(b) The task force shall consist of 20 members appointed as follows:
(1) Seven members appointed by the legislative coordinating council, three of whom shall be consumers of long-term care services, three of whom shall be providers of long-term care services and one of whom shall be a trustee or board member of a long-term care facility;
(2) two members appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee on ways and means and one of whom shall be a member of the house committee on appropriations and both of whom shall be from different political parties;
(3) two members appointed by the president of the senate, one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee on public health and welfare and one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee on financial institutions and insurance;
(4) two members appointed by the minority leader of the senate, one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee on public health and welfare and one of whom shall be a member of the senate committee on financial institutions and insurance;
(5) two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the house committee on health and human services and one of whom shall be a member of the house committee on insurance;
(6) two members appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the house committee on health and human services and one of whom shall be a member of the house committee on insurance. Of the seven members appointed by the legislative coordinating council, no more than two members shall reside in any one congressional district;
(7) one member shall be the secretary of social and rehabilitation services or the secretary's designee;
(8) one member shall be the secretary of health and environment or the secretary's designee; and
(9) one member shall be the secretary of aging or the secretary's designee.
(c) The legislative coordinating council shall appoint the chairperson and vice-chairperson from among the membership of the task force, the chairperson to be appointed from among the legislator members of the task force. Staffing for the task force shall be available from the legislative research department, the revisor of statutes office and the division of legislative administrative services if authorized by the legislative coordinating council.
(d) The members of the task force shall receive reimbursement for attending meetings of the task force as authorized by the legislative coordinating council consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 46-1209 and amendments thereto.
(e) The task force shall prepare and submit a report and recommendations to the governor and to the legislature on or before the second Monday of January each year through 2005. In developing such recommendations the task force shall give consideration to creative, common sense solutions and approaches to problems which do not necessarily require additional expenditures of money.
(f) As used in this section, the term "long-term care" includes a broad spectrum of supports, ranging from skilled nursing services to assistance with activities of daily living or help with instrumental activities of daily living.
(g) The provisions of this section shall expire on July 1, 2005.
History: L. 2000, ch. 135, § 1; May 18.