135.171 - ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE SERVICE NEEDS.

        135.171  ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE SERVICE NEEDS.
         1.  The department shall regularly analyze Iowa's population by
      county and age to determine the existing service utilization and
      future service needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease and similar
      forms of irreversible dementia.  The analysis shall also address the
      availability of existing caregiver services for such needs and the
      appropriate service level for the future.
         2.  The department shall modify its community needs assessment
      activities to include questions to identify and quantify the numbers
      of persons with Alzheimer's disease and similar forms of irreversible
      dementia at the community level.
         3.  The department shall collect data on the numbers of persons
      demonstrating combative behavior related to Alzheimer's disease and
      similar forms of irreversible dementia.  The department shall also
      collect data on the number of physicians and geropsychiatric units
      available in the state to provide treatment and services to such
      persons.  Health care facilities that serve such persons shall
      provide information to the department for the purposes of the data
      collection required by this subsection.
         4.  The department's implementation of the requirements of this
      section shall be limited to the extent of the funding appropriated or
      otherwise made available for the requirements.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2008 Acts, ch 1140, §1
         See also § 231.62