Bill Text: CA ACR278 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: PACE Month.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-22-1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 194, Statutes of 2018. [ACR278 Detail]
Download: California-2017-ACR278-Chaptered.html
| Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 278 |
| CHAPTER 194 |
Relative to the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
September 05, 2018.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 278, Arambula.
PACE Month.
This measure would recognize September 2018 as PACE Month in California.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, The Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) addresses the needs of the frail elderly and disabled adults 55 years of age and older, a population that is growing rapidly and whose impact on health care costs is significant; and
WHEREAS, PACE is a fully integrated model of care that provides comprehensive, highly coordinated care allowing frail older adults who meet state eligibility criteria for nursing home level of care to continue living in the community; and
WHEREAS, Individuals enrolled in PACE receive all Medicare and Medi-Cal covered items and services and additional support, which promotes well-being and greater independence; and
WHEREAS, PACE assumes full financial risk for all care and medical services, including transportation, hospitalization, and long-term care, in return for capitated payments from Medicare and Medi-Cal; and
WHEREAS, On Lok, California’s first PACE program, opened in 1983. There are now 11 PACE programs operating in 39 sites, serving more than 7,000 participants; and
WHEREAS, The California PACE Association, known as CalPACE, formed in 2003 to support the development, expansion, success, and quality of PACE throughout California; now, therefore, be it further
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes September 2018 as PACE Month in California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
