Older Iowans Legislature
Pursuing Quality of Life of Iowa's Senior Citizens
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Report from the Older Iowans Legislature Friday March 26, 2021
Members and friends of the Older Iowans Legislature
The Board of Directors of the Older Iowans Legislature continues to monitor bills in the 2021 session of the Iowa General Assembly that are related to the OIL Priority Issues:
- Elder Protection
- Senate File 522
- Passed Senate 47-0
- Referred to House Judiciary committee
- Subcommittee recommends passage
- Senate File 450
- Passed Senate 47-0
- Referred to House Judiciary committee
- Senate File 583
- Placed on Appropriations calendar
- Attached to companion House File 839
- House File 839
- Placed on Appropriations calendar
- Passed House 95-0
- Attached to companion Senate 583
- Senate File 522
- Livable Homes Program
- Direct Care Workforce
- House File 692
- Placed on calendar
- House File 692
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman
- House File 474
- Referred to Appropriations committee
- Senate File 200
- Referred to Appropriations committee
- House File 474
The Board of Directors of the Older Iowans Legislature continues to monitor bills in the Iowa General Assembly under the following issues:
- Prescription insulin drugs
- House File 263
- Passed House 89-2
- Referred to Senate Human Resources committee
- House File 263
- Guardianships and Conservatorships
- Senate File 348
- Passed Senate 47-0
- Referred to House Judiciary committee
- Senate File 348
- Property assessment adjustment for persons of a certain age
ELDER PROTECTION: SENATE FILES/HOUSE FILES RELATED TO OIL PRIORITY ISSUE
- Senate File 522: A bill for an act relating to older individuals and dependent adults and creating certain criminal offenses and civil actions, and providing penalties. (Successor to Senate Study Bill 1082) (Senate File 202)
- March 2, 2021: Introduced, placed on calendar
- March 2, 2021: Committee report, approving bill
- March 8, 2021: Fiscal note
- March 9, 2021: Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0
- March 9, 2021: Immediate message
- March 9, 2021: Message from Senate
- March 10, 2021: Introduced, referred to Judiciary
- March 10, 2021: Subcommittee: Hite, Bohannan and Kaufmann
- March 25, 2021: Subcommittee recommends passage
- Senate File 450: A bill for an act relating to the death of a dependent adult, and providing penalties. (Formerly Senate File 300)
- February 24, 2021: Introduced, placed on calendar
- February 24, 2021: Committee report, approving bill
- February 24, 2021: Fiscal note
- March 17, 2021: Passed Senate yeas 47, nays 0
- March 17, 2021: Immediate message
- March 17, 2021: Message from Senate
- March 22, 2021: Read first time, referred to Judiciary
- March 23, 2021: Subcommittee: Hite, Kaufmann and Wessel-Kroeschell
- Senate File 583: A bill for an act relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, and making an appropriation. (Formerly Senate File 391, Senate Study Bill 1131)
- March 18, 2021: Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar
- March 18, 2021: Committee report, approving bill
- March 25, 2021: Attached to companion House File 839
- Senate File 391: A bill for an act relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, and making an appropriation. (Successor to Senate Study Bill 1131)
- February 17, 2021: Introduced, placed on calendar
- February 17, 2021: Committee report, approving bill
- February 22, 2021: Referred to Appropriations
- February 23, 2021: Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Klimesh, and Petersen
- February 25, 2021: Subcommittee recommends passage
- March 18, 2021: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as Senate File 583
- House File 839: A bill for an act relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, and making an appropriation. (Formerly House File 258, House Study Bill 113)
- March 12, 2021: Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar
- March 24, 2021: Passed House, yeas 95, nays none
- March 24, 2021: Immediate message
- March 24, 2021: Message from House
- March 25, 2021: Read first time, attached to companion Senate File 583
- House File 258: A bill for an act relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, and making an appropriation. (Formerly House Study Bill 113)
- January 28, 2021: Introduced referred to Appropriations
- January 28, 2021: Subcommittee: Deyoe, Hall and Latham
- March 10, 2021: Subcommittee recommends passage
- March 11, 2021: NOBA: House Full Approps
- March 12, 2021: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as House File 839
- March 24, 2021: Withdrawn
- Senate File 300: A bill for an act relating to the definition of dependent adult abuse, and providing penalties.
- February 9, 2021: Introduced, referred to Judiciary
- February 10, 2021: Subcommittee: Dawson, Kinney, and Shipley
- February 15, 2021: Subcommittee recommends passage
- February 22, 2021: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as Senate File 450
LIVABLE HOMES PROGRAM: SENATE FILES/HOUSE FILES RELATED TO OIL PRIORITY ISSUE
DIRECT CARE WORKFORCE: SENATE FILES/HOUSEFILES RELATED TO OIL PRIORITY ISSUE
- House File 692: A bill for an act relating to the direct care workforce, including the expansion of the direct care workforce registry. (Formerly House File 402)
- February 24, 2021: Introduced, placed on calendar
- House File 402: A bill for an act relating to the direct care workforce, including the expansion of the direct care workforce registry.
