ENGROSSED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 694
(By Senator Prezioso, By Request)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported April 4, 2001.]
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A BILL to amend chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding
thereto a new article, designated article five-t, relating to
the establishment of the care home advisory board.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding
thereto a new article, designated article five-t
,
to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5T. Care home advisory board.
§16-5T-1. Care home advisory board created; membership; terms;
meetings; compensation; termination.
(a) The care home advisory board is hereby created to gather
information concerning personal care homes, as defined and
regulated in article five-d of this chapter, and residential board
and care homes, as defined and regulated in article five-h of this
chapter, and make its findings and recommendations to the governor
and the Legislature.
(b) The care home advisory board will have seven members: The
president of the Senate or his or her designee; the speaker of the
House of Delegates or his or her designee; the secretary of the
department of health and human resources or his or her designee; an
operator of a personal care home licensed in this state; an
operator of a residential board and care home licensed in this
state; and two members of the public at large, one of which shall
be an advocate for consumer rights.
(c) The governor shall appoint the members to the board, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Appointments under
the provision of this article shall be for a three-year term or the
unexpired term, except in the initial appointments as follows: One
citizen member shall be appointed for a two-year term; one citizen
member shall be appointed for a three-year term; and the care home
operator members shall be appointed for a one-year term. Subsequent appointments to the committee shall be for three year
terms. No member shall serve more than two successive terms.
(d) The advisory board shall meet at least four times annually
at the times and places in the state that it determines. A
majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the purpose of
conducting business. The secretary of the department of health and
human resources or his or her designee shall serve as chair of the
advisory board.
(e) Members of the advisory board are not entitled to
compensation for services performed as members, but are entitled to
reimbursement for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually
incurred in the performance of their duties, which shall be paid
from the funds of the department of health and human resources.
(f) Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the care home advisory board shall continue to exist
until the first day of July, two thousand three, unless sooner
terminated, continued or reestablished by act of the Legislature.