The department must provide or administer the listed older-adult, caregiver, veteran, disability, elder-abuse, legal assistance, and health-related programs and services.
The department shall provide or administer, but is not limited to providing or administering, all of the following programs and services: 1. Services for older individuals, family caregivers, and veterans as defined by the department in the most current version of the department’s reporting manual and pursuant to the federal Act and regulations. 2. Case management services. 3. Aging and disability resource centers. 4. The legal assistance development program. 5. The nutrition and health promotion program. 6. The Iowa family caregiver program. 7. Elder abuse prevention, detection, intervention, and awareness including neglect and exploitation. 8. Services and supports available to individuals with disabilities including but not limited to individuals with mental illness, an intellectual disability or other developmental disability, or a brain injury. 9. Other programs and services authorized by law. 2003 Acts, ch 141, §6; 2005 Acts, ch 42, §5; 2005 Acts, ch 45, §7; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §69; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §22; 2010 Acts, ch 1062, §5; 2012 Acts, ch 1086, §8; 2013 Acts, ch 18, §19, 20; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §48; 2018 Acts, ch 1049, §6; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §581, 2228; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §144, 145, 162 Older American community service employment program, see §84A.17 Prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation program, see §231.56A Aging and disability resource centers, see §231.64 Legal assistance development program, see §231.65 Nutrition and health promotion program, see §231.66 2024 amendment to subsection 1 effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §162 Subsection 8 effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §162 Subsection 1 amended NEW subsection 8 and former subsection 8 renumbered as 9