BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 878 Page 1 SENATE THIRD READING SB 878 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) As Amended August 22, 2014 Majority vote SENATE VOTE : Vote not relevant BUDGET 16-10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Ayes:|Skinner, Bloom, Campos, | | | | |Chesbro, Daly, Dickinson, | | | | |Gordon, | | | | |Jones-Sawyer, Mullin, | | | | |Muratsuchi, Nazarian, | | | | |Rodriguez, Stone, Ting, | | | | |Weber, Dababneh | | | | | | | | |-----+--------------------------+-----+--------------------------| |Nays:|Gorell, Chávez, Grove, | | | | |Harkey, Mansoor, | | | | |Melendez, Allen, | | | | |Nestande, Patterson, | | | | |Wagner | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY : This bill does the following: 1)Expresses legislative intent to make statutory changes necessary to eliminate the 7% across-the-board reduction to In Home Supportive Service hours imposed by the settlement agreement of the Dominguez v. Brown and Oster v. Lightbourne court cases. 2)States 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. Analysis prepared by : Nicole Vazquez / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 SB 878 Page 2 FN: 0005306