BILL NUMBER: AB 2263	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Caballero

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2008

   An act to amend Section 12317 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to in-home supportive services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2263, as introduced, Caballero. In-home Supportive Services
program: Case Management Information and Payroll System.
   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.
   Existing law permits services to be provided under the IHSS
program either through the employment of individual providers, a
contract between the county and an entity for the provision of
services, the creation by the county of a public authority, or a
contract between the county and a nonprofit consortium.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services,
pursuant to which designated medical benefits are provided to public
assistance recipients and certain other low-income persons. Under
existing law, certain Medi-Cal recipients are entitled to receive
personal care services, as defined, which are rendered in the manner
authorized under the IHSS program, but paid for by the Medi-Cal
program. Under existing law, IHSS services are also a covered
Medi-Cal benefit pursuant to the authority of the federal IHSS-Plus
waiver.
   Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services is
responsible for procuring and implementing a Case Management
Information and Payroll System (CMIPS) for the In-Home Supportive
Services program and Personal Care Services Program (IHSS/PCSP).
Existing law requires the CMIPS to satisfy certain criteria.
   This bill would require the CMIPS to include the IHSS-Plus waiver,
and would add to the required characteristics of the system that it
shorten the average time period in which lost or stolen provider
checks are reissued.
   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 12317 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   12317.  (a) The State Department of Social Services shall be
responsible for procuring and implementing a new Case Management
Information and Payroll System (CMIPS) for the In-Home Supportive
Services Program and Personal Care Services Program (IHSS/PCSP) 
, and the IHSS-Plus   waiver authorized pursuant to Section
14132.951  . This section shall not be interpreted to transfer
any of the IHSS/PCSP policy responsibilities from the State
Department of Social Services or the State Department of Health
Services.
   (b) At a minimum, the new system shall provide case management,
payroll, and management information in order to support the
IHSS/PCSP, and shall do all of the following:
   (1) Provide current and accurate information in order to manage
the IHSS/PCSP caseload.
   (2) Calculate accurate wage and benefit deductions.
   (3) Provide management information to monitor and evaluate the
IHSS/PCSP.
   (4) Coordinate benefits information and processing with the
California Medicaid Management Information System. 
   (5) Shorten the average time period in which lost or stolen
provider paychecks are reissued. 
   (c) The new system shall be consistent with current state and
federal laws, shall incorporate technology that can be readily
enhanced and modernized for the expected life of the system, and, to
the extent possible, shall employ open architectures and standards.
   (d) By August 31, 2004, the State Department of Social Services
shall begin a fair and open competitive procurement for the new
CMIPS. All state agencies shall cooperate with the State Department
of Social Services and the California Health and Human Services
Agency Data Center to expedite the procurement, design, development,
implementation, and operation of the new CMIPS.
   (e) The State Department of Social Services, with any necessary
assistance from the State Department of Health Services, shall seek
all federal approvals and waivers necessary to secure federal
financial participation and system design approval of the new system.