| Chapter 067 |
| 2017 -- H 6144 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED Enacted 06/29/2017 |
| 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 |
| 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 president of the senate; 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 |
| 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 (2) 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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