2011 Iowa Code
TITLE VI HUMAN SERVICES
SUBTITLE 4 ELDERS
CHAPTER 231 DEPARTMENT ON AGING — OLDER IOWANS
231.4 Definitions.

231.4 Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. Administrative action means an action or decision made by an owner, employee, or agent of a long-term care facility, or by a governmental agency, which affects the service provided to residents covered in this chapter.

2. Assisted living program means a program which provides assisted living as defined pursuant to section 231C.2 and which is certified under chapter 231C.

3. Commission means the commission on aging.

4. Department means the department on aging.

5. Director means the director of the department on aging.

6. Elder group home means elder group home as defined in section 231B.1 which is certified under chapter 231B.

7. Equivalent support means in-kind contributions of services, goods, volunteer support time, administrative support, or other support reasonably determined by the department as equivalent to a dollar amount.

8. Federal Act means the Older Americans Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., as amended.

9. Home and community-based services means a continua of services available in an individual s home or community which include but are not limited to case management, homemaker, home health aide, personal care, adult day, respite, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling, and other medical and social services which contribute to the health and well-being of individuals and their ability to reside in a home or community-based care setting.

10. Legal representative means a tenant s legal representative as defined in section 231B.1 or 231C.2, or a guardian, conservator, or attorney in fact of a resident.

11. Long-term care facility means a long-term care unit of a hospital or a facility licensed under section 135C.1 whether the facility is public or private.

12. Older individual means an individual who is sixty years of age or older.

13. Resident means a resident or tenant of a long-term care facility, assisted living program, or elder group home, excluding facilities licensed primarily to serve persons with mental retardation or mental illness.

14. Unit of general purpose local government means a political subdivision of the state whose authority is general and not limited to one function or combination of related functions.

For the purposes of this chapter, focal point , greatest economic need , and greatest social need mean as those terms are defined in the federal Act.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1004

C87, §249D.4

C93, §231.4

2003 Acts, ch 141, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 45, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §15; 2010 Acts, ch 1062, §3, 4

NEW subsection 2 and former subsections 2 4 renumbered as 3 5

NEW subsection 6 and former subsections 5 7 renumbered as 7 9

Former subsection 10 stricken

NEW subsection 10 and former subsections 8 and 9 renumbered as 11 and 12

NEW subsection 13 and former subsection 11 renumbered as 14