Legislation

§ 4603. Continuing care retirement community council; powers and
duties. 1. The continuing care retirement community council is hereby
established, to consist of the following, or their designees: the
attorney general; the commissioner; the director of the office for the
aging; and eight public members appointed by the governor with the
advice and consent of the senate. Such public members shall be
representative of the public, and have a demonstrated expertise or
interest in continuing care retirement communities; provided that no
more than one such member shall be a sponsor, owner, operator, manager,
member of a board of directors, or shareholder of a continuing care
retirement community. At least two public members shall be residents of
a continuing care retirement community. At least one of the public
members shall be a representative of an organization with demonstrated
experience in representing the interests of senior citizens. The public
members of the council shall have fixed terms of four years. The council
shall be chaired by the commissioner or the designee of such
commissioner.

Members of such council shall serve without compensation for their
services as members of the council, except that each of them may be
allowed the necessary and actual expenses which such member shall incur
in the performance of their duties under this article.

2. The council shall meet as often as may be deemed necessary to
fulfill its responsibilities. The council shall have the following
powers and duties:

a. to assist the commissioner on policy matters related to the
establishment and operation of continuing care retirement communities;

b. to assist the commissioner in the development of the state's
overall policy regarding continuing care retirement communities and
cause studies and research to be conducted as it may deem advisable and
necessary; and

c. to make such recommendations to the governor and the legislature as
may be necessary to encourage or further regulate the development of
continuing care retirement communities.