Bill Text: CA AB1534 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Area agencies on aging: independent living centers: funding.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-23 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB1534 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1534-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1534	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Linder
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Brown,   Chávez,   Daly,   Levine,
  Maienschein,   Wagner,   Waldron, 
 and Yamada   ) 
   (   Coauthors:   Senators   Fuller,
  Huff,   and Vidak   ) 

                        JANUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Division 11 (commencing with Section 19900) to the
Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to social services, making an
appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1534, as amended, Linder. Area agencies on aging: independent
living centers: funding.
   Existing law designates area agencies on aging as local units on
aging in California, which are financially supported by a variety of
sources, including federal funding, state and local government
assistance, the private sector, and individual contributions.
    Existing law also provides for independent living centers, for
the purpose of assisting individuals with disabilities in their
attempts to live fuller and freer lives outside institutions, and
achieve social and economic independence.
   This bill would continuously appropriate from the Federal Trust
Fund, in the absence of enactment of the annual Budget Act by July 1
of a fiscal year, (1) to the California Department of Aging, the
amount of federal funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund necessary
to pay area agencies on aging for the administration of programs
under their jurisdiction, and (2) to the Department of
Rehabilitation, the amount of federal funds contained in the Federal
Trust Fund necessary to pay independent living centers for the
administration of programs under their jurisdiction, pending
enactment of the Budget Act.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Division 11 (commencing with Section 19900) is added to
the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

      DIVISION 11.  FUNDING FOR SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES


   19900.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
in any fiscal year in which the Budget Act is not enacted by July 1
of that fiscal year, there is hereby continuously appropriated from
the Federal Trust Fund the following sums:
   (1) To the California Department of Aging the amount of federal
funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund necessary to pay area
agencies on aging for the administration of programs under their
jurisdiction, as provided in Division 8.5 (commencing with Section
9000). The Department of Finance, upon enactment of the Budget Act
and in the absence of this action being taken by the Legislature or
the Governor in that Budget Act, may reduce the applicable Budget Act
allocations by the amount of any payments made pursuant to this
paragraph.
   (2) To the Department of Rehabilitation the amount of federal
funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund necessary to pay
independent living centers for the administration of programs under
their jurisdiction, as provided in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section
19800) of Division 10. The Department of Finance, upon enactment of
the Budget Act and in the absence of this action being taken by the
Legislature or the Governor in that Budget Act, may reduce the
applicable Budget Act allocations by the amount of any payments made
pursuant to this paragraph.
   (b) If payments are made to area agencies on aging or independent
living centers pursuant to this section, the first payment shall be
made on July 15, with payments to be made on the 15th of each month
thereafter, until the enactment of the Budget Act.
  SEC. 2.   This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to ensure that area agencies on aging and independent
living centers will be able to prevent interruptions in important
services provided to elderly persons and persons with disabilities if
the Budget Act of  2011   2015  is not
enacted in a timely manner, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.