249H.9 - SENIOR LIVING PROGRAM INFORMATION -- ELECTRONIC ACCESS -- EDUCATION -- ADVISORY COUNCIL. - Iowa Statutes

249H.9 SENIOR LIVING PROGRAM INFORMATION -- ELECTRONIC ACCESS -- EDUCATION -- ADVISORY COUNCIL. 1. The department on aging and the area agencies on aging shall create, on a county basis, a database directory of all health care and support services available to seniors. The department on aging shall make the database electronically available to the public, and shall update the database on at least a monthly basis. 2. The department on aging shall seek foundation funding to develop and provide an educational program for individuals aged twenty-one and older which assists participants in planning for and financing health care services and other supports in their senior years. 3. The department of human services shall develop and distribute an informational packet to the public that explains, in layperson terms, the law, regulations, and rules under the medical assistance program relative to health care services options for seniors, including but not limited to those relating to transfer of assets, prepaid funeral expenses, and life insurance policies. 4. The director of human services, the director of the department on aging, the director of public health, the director of the department of inspections and appeals, the director of revenue, and the commissioner of insurance shall constitute a senior advisory council to provide oversight in the development and operation of all informational aspects of the senior living program under this section.          Section History: Recent Form 2000 Acts, ch 1004, §9, 22; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §60; 2009 Acts, ch 182, §98