CHAPTER 135 HOUSE BILL No. 2780* An Act concerning long-term care; establishing a task force on long-term care services to
study services provided by the public and private sector to citizens of the state and laws
and rules and regulations relating to such services; concerning long-term care staff.
 WHEREAS,  The legislature is vitally interested in the welfare of the
citizens of this state who are consumers of long-term care services; and

      WHEREAS,  Services provided for citizens who are consumers of long-
term care by state agencies and private vendors should be provided ef-
ficiently, economically and sensitively in a supportive state regulatory en-
vironment that partners with long-term care providers to promote
continuous quality improvement; and

      WHEREAS,  Over the past several legislative sessions major statutory
changes have been enacted relating to adult care homes and the respon-
sibility for the administration of long-term care programs: Now, there-
fore,

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. (a) A task force on long-term care services is hereby es-
tablished to study state and federal laws and rules and regulations which
impact on the services provided by government and the private sector to
citizens who are consumers of long-term care services, the financing of
these services, both public and private, the effectiveness of partnering
activities between state agencies and long-term care providers and such
other matters relating thereto as the task force deems appropriate.

      (b) The task force shall consist of 20 members appointed as follows:

      (1) Seven members appointed by the legislative coordinating council,
three of whom shall be consumers of long-term care services, three of
whom shall be providers of long-term care services and one of whom shall
be a trustee or board member of a long-term care facility;

      (2) two members appointed by the president of the senate and the
speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member
of the senate committee on ways and means and one of whom shall be a
member of the house committee on appropriations and both of whom
shall be from different political parties;

      (3) two members appointed by the president of the senate, one of
whom shall be a member of the senate committee on public health and
welfare and one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee on
financial institutions and insurance;

      (4) two members appointed by the minority leader of the senate,
one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee on public health
and welfare and one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee
on financial institutions and insurance;

      (5) two members appointed by the speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives, one of whom shall be a member of the house committee on
health and human services and one of whom shall be a member of the
house committee on insurance;

      (6) two members appointed by the minority leader of the house of
representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the house committee
on health and human services and one of whom shall be a member of the
house committee on insurance. Of the seven members appointed by the
legislative coordinating council, no more than two members shall reside
in any one congressional district;

      (7) one member shall be the secretary of social and rehabilitation
services or the secretary's designee;

      (8) one member shall be the secretary of health and environment or
the secretary's designee; and

      (9) one member shall be the secretary of aging or the secretary's
designee.

      (c) The legislative coordinating council shall appoint the chairperson
and vice-chairperson from among the membership of the task force, the
chairperson to be appointed from among the legislator members of the
task force. Staffing for the task force shall be available from the legislative
research department, the revisor of statutes office and the division of
legislative administrative services if authorized by the legislative coordi-
nating council.

      (d) The members of the task force shall receive reimbursement for
attending meetings of the task force as authorized by the legislative co-
ordinating council consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 46-1209 and
amendments thereto.

      (e) The task force shall prepare and submit a report and recommen-
dations to the governor and to the legislature on or before the second
Monday of January each year through 2005. In developing such recom-
mendations the task force shall give consideration to creative, common
sense solutions and approaches to problems which do not necessarily
require additional expenditures of money.

      (f) As used in this section, the term ``long-term care'' includes a broad
spectrum of supports, ranging from skilled nursing services to assistance
with activities of daily living or help with instrumental activities of daily
living.

      (g) The provisions of this section shall expire on July 1, 2005.

      Sec.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of 2000 Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 1606 to the contrary, the governor shall make the report
on the findings of the examination of the various secretaries of the ex-
ecutive branch concerning statutes and rules and regulations and the
identification of funds available for training, retraining and continuing
education of long-term care staff of adult care homes as provided in such
resolution to the board of adult care home administrators, the secretary
of health and environment and the legislature during the 2001 legislative
session rather than the 2000 legislative session.

 Sec.  3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.

Approved May 5, 2000.
 Published in the Kansas Register May 18, 2000.
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