249H.9 - SENIOR LIVING PROGRAM INFORMATION -- ELECTRONIC ACCESS -- EDUCATION -- ADVISORY COUNCIL.
249H.9 SENIOR LIVING PROGRAM INFORMATION --
ELECTRONIC ACCESS -- EDUCATION -- ADVISORY COUNCIL.
1. The department on aging and the area agencies on aging shall
create, on a county basis, a database directory of all health care
and support services available to seniors. The department on aging
shall make the database electronically available to the public, and
shall update the database on at least a monthly basis.
2. The department on aging shall seek foundation funding to
develop and provide an educational program for individuals aged
twenty-one and older which assists participants in planning for and
financing health care services and other supports in their senior
years.
3. The department of human services shall develop and distribute
an informational packet to the public that explains, in layperson
terms, the law, regulations, and rules under the medical assistance
program relative to health care services options for seniors,
including but not limited to those relating to transfer of assets,
prepaid funeral expenses, and life insurance policies.
4. The director of human services, the director of the department
on aging, the director of public health, the director of the
department of inspections and appeals, the director of revenue, and
the commissioner of insurance shall constitute a senior advisory
council to provide oversight in the development and operation of all
informational aspects of the senior living program under this
section. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1004, §9, 22; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2009 Acts, ch
23, §60; 2009 Acts, ch 182, §98