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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
]]]] 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
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