BILL NUMBER: AB 3054	CHAPTERED  09/15/02

	CHAPTER  537
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 15, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 13, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care (Daucher
(Chair), Alquist, Aroner, Chan, Havice, and Leach)

                        APRIL 1, 2002

   An act to add Section 14145.3 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to long-term care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 3054, Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.  Long-term care
integration pilot projects.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Health Services to
administer a pilot program, for the establishment of not more than 5
sites around the state, to integrate the financing and administration
of long-term care services.  Each pilot program is required to
develop an administrative action plan and local project sites are
required to have a long-term care services agency to be responsible
for implementing the plan.
   This bill would require the department to develop at least, but
not limited to, one alternative model to the pilot program referenced
above.  The bill would require the department to consult with an
established waiver technical advisory committee to assist in the
development of an alternative model, and would require the department
to report the recommendations of the committee to the Legislature on
or before December 1, 2003.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 14145.3 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   14145.3.  (a) The department shall develop at least, but not
limited to, one alternative model to the Long-Term Care Integration
Pilot Program authorized under Article 4.3 (commencing with Section
14139.05) that shall be designed to achieve the goals set forth in
Section 14139.11.
   (b) The department or, at the discretion of the department, the
center for long-term care integration referred to in subdivision (a)
of Section 14145, shall consult with an established waiver technical
advisory committee to assist in the development of an alternative
model or models pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (c) No reimbursement or compensation shall be provided to
committee members referred to in subdivision (b).
   (d) The department shall report the recommendations of the  waiver
technical advisory committee to the Legislature on or before
December 1, 2003.