Bill Text: CA AB1930 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1930	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lackey

                        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, as introduced, 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 establish the In-Home Supportive Services Family
Caregiver Benefits Advisory Committee, as specified, for the purpose
of studying the impact of the denial of state unemployment insurance
benefits and federal Medicare and Social Security benefits on
individuals who provide the supportive services described in this
article 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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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 established the In-Home Supportive Services
Family Caregiver Benefits Advisory Committee, for the purpose of
studying the impact of the denial of state unemployment insurance and
federal Medicare and Social Security benefits 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 more than
nine individuals, and shall include representatives from the
following groups:
   (1) Policy experts on relevant issues, including, but not limited
to, Social Security, Medicare, California state unemployment
insurance, retirement insecurity, economic inequality, and poverty
among seniors in California.
   (2) Representatives involved with the IHSS program on behalf of a
county government.
   (3) Individuals who are current providers of personal assistance
services funded as in-home supportive services pursuant to this
article and who are a parent or spouse of the person receiving those
services.
   (4) Individuals who are current or past consumers of personal
assistance services provided through the IHSS program.
   (5) Individuals from labor organizations that represent IHSS
providers.
   (c) The Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate
Committee on Rules shall each appoint three members of the advisory
committee. Prior to appointing members to the advisory committee, the
Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Committee on
Rules shall consult with labor organizations that represent IHSS
providers regarding the appointments.
   (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 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 federal
Medicare and Social Security benefits as well as state unemployment
insurance benefits. Prior to submission of the report, the advisory
committee shall arrange for peer review of the study by an academic
entity with expertise in the subject matter of the report.
   (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.