Sec. 17b-339. Nursing Home Financial Advisory Committee. Duties. Membership.
Sec. 17b-339. Nursing Home Financial Advisory Committee. Duties. Membership. (a) There is established a Nursing Home Financial Advisory Committee to
examine the financial solvency of nursing homes on an ongoing basis and to support the
Departments of Social Services and Public Health in their mission to provide oversight to
the nursing home industry which promotes the financial solvency of and quality of
care provided by nursing homes. The committee shall consist of seven members: The
Commissioner of Social Services, or his designee; the Commissioner of Public Health,
or his designee; the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or his designee;
the director of the Office of Fiscal Analysis, or his designee; the executive director of
the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority, or his designee; and one
representative of nonprofit nursing homes and one representative of for-profit nursing
homes appointed by the Governor.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of Public Health
shall be the chairpersons of the committee. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing
authority.
(c) The committee, upon receipt of a report relative to the financial solvency of and
quality of care provided by nursing homes in the state, shall recommend appropriate
action for improving the financial condition of any nursing home that is in financial
distress to the Commissioner of Social Services.
(d) Not later than January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, the committee shall
submit a report on its activities to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters relating to human services and public health and to the
select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to
aging, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
(P.A. 98-239, S. 26, 35.)
History: P.A. 98-239 effective July 1, 1998.