225B.3 - PREVENTION OF DISABILITIES POLICY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED -- MEMBERSHIP -- DUTIES.

        225B.3  PREVENTION OF DISABILITIES POLICY COUNCIL
      ESTABLISHED -- MEMBERSHIP -- DUTIES.
         1.  A prevention of disabilities policy council is established to
      provide oversight in the development and operation of a coordinated
      prevention of disabilities system.  The council shall consist of the
      following members:
         a.  Two members of the senate appointed by the senate majority
      leader and minority leader and two members of the house of
      representatives appointed by the speaker of the house and the house
      minority leader.
         b.  Three providers of disability prevention services,
      recommended by the governor's developmental disabilities council,
      appointed by the governor, and confirmed by the senate.
         c.  Three persons with expertise in priority prevention areas,
      recommended by the governor's developmental disabilities council,
      appointed by the governor, and confirmed by the senate.
         d.  Three persons with disabilities or family members of a
      person with disabilities, recommended by the governor's developmental
      disabilities council, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the
      senate.
         2.  Members of the council appointed by the governor shall serve
      three-year staggered terms.  Members of the general assembly
      appointed to the council shall serve two-year terms and shall serve
      as ex officio, nonvoting members.  Vacancies on the council shall be
      filled in the same manner as original appointments.  Members are
      entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses incurred in performance
      of their official duties.
         3.  The council shall do all of the following:
         a.  Oversee the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a
      coordinated strategy for the prevention of disabilities among state
      departments which is based upon the Iowa state plan for the
      prevention of developmental disabilities of 1988.
         b.  Promote cooperative and complementary planning among the
      public, private, and volunteer sectors involved in prevention
      activities and research regarding disabilities.
         c.  Develop and implement a system to measure the outcome and
      assess the overall impact of the prevention efforts of the state.
         d.  Encourage research into the causes and prevention of
      disabling conditions.
         e.  Promote professional and provider training in
      state-of-the-art prevention of disabilities measures.
         f.  Recommend policy and priorities for the prevention of
      disabilities.
         g.  Adopt rules to implement this chapter.
         h.  Seek and apply for federal grants and private foundation
      funding to support the responsibilities of the council.  The council
      shall also seek in-kind and other private contributions to fulfill
      the federal matching funds requirements for the purpose of section
      225B.7.
         i.  Submit to the governor and the general assembly by
      November 1, 1992, and annually on November 1 thereafter, a report
      that includes all of the following:
         (1)  A continuum of cost-effective prevention of disability
      activities.
         (2)  A listing of existing activities and the state agency
      responsible for the activities.
         (3)  Recommendations to coordinate the planning, delivery, and
      evaluation of existing activities.
         (4)  Recommendations to address the lack of prevention of
      disability activities.
         (5)  Recommendations to measure the outcomes and assess the
      overall impacts of the state's prevention of disability efforts.
         (6)  Recommendations to promote cooperative planning among the
      public, private, and volunteer sectors and to increase public-private
      partnership involvement in prevention of disability activities.
         (7)  A review of existing research and personnel training
      programs.
         (8)  Priorities for disability prevention activities in the state.

         (9)  Recommendations for legislative, administrative, or budgetary
      changes.
         4.  The council shall meet at least six times during the year.  A
      majority of the members of the council constitutes a quorum, and a
      majority of the council is necessary to act on matters within the
      purview of the council.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 169, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 74, §12
         Confirmation, see §2.32