Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-550-R1

Redraft EHS 550

Long-Term Services and Supports Advisory Committee

Messrs. McGee, Keenan, Michael O. Moore, Montigny and Welch moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section155,the following new section: -

SECTION155A. There shall be a long-term services and supports advisory committee to advise the general court, the office of Medicaid, and other state agencies on opportunities to improve health care cost and quality through community-based long-term care services. The commission shall consist of the following 16 members and shall be jointly chaired by a member of the house of representatives and a member of the senate: 2 representatives of the house of representatives, 1 of whom shall be chosen by the minority leader; 2 representatives of the senate, 1 of whom shall be chosen by the minority leader; the director of the office of medicaid or a designee; the secretary of elder affairs or a designee; the commissioner of health care finance and policy or a designee; the commissioner of public health or a designee; the secretary of administration and finance or a designee; and 7 appointees of the governor, 2 of whom shall be consumer representatives and 5 of whom shall be representatives of community-based long-term care providers, of which at least 2 are for-profit entities, and all of which represent services approved by the Medicaid State Plan.

The advisory committee shall evaluate the effect of long-term services and supports on reducing health care costs and improving health care quality and shall recommend opportunities to improve or expand existing long-term services and support programs including, but not limited to, implementation of value-based purchasing strategies and the development and deployment of an electronic community care record for community-based long-term care services.  The committee shall report the results of its study, together with drafts of legislation, if any, necessary to carry out its recommendations, by filing the same with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate who shall forward a copy of the study to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing not later than January 15, 2013.