It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Sections 42-66.3-1, 42-66.3-2, 42-66.3-3 and 42-66.3-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-66.3 entitled "In-Home Services to the Elderly" are hereby amended to read as follows:
{ADD 42-66.3-1. Definitions. -- ADD} As used in this chapter:
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(e) " {DEL In-home DEL} {ADD Home and community care ADD} services" means arranging or providing directly or through contract arrangement day care --home health aid/homemaker services.
{ADD 42-66.3-2. ADD} {DEL In-home services to the elderly -- Purpose DEL} {ADD Home and community care services to the elderly -- Purposes. -- ADD} There is hereby created {DEL an in-home DEL} {ADD a home and community care ADD} services to the elderly program which shall provide levels of reimbursement for necessary covered services when the provision of these services will: (a) promote independent living; and (b) allow the client to remain at home. It is the intent of this program to prevent or delay institutionalization. It is not necessary to be eligible for institutionalization to receive services under this program.
{ADD 42-66.3-3. Services available. -- ADD} {DEL In-home DEL} {ADD Home and community care ADD} services shall consist of home health aide service/homemaker services and adult day care services.
{ADD 42-66.3-8. Home and community care advisory committee. -- ADD} (a) There is hereby established a permanent state committee to be known as the {DEL In-home service care DEL} {ADD home and community care services ADD} advisory committee established for the purpose of advising the director of elderly [affairs] relative to the needs and concerns of {DEL in-home service care DEL} {ADD home and community care services ADD} recipients. The commission shall consist of fifteen (15) members, three (3) of whom shall be members of the American Association of Retired Persons to be appointed by the speaker of the house; one of whom shall be a member of the national retired teachers association to be appointed by the senate majority leader; one of whom shall be the director of human services or his or her designee; one of whom shall be the auditor general or his or her designee; one of whom shall be the executive director of the Visiting Nurses Association of Rhode Island or his or her designee; three (3) of whom shall be representatives of the visiting nurses agencies within the state, one to be appointed by the senate majority leader, one to be appointed by the senate minority leader, and one to be appointed by the speaker; three (3) of whom shall be representatives of {DEL in-home service care DEL} {ADD home and community care services ADD} , two (2) to be appointed by the speaker of the house, and one to be appointed by the house minority leader; one of whom shall be a third party insurer to be appointed by the senate majority leader and one of whom shall be the director of health or his or her designee.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.