Brief(1)
S.B. 232 establishes a 16-member Task Force on Long-Term Care Services which is directed to study the implementation and operation of recent statutory changes relating to adult care homes, the long-term care ombudsman program, state and federal laws and rules and regulations that impact on services provided by government and the private sector to consumers of long-term care, and such other matters as the Task Force finds appropriate.
Six members of the Task Force are to be appointed by the Legislative Coordinating Council including three who are consumers of long-term care services and three providers of long-term care services. Two members from different political parties are to be appointed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, one from the Senate Committee on Ways and Means and one from the House Committee on Appropriations. Two members are to be 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 a member of the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance. Two members are to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, one of whom shall be a member of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and one a member of the House Committee on Insurance. Two members are to be appointed by the Minority Leader of the House, one from the House Committee on Health and Human Services and one from the House Committee on Insurance, and two members are to be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one from the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services and one from the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Task Force are to be appointed by the Legislative Coordinating Council from among the legislative members.
The Task Force is to submit a report and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature on or before January 10, 2000, and the provisions of S.B. 232 are to expire on July 1, 2000. The bill would take effect on publication in the Kansas Register.
Background
S.B. 232 was requested by a member of the Senate Committee. No one opposed the bill during Committee hearings and representative of organizations concerned with the aged and the disabled appeared as proponents.
The fiscal note estimates a cost in FY 1999 of $13,532 and of $14,209 in FY 2000 for per diem and travel reimbursement for members of the Task Force on Long-Term Care.
1. *Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/bill_search.html.