Bill Text: CA AB784 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 784 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: In-Home Supportive Services: provider health care benefits.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB784 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB784-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 784	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 7, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 12331 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 784, as amended, Weber. In-Home Supportive Services: provider
health care benefits.
   Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home
Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged,
blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to
permit them to remain in their own homes and avoid
institutionalization. Under existing law, the state, a county, a
public authority, a nonprofit consortium, or an IHSS recipient may be
considered the employer of an IHSS provider.
   Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (PPACA), enacts various health care coverage
market reforms that take effect January 1, 2014. Among other things,
PPACA imposes an assessment on certain employers who fail to offer to
their full-time employees and their dependents the opportunity to
enroll in minimum essential coverage under an eligible
employer-sponsored plan.
   This bill would establish an advisory committee  on
  to assess  the impact of PPACA on health care
benefits for IHSS providers and would provide for the appointment of
members to the committee by the Governor, the Speaker of the
Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules, as specified. The bill
would require the advisory committee to provide a report to specified
legislative committees on or before March 1, 2014, on the
appropriate employer in the IHSS program to provide health care
benefits to IHSS providers under PPACA.
   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 12331 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   12331.  (a) There shall be established a 13-member advisory
committee to assess the impact of the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as amended by the
federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public
Law 111-152), and any rules, regulations, or guidance issued
thereunder (PPACA)  on health care benefits for in-home
supportive services providers. At least 50 percent of the membership
of the advisory committee shall be individuals who are current or
past providers of personal assistance services paid for through
in-home supportive services.
   (1) At least two members of the advisory committee shall be
 current or former providers of in-home supportive services.
  experts on health benefits and PPACA. 
   (2) Individuals who represent organizations that advocate for
people with disabilities or seniors may be appointed to the advisory
committee.
   (3) Individuals from labor organizations that are designated
representatives of IHSS providers shall be appointed to the advisory
committee.
   (b) The Governor shall appoint seven members, the Speaker of the
Assembly shall appoint three members, and the Senate Committee on
Rules shall appoint three members.
   (c) Prior to appointment of the members to the advisory committee,
the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Committee
on Rules shall consult with labor organizations and organizations
that advocate for seniors and persons with disabilities regarding
these appointments.
   (d) The advisory committee established pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall provide a report to the Assembly Committee on Human Services,
the Senate Committee on Human Services, the Assembly Committee on
Health, and the Senate Committee on Health, on or before March 1,
2014, on the appropriate employer under the In-Home Supportive
Services program to provide health care benefits to in-home
supportive services providers under  the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act   PPACA  .