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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 52 – Long-term care, counseling program

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 52

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HCR052.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
LONG-TERM CARE - Stating findings of the Legislature; encouraging the
Department of Health and Welfare to proceed with development of a long-term
care options counseling program as part of the Planned Aging Resource
Center Initiative; and requesting a report to the Legislature.
                                                                        
02/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/24    Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
03/13    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/14    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 59-0-11
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford,
      Cannon, Collins, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Eskridge, Field(18),
      Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake,
      LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller,
      Moyle, Nielsen, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ringo, Roberts,
      Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley,
      Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail,
      Wood
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Chadderdon, Clark, Crow, Ellsworth, Field(23),
      Mitchell, Nonini, Ring, Sayler, Wills, Mr. Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - McGeachin
    Title apvd - To Senate
03/16    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/22    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/24    10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Broadsword
    Title apvd - to House
03/27    To enrol
03/28    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/29    Pres signed - To Secretary of State

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 52
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH
  3        AND  WELFARE TO PROCEED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF A LONG-TERM CARE OPTIONS COUN-
  4        SELING PROGRAM AS PART OF THE PLANNED AGING RESOURCE CENTER INITIATIVE AND
  5        REQUESTING A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        WHEREAS, the Medicaid Program in the state of Idaho  is  unsustainable  in
  8    its  current  form  and  should  be reformed so that eligibility, benefits and
  9    delivery systems match client health needs; and
 10        WHEREAS, Medicaid financed long-term care is one  of  the  most  expensive
 11    Medicaid benefits and contributes to rapidly increasing Medicaid costs; and
 12        WHEREAS,  the use of reverse mortgages and similar vehicles for seniors to
 13    finance their own long-term care promotes individual responsibility for  long-
 14    term care costs and avoids the need for publicly funded support; and
 15        WHEREAS, long-term care options counseling promotes alternatives to Medic-
 16    aid  financed  long-term  care  and  greater  consistency  of  advice to Idaho
 17    seniors.
 18        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 19    sion  of  the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
 20    the Senate concurring therein, that the Department of Health  and  Welfare  is
 21    encouraged  to  proceed with the development of a Long-Term Care Options Coun-
 22    seling Program.
 23        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature encourages the  Department  of
 24    Health  and  Welfare  to  develop  this  program  as part of the planned Aging
 25    Resource Center Initiative. The Legislature further encourages the  Department
 26    of  Health  and  Welfare  to  provide that, except for necessary personnel and
 27    operating costs excluded by the grant, this initiative be funded by a  federal
 28    grant award.
 29        BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED  that  the  Department  of Health and Welfare is
 30    requested to report the results of this program change to  the  First  Regular
 31    Session  of  the  Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature along with recommendations for
 32    any further legislative action.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact




                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16134

This House Concurrent Resolution requests that the Legislature
encourage the Department of Health and Welfare to develop a Long-
Term Care Options Counseling program as part of the Aging
Resource Center initiative. Long-term care options counseling
promotes alternatives to Medicaid-financed long-term care. This
will result in long-term cost savings to the Medicaid program.
The Department of Health and Welfare will report the results of
this program to the Legislature along with recommendations for
further legislative action.


                          FISCAL NOTE

The implementation of the long-term care counseling program will
result in savings to the General Fund of $79,500 in fiscal year
2007.



Contact
Name: Representative Janice McGeachin
Phone: (208) 332-1000 


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        HCR 52