(a) There is established a Long-Term Care Advisory Council which shall consist of the following: (1) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, 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 LeadingAge Connecticut, Inc., 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; (25) one member who is a nonunion home health aide appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and (26) the executive director of the nonprofit entity designated by the Governor in accordance with section 46a-10b to serve as the Connecticut protection and advocacy system or the executive director's designee.
(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; P.A. 12-197, S. 11; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 154; P.A. 17-96, S. 19; P.A. 18-55, S. 8; P.A. 19-117, S. 125.)
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; P.A. 12-197 amended Subsec. (a)(7) by replacing reference to Connecticut Association of Not-For-Profit Providers for the Aging with reference to LeadingAge Connecticut, Inc.; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “Commission on Aging” with “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-96 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (26) re executive director of nonprofit entity designated to serve as Connecticut protection and advocacy system, and make conforming changes, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 18-55 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(26); P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors” with “Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity”, effective July 1, 2019.