| | *Sec. BBBB-15. Establishment of the Long-term Care Implementation Committee. | There is established the Long-term Care Implementation Committee, | referred to in this section as the "committee," to monitor the | progress of state departments and offices in implementing the | provisions of this Part and the State's long-term care system. | The committee shall review the adoption and amendment of rules | performed proposed in response to this Part and may make | recommendations to the Department of Human Services, to the | Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance | Abuse Services and to the joint standing committee of the | Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services | matters for regarding amendments to those rules. The committee | shall review the quality of care in the long-term care system. |
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| | This bill establishes quality improvement committees for home | care services for the elderly and disabled, which will include | representatives of the home care agencies, consumers, consumer | advocates, health care and service providers and representatives | from each area agency on aging. |
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| | This bill directs the Long-term Care Implementation Committee, | established in Public Law 1999, chapter 731, Part BBBB, section | 15, to monitor the work of state departments pertaining to long- | term care and directs the committee to review rules pertaining to | long-term care and make recommendations to the Department of | Human Services, the Department of Mental Health, Mental | Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and the joint standing | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and | human services matters regarding amendments to those rules. |
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