Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00814 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 814
7	7	January Session, 2021
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11	11	Referred to Committee on AGING
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14	14	Introduced by:
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20	20	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW VOLUNTARISM
21	21	NEEDS OF THE STATE OMBUDSMAN.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
26	26	to study ways to (1) ensure that the Office of the Long-Term Care 2
27	27	Ombudsman has enough volunteers to reach out to residents receiving 3
28	28	long-term care in nursing homes or from community-based programs, 4
29	29	and (2) help such residents to address complaints about their care. 5
30	30	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 6
31	31	(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 7
32	32	both of whom shall be residents' advocates appointed pursuant to 8
33	33	section 17a-406 of the general statutes; 9
34	34	(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, both 10
35	35	of whom shall be representatives of senior centers; 11
36	36	(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 12
37	37	Representatives; 13 Raised Bill No. 814
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43	43	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 14
44	44	(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 15
45	45	Representatives; 16
46	46	(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 17
47	47	(7) The State Ombudsman, or the State Ombudsman's designee; 18
48	48	(8) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, or the 19
49	49	commissioner's designee; 20
50	50	(9) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 21
51	51	designee; and 22
52	52	(10) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, 23
53	53	Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or the executive director's designee. 24
54	54	(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (3), 25
55	55	(4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the 26
56	56	General Assembly. 27
57	57	(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 28
58	58	thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 29
59	59	filled by the appointing authority. 30
60	60	(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 31
61	61	tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 32
62	62	among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 33
63	63	the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 34
64	64	days after the effective date of this section. 35
65	65	(f) The administrative staff of the Commission on Women, Children, 36
66	66	Seniors, Equity and Opportunity shall serve as administrative staff of 37
67	67	the task force. 38
68	68	(g) Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 39
69	69	on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees 40
70	70	of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging 41 Raised Bill No. 814
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76	76	and human services, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 42
77	77	of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 43
78	78	submits such report or January 1, 2022, whichever is later. 44
79	79	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
80	80	sections:
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82	82	Section 1 from passage New section
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84	84	Statement of Purpose:
85	85	To establish a task force to review voluntarism needs of the State
86	86	Ombudsman and make recommendations.
87	87	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
88	88	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
89	89	underlined.]
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