COUNCIL DUTIES; REPORT

(a) In this section, "long-term care facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 526.0203. (b) The council shall: (1) study and make recommendations regarding a consistent survey and informal dispute resolution process for long-term care facilities, Medicaid quality-based payment systems for those facilities, and the allocation of Medicaid beds in those facilities; (2) study and make recommendations regarding best practices and protocols to make survey, inspection, and informal dispute resolution processes more efficient and less burdensome on long-term care facilities; (3) recommend uniform standards for those processes; (4) study and make recommendations regarding Medicaid quality-based payment systems and a rate-setting methodology for long-term care facilities; and (5) study and make recommendations relating to the allocation of and need for Medicaid beds in long-term care facilities, including studying and making recommendations relating to: (A) the effectiveness of rules adopted by the executive commissioner relating to the procedures for certifying and decertifying Medicaid beds in long-term care facilities; and (B) the need for modifications to those rules to better control the procedures for certifying and decertifying Medicaid beds in long-term care facilities. (c) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the council shall submit a report on the council's findings and recommendations to the executive commissioner, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the appropriate legislative committees.