General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6462
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3506
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6462
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3506
*03506_______AGE*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM TO EXPAND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2013) (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, established pursuant to section 17b-400 of the general statutes, shall develop a plan to expand the State Ombudsman's oversight to home and community-based care recipients beginning with a pilot program in Hartford County not later than July 1, 2014.
(b) The State Ombudsman, working in consultation with the Commissioner on Aging, shall convene a working group of (1) consumers receiving home and community-based care, (2) providers of such care, (3) representatives of state agencies overseeing delivery of such care, and (4) staff of the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
(c) The working group shall (1) conduct research into best practices nation-wide for response to complaints of abuse and neglect filed by recipients of home and community-based care, (2) develop training to respond to such complaints for regional ombudsmen appointed pursuant to section 17b-400 of the general statutes, and (3) identify funding sources to expand oversight of the State Ombudsman from long-term care facilities, as defined in section 17b-400 of the general statutes, to home and community-based care.
(d) The State Ombudsman shall submit legislative recommendations to implement the pilot program to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and human services not later than February 1, 2014.
Sec. 2. Section 17b-403 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (c) as follows (Effective July 1, 2014):
(NEW) (c) On and after July 1, 2014, the State Ombudsman's duties, as described in this section, shall expand to include a pilot program serving recipients of home and community-based care in Hartford County.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2014 17b-403
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
New section
Sec. 2
July 1, 2014
17b-403
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a pilot program to expand the oversight of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman to recipients of home and community-based services.
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