HF 288: Relating to Alzheimer’s and related dementias including establishing an advisory council and developing and implementing an Iowa Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan

What it does

This bill relates to Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to establish a multidisciplinary advisory council to develop an Iowa Alzheimer’s and related dementias state plan including an implementation timeline that ensures the state has a coordinated, ongoing, state-specific response to Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The department shall provide administrative support to the council. The bill specifies the membership of the multidisciplinary advisory council including all of the following or a designee: the director of HHS, the executive director of the Alzheimer’s association, the chairperson of the commission on aging, the executive director of the Iowa association of area agencies on aging, and the executive director of the Iowa public health association.

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Alzheimers Association, Iowa Chapter; Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging; Iowa CareGivers; State Long-Term Care Ombudsman

In plain words

1. February 14, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee