Independent Living Community Ombudsman, Office of; established, report.

Office of the Independent Living Community Ombudsman. Establishes, in the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services,the Office of the Independent Living Community Ombudsman, to promoteand protect the interests of residents of independent living communitiesin the Commonwealth. The bill defines "independent living community"as any congregate care housing arrangement reserved for residents55 years of age or older who do not require assistance with activitiesof daily living from staff of the independent living community and that includes the provision of two or more of the following services:meals, transportation, laundry, or housekeeping, when such servicesare provided pursuant to an agreement between the resident and the congregate care housing provider or between the resident and a thirdparty that delivers such services at the premises of the independentliving community.