Full Text of SB1664 95th General Assembly
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Disability Services Committee
Filed: 5/23/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1664
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1664 on page 12, by | 3 |
| replacing lines 11 through 20 with the following: | 4 |
| " community or State-operated services. The Governor shall | 5 |
| create a commission by July 1, 2007, or as soon thereafter as | 6 |
| possible, to review funding methodologies, identify gaps in | 7 |
| funding, identify revenue, and prioritize use of that revenue | 8 |
| for community developmental disability services, mental health | 9 |
| services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation | 10 |
| services, and early intervention services. The first meeting of | 11 |
| the commission shall be held within the first month after the | 12 |
| creation and appointment of the commission, and a final report | 13 |
| summarizing the commission's recommendations must be issued | 14 |
| within 12 months after the first meeting, and no later than | 15 |
| September 1, 2008, to the Governor and the General Assembly. | 16 |
| The commission shall have the following 13 voting members: | 17 |
| (A) one member of the House of Representatives, | 18 |
| appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; |
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| (B) one member of the House of Representatives, | 2 |
| appointed by the House Minority Leader; | 3 |
| (C) one member of the Senate, appointed by the | 4 |
| President of the Senate; | 5 |
| (D) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate | 6 |
| Minority leader; | 7 |
| (E) one person with a developmental disability, or a | 8 |
| family member or guardian of such a person, appointed by | 9 |
| the Governor; | 10 |
| (F) one person with a mental illness, or a family | 11 |
| member or guardian of such a person, appointed by the | 12 |
| Governor; | 13 |
| (G) two persons from unions that represent employees of | 14 |
| community providers that serve people with developmental | 15 |
| disabilities, mental illness, and alcohol and substance | 16 |
| abuse disorders, appointed by the Governor; and | 17 |
| (H) five persons from statewide associations that | 18 |
| represent community providers that provide residential, | 19 |
| day training, and other developmental disability services, | 20 |
| mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse | 21 |
| services, rehabilitation services, or early intervention | 22 |
| services, or any combination of those, appointed by the | 23 |
| Governor. | 24 |
| The commission shall also have the following ex-officio, | 25 |
| nonvoting members: | 26 |
| (I) the Director of the Governor's Office of Management |
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| and Budget or his or her designee; | 2 |
| (J) the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of | 3 |
| Human Services or his or her designee; and | 4 |
| (K) the Administrator of the Department of Healthcare | 5 |
| and Family Services Division of Finance or his or her | 6 |
| designee. | 7 |
| The funding methodologies must reflect economic factors | 8 |
| inherent in providing services and supports, recognize | 9 |
| individual ".
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