(a) An executive and legislative task force shall be formed to provide advice and assistance in implementing reforms to the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program and to consider other means to assist consumers in paying for long-term care services and supports.
(b) The task force formed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be composed of representatives designated by each of the following:
(1) The State Department of Health Care Services.
(2) The State Department of Social Services.
(3) The California Department of Aging.
(4) The Department of Insurance.
(5) The Department of Managed Health Care.
(6) The Senate Committee on Rules.
(7) The Speaker of the Assembly.
(c) The task force shall consult with persons knowledgeable of and concerned with long-term care, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Consumer representatives.
(2) Long-term care providers.
(3) Representatives of long-term care insurance companies and administrators of health care service plans which cover long-term care.
(4) Private employers.
(5) Academic specialists in long-term care and aging.
(6) Representatives of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retirement System.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends that date.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 487, Sec. 14. (SB 1384) Effective January 1, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2019, by its own provisions.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018