225C.48 - COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SUPPORT COUNCIL.
225C.48 COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SUPPORT COUNCIL.
1. a. An eleven-member comprehensive family support council
is created in the department. The members of the council shall be
appointed by the governor. At least five of the appointments shall
be a family member of an individual with a disability as defined in
section 225C.47. At least five of the appointments shall be current
or former service consumers or family members of such service
consumers. Members shall serve for three-year staggered terms. A
vacancy on the council shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment.
b. The members of the council are entitled to reimbursement
of actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
official duties. In addition, the members who are current or former
service consumers or family members of such service consumers are
entitled to a stipend of fifty dollars for each council meeting
attended, subject to a limit of one meeting per month. The expenses
and stipend shall be paid from the appropriation made for purposes of
the comprehensive family support program.
c. The council shall elect officers from among the council's
members.
2. The council shall provide ongoing guidance, advice, and
direction to the department and other agencies working with the
department in the development and implementation of the family
support subsidy program created in section 225C.36 and the
comprehensive family support program created in section 225C.47. The
council shall perform an annual evaluation of each program, and
annually make recommendations concerning each program to the governor
and general assembly. The evaluation and recommendations shall be
prepared and submitted in conjunction with the evaluation report
submitted by the department pursuant to section 225C.42. The
department shall provide sufficient staff support to the council to
enable the council to carry out its responsibilities.
3. The council shall perform the following duties in consultation
with the department and any department staff with duties associated
with the family support subsidy and comprehensive family support
programs:
a. Oversee the operations of the programs.
b. Coordinate with the department of education and programs
administered by the department of education to individuals with a
disability, in providing information to individuals and families
eligible for the programs.
c. Work with the department and counties regarding managed
care provisions utilized by the department and counties for services
to individuals with a disability to advocate the inclusion of the
family support subsidy and comprehensive family support programs as
approved service provisions under managed care.
d. Develop and oversee implementation of evaluation processes
for the programs.
e. Oversee statewide training of department and family
support center staff regarding the programs.
f. Oversee efforts to promote public awareness of the
programs.
4. The department shall consider recommendations from the council
in developing and implementing each program, including the
development of administrative rules. The department shall regularly
report to the council on the status of each program and any actions
planned or taken by the department related to each program. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1041, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1084, § 6; 98 Acts, ch 1218,
§72, 83; 2006 Acts, ch 1159, §22; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §31, 58
Referred to in § 225C.38, 225C.47