SF216 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to statewide dementia care coordination, and making an appropriation.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: TRONE GARRIOTT
Last action: 2025-02-11
Official status: Subcommittee: Costello, Blake, and Zumbach. S.J. 243 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to statewide dementia care coordination, and making an appropriation.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to statewide dementia care coordination, and making an appropriation.

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Bill History

2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Costello, Blake, and Zumbach. S.J. 243 .
2025-02-05 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Appropriations. S.J. 201 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to statewide dementia care coordination, and making an appropriation.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

216

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

216

BY

TRONE

GARRIOTT

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

statewide

dementia

care

coordination,

and

1

making

an

appropriation.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

STATEWIDE

DEMENTIA

CARE

COORDINATOR

——

DEMENTIA

1

CARE

SPECIALISTS

——

APPROPRIATION.

There

is

appropriated

from

2

the

general

fund

of

the

state

to

the

department

of

health

and

3

human

services

for

the

fiscal

year

beginning

July

1,

2025,

and

4

ending

June

30,

2026,

the

following

amount,

or

so

much

thereof

5

as

is

necessary,

for

the

purposes

designated:

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$

750,000

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The

funds

appropriated

in

this

section

shall

be

used

by

the

8

department

of

health

and

human

services

to

employ

a

statewide

9

dementia

care

coordinator

within

the

department,

and

to

provide

10

grants

to

each

area

agency

on

aging

to

employ

a

dementia

care

11

specialist

in

each

area

agency

on

aging.

12

EXPLANATION

13

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

14

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

15

This

bill

appropriates

$750,000

from

the

general

fund

of

the

16

state

to

the

department

of

health

and

human

services

(HHS)

for

17

FY

2025-2026

to

employ

a

statewide

dementia

care

coordinator

18

within

HHS,

and

to

provide

grants

to

each

area

agency

on

aging

19

to

employ

a

dementia

care

specialist

in

each

area

agency

on

20

aging.

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