(A) There is created the Long Term Care Council (council) composed of the following voting members:

(1) the Governor or his designee;

(2) the Director of the Department of Social Services;

(3) the Director of the Department of Health and Environmental Control;

(4) the Director of the Department of Mental Health;

(5) the Director of the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs;

(6) the Director of the Division on Aging;

(7) the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services;

(8) the Chairman of the Joint Legislative Health Care Planning and Oversight Committee, or his designee;

(9) the Chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging, or his designee;

(10) one representative of each of the following groups appointed by the Lieutenant Governor annually:

(a) long term care providers;

(b) long term care consumers;

(c) persons in the insurance industry developing or marketing a long term care product.

(B) Each director serving as a council member may authorize in writing a designee to vote on his behalf at two meetings a year. Members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to represent private groups serve without compensation.

(C) The council shall meet at least quarterly, provide for its own officers, and make an annual report to the General Assembly before January second each year. This report must include new council recommendations.

HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 174 Section 1, eff June 30, 1987; 1991 Act No. 37, Section 1, eff April 24, 1991; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1025, eff July 1, 1993; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 25C, eff July 1, 2009; 2018 Act No. 261 (S.107), Pt I, Section 12, eff January 1, 2019.

Effect of Amendment

2018 Act No. 261, Section 12, in (A)(1), substituted "the Governor" for "the Lieutenant Governor".