Sec. 17b-338. Long-Term Care Advisory Council. Membership. Duties.
Sec. 17b-338. Long-Term Care Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. (a)
There is established a Long-Term Care Advisory Council which shall consist of the
following: (1) The executive director of the Commission on Aging, or the executive
director's designee; (2) the State Nursing Home Ombudsman, or the ombudsman's
designee; (3) the president of the Coalition of Presidents of Resident Councils, or the
president's designee; (4) the executive director of the Legal Assistance Resource Center
of Connecticut, or the executive director's designee; (5) the state president of AARP,
or the president's designee; (6) one representative of a bargaining unit for health care
employees, appointed by the president of the bargaining unit; (7) the president of the
Connecticut Association of Not-For-Profit Providers for the Aging, or the president's
designee; (8) the president of the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities, or
the president's designee; (9) the president of the Connecticut Association of Residential
Care Homes, or the president's designee; (10) the president of the Connecticut Hospital
Association or the president's designee; (11) the executive director of the Connecticut
Assisted Living Association or the executive director's designee; (12) the executive
director of the Connecticut Association for Homecare or the executive director's designee; (13) the president of Connecticut Community Care, Inc. or the president's designee;
(14) one member of the Connecticut Association of Area Agencies on Aging appointed
by the agency; (15) the president of the Connecticut chapter of the Connecticut Alzheimer's Association; (16) one member of the Connecticut Association of Adult Day Centers appointed by the association; (17) the president of the Connecticut Chapter of the
American College of Health Care Administrators, or the president's designee; (18) the
president of the Connecticut Council for Persons with Disabilities, or the president's
designee; (19) the president of the Connecticut Association of Community Action Agencies, or the president's designee; (20) a personal care attendant appointed by the speaker
of the House of Representatives; (21) the president of the Family Support Council, or
the president's designee; (22) a person who, in a home setting, cares for a person with
a disability and is appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (23) three
persons with a disability appointed one each by the majority leader of the House of
Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House
of Representatives; (24) a legislator who is a member of the Long-Term Care Planning
Committee; and (25) one member who is a nonunion home health aide appointed by
the minority leader of the Senate.
(b) The council shall advise and make recommendations to the Long-Term Care
Planning Committee established under section 17b-337.
(c) The Long-Term Care Advisory Council shall seek recommendations from persons with disabilities or persons receiving long-term care services who reflect the socio-economic diversity of the state.
(P.A. 98-239, S. 29, 35; P.A. 00-135, S. 20, 21; P.A. 02-100, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 98-239 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-135 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes and adding
new Subdivs. (10) to (19) re additional members of the council, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 02-100 amended Subsec.
(a) to reflect proper names of organizations in Subdivs. (5), (9), (12), (15) and (16), changing "president of the chapter"
to "state president" and adding "or the president's designee" in Subdiv. (5) and changing "executive director" to "president"
and deleting "or the executive director's designee" in Subdiv. (15), and to add Subdivs. (20) to (25) re additional members
of the council and added new Subsec. (c) re recommendations from persons with disabilities or persons receiving long-term care services.