231.3 - STATE POLICY AND OBJECTIVES.
231.3 STATE POLICY AND OBJECTIVES.
The general assembly declares that it is the policy of the state
to work toward attainment of the following objectives for Iowa's
older individuals:
1. An adequate income.
2. Access to physical and mental health care without regard to
economic status.
3. Suitable housing that reflects the needs of older people.
4. Full restorative services for those who require institutional
care, and a comprehensive array of home and community-based,
long-term care services adequate to sustain older people in their
communities and, whenever possible, in their homes, including support
for caregivers.
5. Pursuit of meaningful activity within the widest range of
civic, cultural, educational, recreational, and employment
opportunities.
6. Suitable community transportation systems to assist in the
attainment of independent movement.
7. Freedom, independence, and the free exercise of individual
initiative in planning and managing their own lives.
8. Freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1003
C87, § 249D.3
C93, § 231.3
2003 Acts, ch 141, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 45, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §14
Referred to in § 16.183