Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00829 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 829
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on AGING
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20	19		AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW VOLUNTARIS M
21	20		NEEDS OF THE STATE O MBUDSMAN'S NURSING H OME PROGRAM.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
26	25		to study ways to ensure that the Office of the Long-term Care 2
27	26		Ombudsman has enough volunteers to reach out to nursing home 3
28	27		residents and address complaints about their care. 4
29	28		(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 5
30	29		(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 6
31	30		both of whom shall be residents' advocates appointed pursuant to 7
32	31		section 17a-406 of the general statutes. 8
33	32		(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, both 9
34	33		of whom shall be representatives of senior centers; 10
35	34		(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 11
36		-	Representatives; 12
37		-	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 13 Raised Bill No. 829
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	41	+	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 13
44	42		(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 14
45	43		Representatives; 15
46	44		(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 16
47	45		(7) The State Ombudsman, or the State Ombudsman's designee; 17
48	46		(8) The Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services, or the 18
49	47		commissioner's designee; and 19
50	48		(9) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children 20
51	49		and Seniors, or the executive director's designee. 21
52	50		(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (3), 22
53	51		(4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the 23
54	52		General Assembly. 24
55	53		(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 25
56	54		thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 26
57	55		filled by the appointing authority. 27
58	56		(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 28
59	57		pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 29
60	58		from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 30
61	59		schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 31
62	60		later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 32
63	61		(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 33
64	62		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging shall 34
65	63		serve as administrative staff of the task force. 35
66	64		(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 36
67	65		report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 37
68	66		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 38
69	67		relating to aging, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 39
70		-	the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 40
71		-	submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 41 Raised Bill No. 829
	68	+	the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 40 Raised Bill No. 829
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	74	+	submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 41
78	75		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
79	76		sections:
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81	78		Section 1 from passage New section
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83		-	AGE Joint Favorable
	80	+	Statement of Purpose:
	81	+	To create a task force to review the State Ombudsman's need for
	82	+	volunteers for outreach to nursing home residents and to make
	83	+	recommendations to increase the number of volunteers.
	84	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	85	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	86	+	not underlined.]
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