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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1664
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| 2 | 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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| 1 | (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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| 1 | 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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