- February 8, 2021: Introduced, referred to Human Resources
- February 8, 2021: Subcommittee: Bergan, Bush and Sunde
- February 16, 2021: Subcommittee recommends passage
- February 23, 2021: Committee report, recommending amendment and passage
- February 24, 2021: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as House File 692
LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN: SENATE FILES/HOUSE FILES RELATED TO OIL PRIORITY ISSUE
- House File 474: A bill for an act relating to the office of the long-term care ombudsman, and making an appropriation.
- February 10, 2021: Introduced, referred to Appropriations
- Senate File 200: A bill for an act relating to the office of the long-term care ombudsman, and making an appropriation.
- February 2, 2021: Introduced, referred to Appropriations
- February 3, 2021: Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Lofgren, and Ragan
OTHER SENATE FILES/HOUSE FILES OF INTEREST TO THE OLDER IOWANS LEGISLASATURE
- Prescription Insulin Drugs
- House File 263: A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs, and including applicability provisions.
- January 28, 2021: Introduced, placed on calendar
- February 8, 2021: Passed House, yeas 89, nays 2
- February 8, 2021: Immediate message
- February 9, 2021: Message from House
- February 9, 2021: Read first time, referred to Human Resources
- February 16, 2021: Subcommittee: Edler, Costello, and Jochum
- March 17, 2021: Subcommittee recommends passage
- House File 263: A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs, and including applicability provisions.
- Guardianships and Conservatorships
- Senate File 348: A bill for an act relating to the opening, administration, and termination of adult and minor guardianships and conservatorships. (Formerly Senate File 31)
- February 11, 2021: Introduced, placed on calendar
- February 11, 2021: Committee report, approving bill
- March 8, 2021: Amendment S-3047 filed, adopted
- March 8, 2021: Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0
- March 8, 2021: Immediate message
- March 8, 2021: Message from Senate
- March 8, 2021: Read first time, referred to Judiciary
- March 11, 2021: Passed on file
- House File 836: A bill for an act relating to the opening, administration, and termination of adult guardianships and adult and minor conservatorships.
- March 11, 2021: Introduced, placed on calendar
- House File 834: A bill for an act relating to the creation, administration, and termination of minor guardianships. (Formerly House Study Bill 14)
- March 11, 2021: Introduced, placed on calendar
- House Study Bill 38: A bill for an act relating to the opening, administration, and termination of adult and minor guardianships and conservator ships.
- January 13, 2021: Introduced, referred to Judiciary
- January 13, 2021: Subcommittee: Hite, Mitchell, and Wolfe
- January 19, 2021: Subcommittee recommends passage
- March 5, 2021: Committee report, recommending amendment and passage
- Senate File 348: A bill for an act relating to the opening, administration, and termination of adult and minor guardianships and conservatorships. (Formerly Senate File 31)
- Property assessment adjustment for persons of a certain age
- House File 619: A bill for an act relating to the extraordinary homestead property tax credit and reimbursement for rent constituting property taxes paid for certain elderly claimants and including effective date and applicability
provisions.
- February 18, 2021; Introduced, referred to Ways and Means
- Senate File 219: A bill for an act relating to the maximum amount of property taxes due or rent constituting property taxes paid that may be considered in calculating the elderly and disabled property tax credit or rent reimbursement
and including applicability provisions.
- February 2, 2021: Introduced, referred to Ways and Means
- February 8, 2021: Subcommittee: Dawson, Dotzler, and Goodwin
- February 11, 2021: Subcommittee reassigned: Whiting, Dawson, and Dotzler
- February 23, 2021: Fiscal note
- February 24, 2021: Subcommittee recommends passage
- House File 82: A bill for an Act providing a property assessment adjustment for certain property of persons who have attained the age of sixty-seven years, six months, providing a penalty, and including retroactive and other applicability
provisions.
- January 15, 2021: Introduced, referred to Ways and Means
- Senate File 351: A bill for an act establishing a surviving spouse property tax deferral program for certain persons who have attained the age of sixty-five, applying income limitations, providing a penalty, making appropriations,
and including applicability provisions.
- February 11, 2021: Introduced, referred to Ways and Means
- February 16, 2021: Subcommittee: Dawson, Goodwin, and Jochum
- Senate File 15: A bill for an Act providing a property assessment adjustment for certain property of persons who have attained the age of sixty-five, providing a penalty, and including retroactive and other applicability provisions.
- January 11, 2021: Introduced, referred to Ways and Means
- January 12, 2021: Subcommittee: Dawson, Dotzler, and Goodwin
- Senate File 124: A bill for an act exempting homestead property owned by certain elderly persons from specified school property tax levies and including applicability provisions
- January 21, 2021: Introduced, referred to Ways and Means
- January 26, 2021: Subcommittee: Dawson, Dotzler, and Goodwin
- House File 619: A bill for an act relating to the extraordinary homestead property tax credit and reimbursement for rent constituting property taxes paid for certain elderly claimants and including effective date and applicability
provisions.
Ron Jome
Secretary, Board of Directors, Older Iowans Legislature