Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

Filed: 4/8/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 417

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 417 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 12-4.48 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.48)
7    Sec. 12-4.48 12-4.47. Long-Term Services and Supports
8Disparities Task Force.
9    (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
10establish a Long-Term Services and Supports Disparities Task
11Force.
12    (b) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed by the
13Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
14and shall include representatives of the following agencies,
15organizations, or groups:
16        (1) The Governor's office.

 

 

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1        (2) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
2        (3) The Department of Human Services.
3        (4) The Department on Aging.
4        (5) The Department of Human Rights.
5        (6) Area Agencies on Aging.
6        (7) The Department of Public Health.
7        (8) Managed Care Plans.
8        (9) The for-profit urban nursing home or assisted
9    living industry.
10        (10) The for-profit rural nursing home or assisted
11    living industry.
12        (11) The not-for-profit nursing home or assisted
13    living industry.
14        (12) The home care association or home care industry.
15        (13) The adult day care association or adult day care
16    industry.
17        (14) An association representing workers who provide
18    long-term services and supports.
19        (15) A representative of providers that serve the
20    predominantly ethnic minority populations.
21        (16) Case Management Organizations.
22        (17) Three consumer representatives which may include
23    a consumer of long-term services and supports or an
24    individual who advocates for such consumers. For purposes
25    of this provision, "consumer representative" means a
26    person who is not an elected official and who has no

 

 

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1    financial interest in a health or long-term care delivery
2    system.
3    (c) The Task Force shall not meet unless all consumer
4representative positions are filled. The Task Force shall
5reflect diversity in race, ethnicity, and gender.
6    (d) The Chair of the Task Force shall be appointed by the
7Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
8    (e) The Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family
9Services shall assign appropriate staff and resources to
10support the efforts of the Task Force. The Task Force shall
11meet as often as necessary but not less than 4 times per
12calendar year.
13    (f) The Task Force shall promote and facilitate
14communication, coordination, and collaboration among relevant
15State agencies and communities of color, limited
16English-speaking communities, and the private and public
17entities providing services to those communities.
18    (g) The Task Force shall do all of the following:
19        (1) Document the number and types of Long-Term Services
20    and Supports (LTSS) providers in the State and the number
21    of clients served in each setting.
22        (2) Document the number and racial profiles of
23    residents using LTSS, including, but not limited to,
24    residential nursing facilities, assisted living
25    facilities, adult day care, home health services, and other
26    home and community based long-term care services.

 

 

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1        (3) Document the number and profiles of family or
2    informal caregivers who provide care for minority elders.
3        (4) Compare data over multiple years to identify trends
4    in the delivery of LTSS for each racial or ethnic category
5    including: Alaskan Native or American Indian, Asian or
6    Pacific Islander, black or African American, Hispanic, or
7    white.
8        (5) Identify any racial disparities in the provision of
9    care in various LTSS settings and determine factors that
10    might influence the disparities found.
11        (6) Identify any disparities uniquely experienced in
12    metropolitan or rural areas and make recommendations to
13    address these areas.
14        (7) Assess whether the LTSS industry, including
15    managed care plans and independent providers, is equipped
16    to offer culturally sensitive, competent, and
17    linguistically appropriate care to meet the needs of a
18    diverse aging population and their informal and formal
19    caregivers.
20        (8) Consider whether to recommend that the State
21    require all home and community based services as a
22    condition of licensure to report data similar to that
23    gathered under the Minimum Data Set and required when a new
24    resident is admitted to a nursing home.
25        (9) Identify and prioritize recommendations for
26    actions to be taken by the State to address disparity

 

 

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1    issues identified in the course of these studies.
2        (10) Monitor the progress of the State in eliminating
3    racial disparities in the delivery of LTSS.
4    (h) The Task Force shall conduct public hearings,
5inquiries, studies, and other forms of information gathering to
6identify how the actions of State government contribute to or
7reduce racial disparities in long-term care settings.
8    (i) The Task Force shall report its findings and
9recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no
10later than 2 years one year after the effective date of this
11amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. Annual reports
12shall be issued every year thereafter and shall include
13documentation of progress made to eliminate disparities in
14long-term care service settings.
15(Source: P.A. 98-825, eff. 8-1-14; revised 10-14-14.)".