BILL NUMBER: SB 529 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 12, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 4, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Senator Correa
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
An act to add Section 9113.5 to amend
Section 9101.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating
to seniors aging .
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 529, as amended, Correa. Seniors: community-based
services: long-term care strategic plan. Aging:
strategic planning.
Existing law requests the University of California to compile
specified information, including a survey of existing resources
throughout California's governmental and administrative structure
that are available to address the needs of an aging society. Existing
law requires the Secretary of California Health and Human Services,
based upon the information compiled by the University of California
and with the consultation or advice of specified entities, to develop
a statewide strategic plan on aging for long-term planning purposes
and submit the plan to the Legislature by July 1, 2003.
This bill would require that the plans developed pursuant to these
provisions be updated by January 1, 2014, and periodically
thereafter, to include specified information.
Under existing law, the California Department of Aging administers
various community-based programs for seniors, including adult day
health care programs, the Multipurpose Senior Services Program,
linkages, and home-delivered meals. Existing law identifies the
mission of the department to provide leadership to the area agencies
on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services
that maintain individuals in their own homes or least restrictive
homelike environments.
This bill would require the department, in consultation with the
California Commission on Aging, the area agencies on aging, and the
Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, to develop a long-term
care strategic plan, as specified, to provide guidance for
community-based programs that serve seniors. The bill would require
the department to submit the plan to the Legislature by July 1, 2013.
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 9101.5 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
9101.5. (a) (1) The University of California is requested to
compile the following information:
(A) A survey of existing resources throughout California's
governmental and administrative structure that are available to
address the needs of an aging society. The survey shall include, but
not be limited to, a commentary on existing gaps in these resources,
and projections for gaps that may occur, based on existing and future
demographic trends. The survey required by this subparagraph shall
be submitted to the Legislature and the Secretary of the
California Health and Human Services Agency
by no later than January 1, 2001. The survey shall avoid
any duplication with the implementation of the report on long-term
care programs required by Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section
100145) of Part 1 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code.
(B) A composite demographic profile of California. The University
of California shall commence the profile required by this
subparagraph by January 1, 2001, and shall complete the profile no
later than January 1, 2002.
(C) The development of a plan for a longitudinal data base of
Californians. The University of California shall commence the
development of the plan for a data base required by this subparagraph
by January 1, 2002.
(D) Findings and recommendations, and steps for their
implementation.
(2) This subdivision shall not apply to the University of
California unless the Regents of the University of California, by
resolution, make these provisions applicable.
(b) Based upon the findings, recommendations, and data presented
by the University of California, as specified in subdivision (a), the
Secretary of the California Health and Human
Services Agency shall, with the consultation or
advise advice of the California
Commission on Aging, the California Council on Gerontology and
Geriatrics, consumer groups, and other interested parties, develop a
statewide strategic plan for California to address the impending
demographic, economic, and social changes triggered by California's
aging and diversifying society. The secretary shall submit the
completed plan to the Legislature for consideration by July 1, 2003.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the department hold public
hearings on the reports.
(c) The plan plans developed
pursuant to subdivision subdivisions
(a) and (b) shall be periodically updated.
updated by January 1, 2014, and periodically
thereafter, to include all of the following:
(1) Specific statutory and program changes required to implement
existing strategic plans on aging and long-term care, including, but
not limited to, the Olmstead Plan, the Long-Range Strategic Plan on
Aging developed pursuant to this section, and the California
Department of Aging's State Plan on Aging.
(2) Development of a delivery system design plan that identifies a
seamless continuum of services and supports needed by individuals of
advanced age or with disabilities in order to remain in their
communities.
(3) Recommendation of an appropriate agency to guide
implementation of the strategic plan.
(d) The sum of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000)
is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the University of
California if the University of California conducts the survey of
existing resources required by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a).
SECTION 1. Section 9113.5 is added to the
Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
9113.5. (a) The department, in consultation with the California
Commission on Aging, the area agencies on aging, and the Office of
the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, shall develop a strategic plan to
provide guidance for community-based programs that serve seniors, in
accordance with this section. The department shall submit the
strategic plan to the Legislature by July 1, 2013.
(b) The strategic plan shall address all of the following:
(1) Goals for the state's long-term care system, and statutory and
program changes and actions that will be required to achieve those
goals, including, but not limited to, the establishment of one or
more community-based pilot projects.
(2) Selection of an appropriate agency to manage the process of
guiding future decisions regarding long-term care, including
appropriate staffing requirements and timelines.
(3) Services and supports that will make it possible for
individuals with advanced age or disabilities to remain in their
communities and avoid unnecessary institutionalization.
(4) Short-term, medium-range, and long-term programs recommended
in the November 2009 final report "Home and Community-Based Long-Term
Care: Recommendations to Improve Access for Californians," prepared
for the California Health and Human Services Agency and California
Community Choices.
(5) The feasibility of enacting a bond measure to provide the
cashflow necessary for a limited period to restore programs that have
been decimated by recent budget cuts, are a means to resolve
immediate funding problems, and facilitate establishment of a
foundation for future long-term care cost reductions.
(c) (1) The requirement for submitting the strategic plan imposed
under subdivision (a) is inoperative on January 1, 2017, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) The strategic plan required to be submitted pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of
the Government Code.