Long Term Care Council; membership; meetings; reports

(A) There is created the Long-Term Care Council (council) composed of the following voting members: (1) the Governor or his designee; (2) the Director of the Department of Social Services or their designee; (3) the Director of the Department of Public Health or their designee; (4) the Director of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Office of Mental Health or their designee; (5) the Director of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities or their designee; (6) the Director of the Department on Aging or their designee; (7) the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services or their designee; (8) the Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs or their designee; (9) the Chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging, or their designee; (10) one representative of each of the following groups appointed by the Governor annually: (a) long-term care providers; (b) long-term care consumers; (c) persons in the insurance industry developing or marketing a long-term care product. (B) Each director serving as a council member may authorize in writing a designee to vote on his behalf at two meetings a year. Members appointed by the Governor to represent private groups serve without compensation. (C) The council shall meet at least quarterly, provide for its own officers, and make an annual report to the General Assembly before January second each year. This report must include new council recommendations.