BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SJR 4
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SENATE THIRD READING
SJR 4 (Monning)
As Introduced February 21, 2013
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :32-0
AGING 6-0
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|Ayes:|Yamada, Wagner, Brown, |
| |Daly, Gray, Levine, |
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SUMMARY : Memorializes the President of the United States and
the United States Congress to enact appropriate legislation
reauthorizing the federal Older American's Act of 1965 (OAA)
Among others, this resolution makes the following findings that:
1)Congress re-authorized the OAA in 2006, effective through
2011.
2)Besides an update in 2009, the OAA has not been reauthorized
since 2006, and is currently operating under temporary funding
resolutions.
3)A substantial number of Californians will be at risk if there
are significant reductions in state allocations for OAA
programs and services.
4)Continuing delay in the reauthorization of the act will erode
the capacity of the act's various structures to deliver
services to meet the needs of older Californians.
5)The reauthorization of the OAA is necessary in order to
preserve the aging network's role in home- and community-based
services, maintain advocacy and consumer directed focus, and
give area agencies on aging increased flexibility in planning
and delivering services to vulnerable older Americans.
6)The OAA should be funded in the same manner that it has been
funded for 48 years.
EXISTING LAW :
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1)Establishes the federal OAA of 1965, as amended, that provides
states money and guidelines to perform community planning for
services and supports, research and development projects, and
personnel training, in the field of aging.
2)Establishes the Older Californians Act (OCA) to represent the
policy mandates and directives of the Older Americans Act, and
sets forth the state's commitment to the older population.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Robert MacLaughlin / AGING & L.T.C. /
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