain
criteria
are
met.
In
addition
to
1
the
existing
criteria
for
revoking
of
the
designation
of
an
2
area
agency
on
aging,
the
bill
includes
the
new
criterion
for
3
an
area
agency
on
aging
to
continue
until
a
change
in
the
4
designation
of
planning
and
service
areas
or
area
agencies
on
5
aging
is
required
by
state
or
federal
law.
6
The
bill
provides
that
the
entities
specified
under
the
law
7
to
function
as
an
area
agency
on
aging
are
to
function
only
for
8
that
purpose
or
engage
only
in
the
functions
of
an
area
agency
9
on
aging.
10
The
bill
also
directs
the
commission
on
aging
to
revoke
the
11
designation
of
the
existing
area
agencies
on
aging
on
June
30,
12
2012,
and
to
designate
an
area
agency
on
aging
to
represent
13
each
planning
and
service
area
effective
July
1,
2012,
based
on
14
the
plan
for
reduction
in
the
number
of
area
agencies
on
aging
15
submitted
pursuant
to
2011
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
122,
section
16
20,
and
pursuant
to
procedures
established
by
the
department
17
on
aging
in
accordance
with
the
federal
Older
Americans
Act.
18
The
bill
authorizes
the
department
on
aging
to
adopt
emergency
19
rules
to
implement
the
revocations
of
designation
and
the
20
designation
of
new
area
agencies
on
aging.
21
The
bill
also
directs
the
commission
on
aging
to
adopt
22
policies
and
administrative
rules
that
support
the
capabilities
23
of
the
area
agencies
on
aging
and
the
aging
and
disabilities
24
resource
centers
to
serve
persons
experiencing
Alzheimer’s
25
disease
or
related
dementias.
26
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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