BILL NUMBER: SB 878	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

                        JANUARY 9, 2014

   An act relating to in-home supportive services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 878, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. In-home
supportive services.
   Existing law establishes 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.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would make statutory changes necessary to eliminate
the 7% across-the-board reduction to in-home supportive services
hours imposed by the settlement of the Dominguez v. Brown and Oster
v. Lightborne court cases, as specified.  The bill would state
that this legislation is necessary in order to address the important
issue of ensuring that there are adequate and quality home and
community-based options to keep the elderly and   disabled
from needing to be institutionalized in nursing homes and other
facilities. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would adopt the statutory changes necessary to
eliminate the 7 percent across-the-board reduction to in-home
supportive services hours imposed by the settlement of the Dominguez
v. Brown and Oster v. Lightborne court cases. This legislation may be
the assessment mechanism required to be submitted to the Legislature
due to the court settlement or another mechanism that achieves the
same goal.  This legislation is nece   ssary in order to
address the important issue of ensuring that there are adequate and
quality home and community-based options to keep the elderly and
disabled from needing   to be institutionalized in nursing
homes and other facilities.