Bill Text: CA ACR278 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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-Enrolled.html

Enrolled August 29, 2018

Passed IN Senate August 28, 2018

Passed IN Assembly August 20, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution

No. 278

Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Acosta, Aguiar-Curry, Travis Allen, Baker, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Caballero, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chávez, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Dahle, Daly, Eggman, Flora, Fong, Frazier, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez Fletcher, Gray, Grayson, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limón, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, O’Donnell, Patterson, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Reyes, Rivas, Rodriguez, Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, and Wood)

August 09, 2018

Relative to the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 278, Arambula. PACE Month.

This measure would recognize September 2018 as PACE Month in California.

Fiscal Committee: NO

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.