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Relating to dementia service specialists, and providing an appropriation
Topics:State budget
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 8, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 11, 2024
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to dementia service specialists. The bill requires each area agency on aging to provide for the position of a dementia service specialist to increase access and connections to local supports and services for persons living with dementia, their families, and caregivers; and to increase awareness about dementia within the network of area agency on aging providers and in communities and businesses throughout the state. The bill also requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to provide for the position of a dementia-friendly state coordinator to provide statewide coordination of dementia-friendly initiatives and dementia service specialists.
Read the full explanation
The bill provides that, at a minimum, the duties of a dementia service specialist shall include: supporting people living with dementia, their families, and caregivers including through provision of dementia-specific information and referrals and community memory screenings; building dementia-capable area agencies on aging through staff trainings, resources, and support; promoting dementia-friendly communities by serving as a supporter for dementia-friendly initiatives, presenting dementia-friendly sessions and trainings to consumers and businesses, and serving as a resource for dementia-friendly community action teams; and providing technical assistance for internal and external program planning to enhance relevance and improve access for people living with dementia including through support groups, evidence-based programs, meal sites, and home-delivered meal programs. The bill appropriates funding from the general fund of the state to HHS for FY 2024-2025 to be used by the area agencies on aging to provide a dementia service specialist in each of the area agencies on aging and to provide for a state dementia service specialist coordinator within HHS.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 19, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§231.33A
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
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