Sec. 17b-337. Long-term elderly care planning committee. Long-term care plan for elderly persons. Membership.
Sec. 17b-337. Long-term elderly care planning committee. Long-term care
plan for elderly persons. Membership. (a) There shall be established a Long-Term
Care Planning Committee for the purpose of exchanging information on long-term care
issues, coordinating policy development and establishing a long-term care plan for all
persons in need of long-term care. Such policy and plan shall provide that individuals
with long-term care needs have the option to choose and receive long-term care and
support in the least restrictive, appropriate setting. Such plan shall integrate the three
components of a long-term care system including home and community-based services,
supportive housing arrangements and nursing facilities. Such plan shall include: (1) A
vision and mission statement for a long-term care system; (2) the current number of
persons receiving services; (3) demographic data concerning such persons by service
type; (4) the current aggregate cost of such system of services; (5) forecasts of future
demand for services; (6) the type of services available and the amount of funds necessary
to meet the demand; (7) projected costs for programs associated with such system; (8)
strategies to promote the partnership for long-term care program; (9) resources necessary
to accomplish goals for the future; (10) funding sources available; and (11) the number
and types of providers needed to deliver services. The plan shall address how changes
in one component of such long-term care system impact other components of such
system.
(b) The Long-Term Care Planning Committee shall, within available appropriations, study issues relative to long-term care including, but not limited to, the case-mix
system of Medicaid reimbursement, community-based service options, access to long-term care and geriatric psychiatric services. The committee shall evaluate issues relative
to long-term care in light of the United States Supreme Court decision, Olmstead v. L.C.,
119 S. Ct. 2176 (1999), requiring states to place persons with disabilities in community
settings rather than in institutions when such placement is appropriate, the transfer to a
less restrictive setting is not opposed by such persons and such placement can be reasonably accommodated.
(c) The Long-Term Care Planning Committee shall consist of: (1) The chairpersons
and ranking members of the joint standing and select committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health, elderly services and long-term care; (2) the Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee; (3) one member of the Office of Policy and Management appointed by
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; (4) one member from the Department of Social Services appointed by the Commissioner of Social Services; (5) one
member from the Department of Public Health appointed by the Commissioner of Public
Health; (6) one member from the Department of Economic and Community Development appointed by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; (7)
one member from the Office of Health Care Access appointed by the Commissioner of
Health Care Access; (8) one member from the Department of Developmental Services
appointed by the Commissioner of Developmental Services; (9) one member from the
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services appointed by the Commissioner
of Mental Health and Addiction Services; (10) one member from the Department of
Transportation appointed by the Commissioner of Transportation; (11) one member
from the Department of Children and Families appointed by the Commissioner of Children and Families; and (12) the executive director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities or the executive director's designee. The committee
shall convene no later than ninety days after June 4, 1998. Any vacancy shall be filled
by the appointing authority. The chairperson shall be elected from among the members
of the committee. The committee shall seek the advice and participation of any person,
organization or state or federal agency it deems necessary to carry out the provisions
of this section.
(d) Not later than January 1, 1999, and every three years thereafter, the Long-Term
Care Planning Committee shall submit a long-term care plan pursuant to subsection (a)
of this section to the joint standing and select committees of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health, elderly services
and long-term care, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, and such plan
shall serve as a guide for the actions of state agencies in developing and modifying
programs that serve persons in need of long-term care.
(e) Any state agency, when developing or modifying any program that, in whole
or in part, provides assistance or support to persons with long-term care needs, shall, to
the maximum extent feasible, include provisions that support care-giving provided by
family members and other informal caregivers and promote consumer-directed care.
(P.A. 98-175, S. 1, 2; 98-239, S. 27, 35; P.A. 99-28, S. 1, 2; P.A. 01-119, S. 1, 2; P.A. 03-19, S. 44; P.A. 05-14, S. 1;
P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a), (b).)
History: P.A. 98-175 effective June 4, 1998; P.A. 98-239 inserted new language in Subsec. (b), requiring committee
to study issues relative to long-term care and renumbered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, and amended Subsec. (c) to
authorize committee to seek the advice and participation of any person, organization or state or federal agency it deems
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-28 amended Subsec. (c) to add Subdivs.
(8), (9) and (10) re members appointed by the Commissioners of Mental Retardation, Mental Health and Addiction Services,
and Transportation, and substituted "the commissioner's" for "his", effective May 27, 1999; P.A. 01-119 amended Subsec.
(a) to extend long-term care plan to include all persons in need of long-term care, amended Subsec. (b) to require long-term care committee to evaluate long-term care issues in light of the requirement to place persons with disabilities in
community settings, amended Subsec. (c) to expand membership of committee to include one member from the Department
of Children and Families and the executive director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities,
amended Subsec. (d) to require committee to submit plan to the General Assembly every three years and require state
agencies to use the long-term care plan as a guide and added Subsec. (e) re modifying or developing program providing
assistance to person with long-term care needs to include provisions that support care giving by family members, effective
July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 05-14 amended Subsec.
(a) to require that state long-term care policy and plan provide that individuals with long-term care needs have the option
to choose and receive long-term care and support in the least restrictive, appropriate setting; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 "Commissioner of Mental Retardation" and "Department of Mental Retardation" were changed editorially by the Revisors to
"Commissioner of Developmental Services" and "Department of Developmental Services", effective October 1, 2007.