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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LONG-TERM CARE COORDINATING

COUNCIL

     Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, McNamara, Hull, Costantino, and Slater

     Date Introduced: April 26, 2017

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

     (Lieutenant Governor)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 23-17.3-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-17.3 entitled "Long-

term Care Coordinating Council" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     23-17.3-2. Membership.

     The council shall be comprised of forty-one (41) thirty-nine (39) members, as follows:

the lieutenant governor or designee; the secretary of state or designee; the director of the

department of health or designee; the director of the department secretary of the office of health

and human services or designee; the director of the department of behavioral healthcare,

developmental disabilities and hospitals or designee; the attorney general or designee; the director

of the department division of elderly affairs or designee; the chair of the Rhode Island advisory

commission on aging or designee; the president director of the Rhode Island Chapter of the

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) or designee; the director of the Alliance for

Long-term Care state long-term care ombudsman or designee; the president of the Rhode Island

Senior Center Directors Association or designee; the executive director of the Rhode Island

chapter of the Alzheimer's Association or designee; a representative of a not-for-profit long-term

care provider organization other than a nursing home owner, a representative of a long-term care

service provider that primarily serves persons with mental retardation or developmental

disabilities and a representative of an assisted living residence other than a nursing home, to be

appointed by the governor; a representative of a not-for-profit nursing home to be appointed by

the lieutenant governor; five (5) citizens of the state with no direct or indirect interest in nursing

home ownership who have demonstrated concern for the care of the elderly, two (2) of whom

shall be appointed by the lieutenant governor, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the speaker

of the house of representatives, and one of whom shall be appointed by the President of the

senate; a public member with no direct interest in long-term care ownership representing a senior

advocacy organization, to be appointed by the governor; a representative of an adult day care

center the state program of all-inclusive care of the elderly to be appointed by the speaker; a

representative of senior housing to be appointed by the lieutenant governor; a representative of a

not-for-profit home health care agency and hospice provider organization to be appointed by the

speaker; a representative of a for profit home health care agency to be appointed by the speaker;

and a representative of a community mental health center, to be appointed by the president of the

senate; a registered nurse experienced in the care of the elderly, to be appointed by the governor;

a representative of nonmanagerial nursing home employees, to be appointed by the lieutenant

governor; three (3) members of the house, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to

be appointed by the speaker; a nursing home owner, to be appointed by the speaker; two (2)

members of the senate, not more than one from the same political party to be appointed by the

president of the senate; one consumer of home and community based care or a caregiver of a

consumer of home and community based care, to be appointed by the speaker from a list of three

(3) submitted by the chairperson of the independent living council; one consumer of home and

community based care behavioral health services or a representative of a mental health advocacy

organization to be appointed by the president of the senate from a list of three (3) submitted by

the chairperson of the Governor's Council on Mental Health; a member of the public representing

the interests of parents of children with special care needs to be appointed by the president of the

senate; a family member of a person with developmental disabilities to be appointed by the

speaker of the house; a person with developmental disabilities or a representative of an

organization that advocates for the rights of persons with developmental disabilities to be

appointed by the lieutenant governor; and a general physician or advanced nurse practitioner with

experience in serving persons with long-term care and behavioral needs to be appointed by the

president of the senate and a psychiatrist specializing in the medical problems of the elderly, to be

appointed by the lieutenant governor. Members of the general public may be appointed in lieu of

legislators, provided that at least one member shall be appointed from the house and one from the

senate, and the appointments shall be made by the same authority as for the legislators

supplanted. The members of the council shall serve two (2) year terms, expiring on the second

anniversary of each individual's appointment commencing July 1, 2017, expiring on June 20,

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2019, and reappointed every two (2) years thereafter or, on the date that their respective

successors are appointed and qualified, whichever is later unless their respective successors are

appointed and qualified to fill the remainder of their term.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LONG-TERM CARE COORDINATING

COUNCIL

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     This act would amend the membership and certain terms of the long-term care

coordinating council.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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