Amendment #2 to H4460

Taskforce Members

Mr. Jones of North Reading moves to amend the bill by striking subsection (b) of SECTION 1 in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“(b) The task force shall consist of 15 members as follows: the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on elder affairs or their designees, who shall serve as co-chairs; the secretary of elder affairs or a designee; the assistant secretary for MassHealth or a designee; the secretary of veterans’ services or a designee; the house minority leader or designee; the senate minority leader or designee;  the director of the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston or a designee; the president of the Tufts Health Plan Foundation or a designee; the president of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts or a designee; 1 older adult board member of a local council on aging, who shall be appointed by the Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging and who shall not be an employee or paid consultant of the Association or of a local council on aging or of a senior center; 1 older adult member of the Massachusetts Senior Action Council, who shall not be an employee or paid consultant of the Senior Action Council; 1 member of AARP Massachusetts, who shall not be an employee or paid consultant of AARP; 1 older adult member of the Multicultural Coalition on Aging, who shall be an individual member of the Coalition and who shall not be an employee or paid consultant of the Coalition or of any of its member organizations and; 1 member who shall be an unpaid family or friend caregiver of an older adult.”