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ID HCR024

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

3/26/2015

Primary Sponsor

Health and Welfare Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Endorses the Idaho Caregiver Alliance's efforts to create a task force exploring innovative ways to support unpaid family caregivers in Idaho

  • Identifies 307,000 Idaho adults providing unpaid care valued at approximately $2 billion annually, with approximately two-thirds employed or seeking work

  • Establishes legislative findings that unpaid family caregivers are essential to Idaho's health care system and long-term care delivery, particularly in 22 frontier counties

  • Directs the task force to explore policies and resources for family caregivers, compile an inventory of available resources, and make findings available to State Healthcare Innovation Plan leaders

  • Requires the task force to report its findings to the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-third Idaho Legislature

Legislative Description

Stating findings of the Legislature and endorsing efforts by the Idaho Caregiver Alliance to explore innovative means to support uncompensated family caregivers in Idaho.

FAMILY CAREGIVERS

Last Action

Delivered to Secretary of State at 11:25 a.m. on April 7, 2015

4/8/2015

Full Bill Text

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