STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 593	By:	Burrage

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public health and safety; creating the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee for Long-Term Care; providing for membership of Committee; authorizing the Committee to utilize and contract with certain entities; requiring the committee to meet at least four times a year; providing for travel reimbursement; providing for duties of the Committee; permitting the Committee to appoint certain subcommittees; requiring certain report; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-1953 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  There is hereby created the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee for Long-Term Care.
B.  The Committee shall be composed of five members from the Oklahoma State Senate, to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and five members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate one member to serve as co-chair of the Committee.  Members and co-chairs shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.  Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled by the appointing authority.
C.  The Committee may use the expertise and services of the staffs of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives and may, as necessary, employ and contract for advice and services of experts in the field as well as other necessary professional and clerical staff.
D.  The Committee shall be convened no less than four times a year.
E.  Reimbursement for travel expenses shall be provided in accordance with Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
F.  The Committee shall review provisions related to long-term care quality improvement in the state.
G.  The Committee shall review and make recommendations concerning all proposals for long-term care services in the state.
H.  The Committee may appoint subcommittees composed of citizens, providers and state agency representatives in furtherance of its purpose.
I.  The Committee shall periodically report its findings to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2009.
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

52-1-1532	JM	1/13/2009 12:12:28 PM