Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout sections 1 through 5 of this act. Instrumental activities of daily living may also be used to assess a person's functional abilities as they are related to the mental capacity to perform activities in the home and the community such as cooking, shopping, house cleaning, doing laundry, working, and managing personal finances. No additional state employees may be hired as a result of establishing the administration. Any funds saved because of the elimination of management level positions within the new administration must be redirected to direct long-term care services, quality assurance, and complaint investigations provided by the department. The council shall be composed of consumers and their family representatives, providers of care, administrators, and advocates that reflect the departmental programs that are being transferred to the administration.
Members are to be selected by the secretary.
The assistant secretary of the administration shall be the chair of the council. The council shall establish technical advisory panels composed of balanced representation of all types of persons served by the administration to provide expert technical assistance on matters necessary to implement this act. The department shall make the council recommendations available to the public. The department shall establish a long-term care and rehabilitation services administration. The department shall transfer the following programs and services and related management and support services to the long-term care and rehabilitation services administration.