Bill Text: CA AB229 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: In-home supportive services: written content translation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB229 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB229-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
April 08, 2019 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 229 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Nazarian |
January 17, 2019 |
An act to add Section 12300.5 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to in-home supportive services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 229, as amended, Nazarian.
In-home supportive services: written content translation.
Existing law requires a state agency that serves a substantial number of non-English-speaking people and provides English language materials explaining services to provide the same type of materials in other languages, as specified. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to translate a specified notice of action into all languages spoken by a substantial number of the public receiving in-home supportive services, as specified.
This bill would clarify that the department is required to provide translations of written content, as defined, and transcriptions or captioning of videos, in languages spoken by a substantial number of providers of in-home supportive services in California. The bill would permit the
department to work with counties and the County Welfare Directors Association of California to repurpose existing, county-produced translations of written content. content and videos.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The In-Home Supportive Services program (Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) enables individuals who need assistance with activities of daily living to live safely in their homes with the aid of providers who provide services such as approved nonmedical care.
(2) The program reflects the diversity of the State of
California with regards to the languages written and spoken by providers and recipients. A majority of in-home supportive services providers are related to, or live with, the individuals for whom they provide care.
(3) In all cases, ensuring that providers and recipients are able to understand and follow the rules of the program, including, but not limited to, enrollment processes, timesheet entry, overtime usage, and other program aspects, is critical to ensuring that recipients remain safe and receive the care to which they are entitled.
(4) The unique nature of this program, in which the needs of recipients and providers are significantly interdependent, requires that the state make available program materials to both recipients and providers that are understandable in their preferred language.
(b) It is,
therefore, the intent of the Legislature to enact a requirement that materials produced for in-home supportive services providers be translated into the languages spoken by a substantial number of providers.
SECTION 1.SEC. 2.
Section 12300.5 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:12300.5.
(a) For all written content to be mailed to,(b) To implement this section, the department may work with counties
and the County Welfare Directors Association of California to repurpose existing, county-produced translations of written content. content and video transcriptions or captioning.
(c) For purposes of this section, “written content” includes, but is not limited to, any informational notice, notice of action,
timesheet, or form intended for providers of in-home supportive services that is required by this article, state regulations, or other state action.
