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 committeebegin delete onend deletebegin insert to assessend insert the impact of PPACA on health care benefits for 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 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 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 Actbegin insert (Public Law 111-148), as amended by
6the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
7(Public Law 111-152), and any rules, regulations, or guidance
8issued thereunder (PPACA)end insert on health care benefits for in-home
9supportive services providers. At least 50 percent of the
10membership of the advisory committee shall be individuals who
11are current or past providers of personal assistance services paid
12for through in-home supportive services.
13(1) At least two members of the advisory committee shall be
14begin delete current or former providers of in-home supportive services.end deletebegin insert
experts
15on health benefits and PPACA.end insert
16(2) Individuals who represent organizations that advocate for
17people with disabilities or seniors may be appointed to the advisory
18committee.
19(3) Individuals from labor organizations that are designated
20representatives of IHSS providers shall be appointed to the advisory
21committee.
22(b) The Governor shall appoint seven members, the Speaker of
23the Assembly shall appoint three members, and the Senate
24Committee on Rules shall appoint three members.
25(c) Prior to appointment of the members to the advisory
26committee, the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the
27Senate Committee on
Rules shall consult with labor organizations
28and organizations that advocate for seniors and persons with
29disabilities regarding these appointments.
P3 1(d) The advisory committee established pursuant to subdivision
2(a) shall provide a report to the Assembly Committee on Human
3Services, the Senate Committee on Human Services, the Assembly
4Committee on Health, and the Senate Committee on Health, on or
5before March 1, 2014, on the appropriate employer under the
6In-Home Supportive Services program to provide health care
7benefits to in-home supportive services providers underbegin delete the Patient begin insert PPACAend insert.
8Protection and Affordable Care Actend delete
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