231.3 State policy and objectives.

The general assembly declares that it is the policy of the state to work toward attainment of the following objectives for Iowa’s older individuals:

1. An adequate income.

2. Access to physical and mental health care and long-term living and community support services without regard to economic status.

3. Suitable and affordable housing that reflects the needs of older individuals.

4. Access to comprehensive information and a community navigation system providing all available options related to long-term living and community support services that assist older individuals in the preservation of personal assets and the ability to entirely avoid or significantly delay reliance on entitlement programs.

5. Full restorative services for those who require institutional care, and a comprehensive array of long-term living and community support services adequate to sustain older people in their communities and, whenever possible, in their homes, including support for caregivers.

6. Pursuit of meaningful activity within the widest range of civic, cultural, educational, recreational, and employment opportunities.

7. Suitable community transportation systems to assist in the attainment of independent movement.

8. Freedom, independence, and the free exercise of individual initiative in planning and managing their own lives.

9. Freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1003

C87, §249D.3

C93, §231.3

2003 Acts, ch 141, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 45, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §14; 2018 Acts, ch 1049, §1, 2

Referred to in §16.47

Subsections 2 and 3 amended

NEW subsection 4 and former subsection 4 amended and renumbered as 5

Former subsections 5 – 8 renumbered as subsections 6 – 9