As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 1999
SENATE BILL No. 232
By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
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10 AN ACT establishing a task force on long-term care services to study
11 services provided by the public and private sector to citizens of the
12 state and laws and rules and regulations relating to such services.
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14 WHEREAS, The legislature is vitally interested in the welfare of the
15 citizens of this state who are consumers of long-term care services; and
16 WHEREAS, Services provided for citizens who are consumers of long-
17 term care by state agencies and private vendors should be provided ef-
18 ficiently, economically and sensitively in a supportive state regulatory en-
19 vironment; and
20 WHEREAS, Over the past several legislative sessions major statutory
21 changes have been enacted relating to adult care homes and the respon-
22 sibility for the administration of long-term care programs: Now,
23 therefore,
24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
25 Section 1. (a) A task force on long-term care services is hereby es-
26 tablished to study the implementation and operation of recent statutory
27 changes relating to adult care homes, the long-term care ombudsman
28 program, state and federal laws and rules and regulations which impact
29 on the services provided by government and the private sector to citizens
30 who are consumers of long-term care services in skilled nursing facil-
31 ities, assisted living facilities or community based services and such
32 other matters relating thereto as the task force deems appropriate.
33 (b) The task force shall consist of 16 members appointed as follows:
34 (1) Eight Six members appointed by the legislative coordinating
35 council, four three of whom shall be consumers of long-term care services
36 which may include representatives of groups interested in improvement
37 of the quality of long-term care, dementia, Alzheimer's disease and long-
38 term care for persons with disabling conditions and four three of whom
39 shall be providers of long-term care services which may include a rep-
40 resentative of for profit adult care homes, nonprofit adult care homes,
41 free-standing assisted living facilities and adult day care--home health care
42 agencies;
43 (2) two members appointed by the president of the senate and
44 the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a
45 member of the senate committee on ways and means and one of
46 whom shall be a member of the house committee on appropriations
47 and both of whom shall be from different political parties
48 (2) (3) two members appointed by the president of the senate, one
49 of whom shall be a member of the senate committee on public health
50 and welfare and one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee
51 on financial institutions and insurance;
52 (3) (4) two members appointed by the minority leader of the senate,
53 one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee on public health
54 and welfare and one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee
55 on financial institutions and insurance;
56 (4) (5) two members appointed by the speaker of the house of rep-
57 resentatives, one of whom shall be a member of the house committee on
58 health and human services and one of whom shall be a member of the
59 house committee on insurance; and
60 (5) (6) two members appointed by the minority leader of the house
61 of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the house com-
62 mittee on health and human services and one of whom shall be a member
63 of the house committee on insurance. Of the eight members appointed
64 by the legislative coordinating council, no more than two members shall
65 reside in any one congressional district.
66 (c) The legislative coordinating council shall appoint the chairperson
67 and vice-chairperson from among the membership of the task force, the
68 chairperson to be appointed from among the legislator members of the
69 task force. Staffing for the task force shall be available from the legislative
70 research department and the revisor of statutes office if authorized by
71 the legislative coordinating council.
72 (d) The members of the task force shall receive reimbursement for
73 attending meetings of the task force as authorized by the legislative co-
74 ordinating council consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 46-1209 and
75 amendments thereto.
76 (e) The task force shall prepare and submit a report and recommen-
77 dations to the governor and to the legislature on or before January 10,
78 2000.
79 (f) The provisions of this section shall expire on July 1, 2000.
80 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
81 publication in the Kansas register.