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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: Senators Miller, and DiPalma

     Date Introduced: April 25, 2017

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

     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) members thirty-one (31), 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 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 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 and hospice provider organization, to

be appointed by the speaker senate president; 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 behavioral health services or representative of a mental health

advocacy organization, to be appointed by the speaker from a list of three (3) submitted by the

chairperson of the independent living council senate president; one consumer of home and

community based care behavioral health services or 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 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; and 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 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)

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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 alter the membership of the long-term care coordinating council and

decrease membership from forty-one (41) members to thirty-one (31) members.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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