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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-three (33) 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 secretary of the department executive 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, and a representative of a long-term

care service provider that primarily serves persons with mental retardation or developmental

disabilities, both to be appointed by the governor; and a representative of an assisted living

residence other than a nursing home, to be appointed by the lieutenant 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 speaker; a representative of an adult day care center the state program of all inclusive care

of the elderly, to be appointed by the speaker lieutenant governor; a representative of senior

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

health care agency hospice provider organization, to be appointed by the speaker senate president;

a licensed home care provider or a licensed home nursing care provider, 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) two (2) members of the house, not more than two (2) one 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 lieutenant

governor; one consumer of home and community based care 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 behavioral health services or a caregiver of a consumer of behavioral health

services, to be appointed by the speaker; 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

governor; 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; a general physician or advanced practice nurse with

experience in serving persons with long-term care and behavioral health 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

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house and one from the senate, and the appointments shall be made by the same authority as for

the legislators supplanted and a representative of a managed care health insurer providing long-

term support and services, to be appointed by the governor. The members of the council shall

serve two (2) year terms, expiring on the second anniversary of each individual's appointment or

on the date that their respective successors are appointed and qualified, whichever is later.

     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 of the long-term care coordinating council from

forty-one (41) members to thirty-three (33) members.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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