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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa appropriates $750,000 for statewide dementia care coordination and regional specialists
Last action · February 11, 2025: Subcommittee: Costello, Blake, and Zumbach. S.J. 243 .Sponsor: Trone Garriott
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What This Bill Would Do
Iowa appropriates $750,000 from the state general fund to the Department of Health and Human Services for 2025-2026 to fund a statewide dementia care coordinator and grants for dementia care specialists across area agencies on aging.
Establishes state-level funding to support specialized administrative and regional staffing focused on dementia care services for the beginning July 1, 2025.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Health and Human Services
Receives $750,000 in state funds and is required to employ a statewide dementia care coordinator.
Area agencies on aging
Eligible to receive grant funding to employ a dementia care specialist.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $750,000 from the state general fund to the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2025-2026.
- Funds must be used to employ a statewide dementia care coordinator within the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Provides grants to each area agency on aging to employ a dedicated dementia care specialist.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 11, 2025SenateSubcommittee: Costello, Blake, and Zumbach. S.J. 243 .
- Feb 5, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Appropriations. S.J. 201 .
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Analysis Score
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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