Chapter 046
2009 -- H 5449 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/24/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO
HEALTH AND SAFETY - LONG TERM CARE COORDINATING COUNCIL
Introduced
By: Representatives Naughton, Walsh, M Rice,
and
Date Introduced: February 11, 2009
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 thirty-seven
(37) forty-one
(41) 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 of human
services or designee; the director of the department of mental
health, retardation, and hospitals or
designee; the attorney general or designee; the director of
the department of elderly affairs or
designee; the chair of the
of the
designee; the director of the
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 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 majority leader
President of
the senate; a representative of an adult day care center 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 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
majority leader; 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 majority
leader; one 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 to be appointed
by the president of the senate majority leader
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;
a
general physician to be appointed by the president of the
senate majority leader 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 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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