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Relating to statewide dementia care coordination, and making an appropriation
Sponsored by Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 5, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would provide $750,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services to hire a person to coordinate dementia care across the state. This money would also fund grants for local aging agencies to hire their own specialists to help people with dementia.1
Read the official explanation
This bill appropriates $750,000 from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services (HHS) for FY 2025-2026 to employ a statewide dementia care coordinator within HHS, and to provide grants to each area agency on aging to employ a dementia care specialist in each area agency on aging.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 11, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
6 for · 0 against · 2 undecided · Who →
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Tried before
91st General Assembly
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2025 Relating to statewide dementia care coordination, and making an appropriation90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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