HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 1451, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. 03 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Trovillion offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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16  insert:  The Agency for Health Care Administration, with the

17  assistance of the Department of Corrections, shall conduct a

18  feasibility study on the placement of aged, infirm or disabled

19  correctional inmates into secure private sector long-term care

20  facilities.  The feasibility study shall determine whether

21  such placements would result in cost-savings for the state,

22  what alternative fiscal resources would be available for these

23  placements, and whether such placements would be in the

24  interest of the general public and the inmates.  The study

25  shall be completed and presented, along with any

26  recommendations resulting therefrom, to the Legislature by

27  November 1, 2000.  The agency shall include public members and

28  representatives of the long-term care industry in an advisory

29  committee to assist in the study and preparation of the report

30  to the Legislature.  Members of the advisory committee shall

31  pay their own expenses and the agency shall staff the

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 1451, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. 03 (for drafter's use only)





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