Bill Text: CA SB1249 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-07-03 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. [SB1249 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1249-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 12, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 16, 2024 |
Introduced by Senator Roth |
February 15, 2024 |
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 9000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:9000.
This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, that reflects the policy mandates and directives of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and sets forth the state’s commitment to older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers served by the programs administered by the California Department of Aging.The Legislature hereby finds and recognizes all of the following:
(a)In June 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order No. N-14-19, calling for the creation of a Master Plan for Aging (MPA), which seeks to prepare local communities for the year 2030 when 10.8 million Californians – one in four residents – will be 60 years of age or older. The executive order affirms the priority of the health and well-being of older Californians and the need for policies that promote aging with dignity and independence.
(b)The state’s major demographic shift towards an older, more diverse population requires statewide systems and
local structures that do all of the following:
(1)Offer, coordinate, and integrate increasingly complex social, medical, cognitive, and behavioral health supports.
(2)Respond to the needs of a growing number of older adults, people with disabilities and family caregivers.
(3)Affirm the important values of race, ethnicity, language, culture, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
(c)In preparing for the aging of California’s population, the state seeks to eliminate disparities and improve access to services and supports to meet the needs of older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers.
(d)It
is the intent of the Legislature to reform provisions of the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act related to area agencies on aging with respect to all of the following:
(1)Geography and demographics.
(2)Governance, including area agency on aging designations and planning service area boundaries.
(3)Programs and services.
(4)Performance measures.
(5)Funding sources and capacities.
(6)Public awareness.
(a)The California Department of Aging shall ensure that, to the extent possible, the services provided for in accordance with this division shall be, directly or through contract, provided by local area agencies on aging.
(b)Effective January 1, 2025, a county shall be given the option to petition the department to be considered for designation as the area agency on aging that serves
its local jurisdiction. A county shall notify the department of its intent to petition to be considered for designation as the area agency on aging that serves its local jurisdiction by June 30, 2025. In consultation with area agencies on aging and stakeholders, the department shall develop and submit regulations to the Office of Administrative Law to effect changes in area agencies on aging
designations as contemplated in this paragraph. The department shall submit the updated area agency on aging designations and any corresponding changes to the statewide planning and service area map to the Legislature within 90 days of final adoption.
(c)On or before September 30, 2026, and in consultation with area agencies on aging and stakeholders, the department shall develop the core programs and services to be provided by all area agencies on aging.
(d)On or before September 1, 2026, in consultation with area agencies on aging and stakeholders, the department shall submit to
the Legislature and the federal Administration for Community Living an update to the intrastate funding formula, based on the revised area agencies on aging designations and planning service area map boundaries, and other factors and weights as required under state and federal statute and regulations.
(e)On or before September 30, 2026, and in consultation with area agencies on aging and stakeholders, the department shall develop objectives, key results, and a performance measurement methodology for core programs and services for adoption by the area agencies on aging. The department shall maintain California’s Data Dashboard for Aging, which shall include updates to reflect demographic changes using validated sources including the United States Census, the Department of Finance, the Elder Index, and the California Healthy Places
Index.
(f)In consultation with area agencies on aging and stakeholders, the department shall develop a statewide engagement plan by September 30, 2026. The statewide plan shall seek to raise public awareness of programs and services, identify access points, provide consistent messaging to all audiences, and improve outreach to underrepresented and underserved populations, including Asian-Pacific Islander, Black, Latino, Indigenous, LGBTQ+ older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers.
SEC. 2.
Section 9001 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:9001.
The Legislature hereby finds and recognizes all of the following:(c)Today, 14 percent of California’s population currently is 60 years of age and over.
(d)By the year 2010, the first influx of baby boomers will constitute 29.2 percent of California’s total population over 60 years of age. By the year 2020, baby boomers will constitute 70.2 percent of California’s total population over 60 years of age.
(e)By the year 2020, older individuals will represent 21 percent of California’s total population.
(f)While the number of persons over 60 years of age is increasing rapidly, the number of older women, minorities and persons over the age of 75 are increasing at an even greater rate.
(g)Among persons over 75 years of age, there is a higher incidence of functional disabilities.
(h)The social and health problems of the older individual are further compounded by inaccessibility to existing services and by the unavailability of a complete range of services.
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(j)The planning and delivery of these services is not carried out with any degree of coordination among those agencies.
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SEC. 3.
Section 9002 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:9002.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(c)Recognizing the diversity in geography, economy, culture, and lifestyles in California and the diversity of local senior citizen networks, it shall be the policy of this state to encourage and emphasize local control to achieve the most effective blend of state and local authority.
(d)
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