AB 784, as amended, Weber. In-Home Supportive Services: provider health care benefits.
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. Under existing law, the state, a county, a public authority, a nonprofit consortium, or an IHSS recipient may be considered the employer of an IHSS provider.
Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), enacts various health care coverage market reforms that take effect January 1, 2014. Among other things, PPACA imposes an assessment on certain employers who fail to offer to their full-time employees and their dependents the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential coverage under an eligible employer-sponsored plan.
This bill would establish an advisory committee on the impact of PPACA on health care benefits forbegin delete providers ofend delete IHSS providers and would provide for the appointment of members to the committee by the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules, as specified. The bill would require the advisory committee to providebegin delete adviceend deletebegin insert a report to specified legislative committees on or before March 1, 2014,end insert on the appropriate employer in the IHSS program to provide health care benefits to IHSS providers under PPACA.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 12331 is added to the Welfare and
2Institutions Code, to read:
(a) There shall be established a 13-member advisory
4committee to assess the impact of the federal Patient Protection
5and Affordable Care Act on health care benefits for in-home
6supportive services providers. At least 50 percent of the
7membership of the advisory committee shall be individuals who
8are current or pastbegin delete usersend deletebegin insert providersend insert of personal assistance services
9paid for throughbegin delete public or private funds or as recipients ofend delete in-home
10supportive services.
11(1) At least two members of the advisory committee shall be
12current or former providers of in-home supportive services.
13(2) Individuals who represent organizations that advocate for
14people with disabilities or seniors may be appointed to the advisory
15committee.
16(3) Individuals from labor organizations that are designated
17representatives of IHSS providers shall be appointed to the advisory
18committee.
19(b) The Governor shall appoint seven members, the Speaker of
20the Assembly shall appoint three members, and the Senate
21Committee on Rules shall appoint three members.
22(c) Prior to appointment of the members to the advisory
23committee, the Governor, the
Speaker of the Assembly, and the
24Senate Committee on Rules shall consult with labor organizations
25and organizations that advocate for seniors and persons with
26disabilities regarding these appointments.
27(d) The advisory committee established pursuant to subdivision
28(a) shall providebegin delete adviceend deletebegin insert a report to the Assembly Committee on
29Human Services, the Senate Committee on Human Services, the
30Assembly Committee on Health, and the Senate Committee on
P3 1Health, on or before March 1, 2014,end insert on the appropriate employer
2under the In-Home Supportive Services program to provide health
3care benefits to in-home supportive services providers under the
4Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act.
O
97