BILL NUMBER: AB 784	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 12331 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 for  providers of 
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 provide  advice   a report
to specified legislative committees on or before March 1, 2014,
 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 1.  Section 12331 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   12331.  (a) There shall be established a 13-member advisory
committee to assess the impact of the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act on health care benefits for in-home supportive
services providers. At least 50 percent of the membership of the
advisory committee shall be individuals who are current or past
 users   providers  of personal assistance
services paid for through  public or private funds or as
recipients of  in-home supportive services.
   (1) At least two members of the advisory committee shall be
current or former providers of in-home supportive services.
   (2) Individuals who represent organizations that advocate for
people with disabilities or seniors may be appointed to the advisory
committee.
   (3) Individuals from labor organizations that are designated
representatives of IHSS providers shall be appointed to the advisory
committee.
   (b) The Governor shall appoint seven members, the Speaker of the
Assembly shall appoint three members, and the Senate Committee on
Rules shall appoint three members.
   (c) Prior to appointment of the members to the advisory committee,
the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Committee
on Rules shall consult with labor organizations and organizations
that advocate for seniors and persons with disabilities regarding
these appointments.
   (d) The advisory committee established pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall provide  advice   a report to the
Assembly Committee on Human Services, the Senate Committee on Human
Services, the Assembly Committee on Health, and the Senate Committee
on Health, on or before March 1, 2014,  on the appropriate
employer under the In-Home Supportive Services program to provide
health care benefits to in-home supportive services providers under
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.