Bill Text: CA AB1930 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In-home supportive services: family caregivers: advisory committee.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2016-09-30 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1930 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB1930-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1930 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 16, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 1, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 16, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 28, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 9, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lackey
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez)
(Coauthor: Senator McGuire)
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
An act to add and repeal Section 12335 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to public social services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1930, Lackey. In-home supportive services: family caregivers:
advisory committee.
Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home
Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged,
blind, and disabled persons are provided with supportive services in
order to permit them to remain in their own homes and avoid
institutionalization. Existing law provides that a person who is the
parent or a spouse of a recipient of those services shall be paid for
providing specified services to the recipient through the program.
This bill would, until January 1, 2019, establish the In-Home
Supportive Services Family Caregiver Benefits Advisory Committee
within the State Department of Social Services, as specified, for the
purpose of describing the availability of, and barriers to
accessing, employment-based supports and protections, as specified,
and studying the impact of the lack of access to these supports and
protections on individuals who provide supportive services to a
spouse or as the parent of a recipient child. The bill would require
the advisory committee to submit a peer-reviewed report to the
Legislature, as specified, on or before January 1, 2018.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 12335 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
12335. (a) There is hereby established, within the State
Department of Social Services, the In-Home Supportive Services Family
Caregiver Benefits Advisory Committee, for the purpose of describing
the availability of, and barriers to accessing, employment-based
supports and protections, including, but not limited to, federal
social security benefits and state unemployment insurance benefits,
and studying the impact of the lack of access to these supports and
protections on the lives and communities of individuals who provide
the supportive services described in this article to a spouse or as
the parent of a recipient child.
(b) The advisory committee shall be comprised of not fewer than
eight individuals and not more than 11 individuals pursuant to
subdivision (c). The advisory committee shall include, but not be
limited to, representatives from all of the following groups:
(1) Academic entities with expertise in the subject matter of the
report described in subdivision (d).
(2) Nonprofit organizations related to IHSS.
(3) The State Department of Social Services.
(4) County governments.
(5) IHSS public authorities.
(6) Individuals who are current providers of personal assistance
services funded as IHSS pursuant to this article and who are a parent
or spouse of the person receiving those services.
(7) Individuals who are current or past consumers of personal
assistance services provided through the IHSS program.
(8) Labor organizations that are designated representatives of
providers of personal assistance services funded as IHSS pursuant to
this article.
(c) (1) The Governor may appoint not more than nine individuals to
the advisory committee. Individuals appointed by the Governor may
include only representatives from the groups described in subdivision
(b).
(2) The Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules
shall each appoint one individual to the advisory committee.
Individuals appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate
Committee on Rules may include representatives who are not from the
groups described in subdivision (b).
(3) The appointments made pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
ensure that the advisory committee includes representatives from all
of the groups described in subdivision (b).
(d) On or before January 1, 2018, the advisory committee shall
provide a report to the Senate Committee on Human Services, the
Senate Select Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, the Assembly
Committee on Human Services, and the Assembly Committee on Aging and
Long-Term Care. The report shall include a summary of the findings of
the advisory committee, as described in subdivision (a), and
recommendations on steps the state can take to ensure that all IHSS
providers who provide supportive services to a spouse or child have
access to employment-based supports and protections, including, but
not limited to, federal social security benefits and state
unemployment insurance benefits, as described in subdivision (a).
Prior to submission of the report, the advisory committee shall
arrange for peer review of the study by the academic entities
described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b).
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.
