249H.2 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS -- GOAL.
249H.2 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS -- GOAL.
1. The general assembly finds that:
a. The preservation, improvement, and coordination of the
health care infrastructure of Iowa are critical to the health and
safety of Iowans.
b. An increasing number of seniors and persons with
disabilities in the state requires long-term care services provided
outside of a medical institution.
c. A full array of long-term care services is necessary to
provide cost-effective and appropriate services to the varied
population of health care consumers.
d. The supported development of long-term care alternatives,
including assisted-living facility services, adult day services, and
home and community-based services, is critical in areas of the state
where such alternatives otherwise are not likely to be developed.
e. Cost containment in the delivery of health care is
necessary to improve services and access for all Iowans.
f. Grants are necessary to cover the expenditures related to
the development of alternative health care services. Development of
these alternatives will improve access to and delivery of long-term
care services to underserved individuals or in underserved areas,
which will in turn contain or reduce the cost and improve the quality
of health care services.
g. A continuing source of funding is necessary to enhance the
state's ability to meet the rising demand of seniors with low and
moderate incomes in obtaining an appropriate variety of long-term
care services.
2. The goal of this program is to create a comprehensive
long-term care system that is consumer-directed, provides a balance
between the alternatives of institutionally and noninstitutionally
provided services, and contributes to the quality of the lives of
Iowans. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1004, §2, 22; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, § 59; 2001 Acts,
ch 64, §8
Referred to in § 16.182