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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1930	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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   ) 

                        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 amended, 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, 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 the supportive
services described in the above provisions 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
describing the availability of, and barriers to accessing,
employment-based supports and protections, including, but not limited
to, federal Social Security 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 more than 15
individuals, and shall include representatives from the following
groups:
   (1) Academic  entities,   entities  and
nonprofit  organizations,   organizations 
with expertise in the subject matter of the report described in
subdivision (d).
   (2) The State Department of Social Services.
   (3) The Department of Finance.
   (4) The Legislative Analyst's Office.
   (5) County governments.
   (6) IHSS public authorities.
   (7) 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.
   (8) Individuals who are current or past consumers of personal
assistance services provided through the IHSS program.
   (9) Labor organizations that represent IHSS providers.
   (c) The Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate
Committee on Rules shall each appoint not more than five members to
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 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, 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.