AB 1930, as introduced, Lackey. In-home supportive services: family caregivers: advisory committee.
Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with supportive services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes and avoid institutionalization. Existing law provides that a person who is the parent or a spouse of a recipient of those services shall be paid for providing specified services to the recipient through the program.
This bill would establish the In-Home Supportive Services Family Caregiver Benefits Advisory Committee, as specified, for the purpose of studying the impact of the denial of state unemployment insurance benefits and federal Medicare and Social Security benefits on individuals who provide the supportive services described in this article to a spouse or as the parent of a recipient child. The bill would require the advisory committee to submit a peer-reviewed report to the Legislature, as specified, on or before January 1, 2018.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 12335 is added to the Welfare and
2Institutions Code, to read:
(a) There is established the In-Home Supportive
4Services Family Caregiver Benefits Advisory Committee, for the
5purpose of studying the impact of the denial of state unemployment
6insurance and federal Medicare and Social Security benefits on
7the lives and communities of individuals who provide the
8supportive services described in this article to a spouse or as the
9parent of a recipient child.
10(b) The advisory committee shall be comprised of not more than
11nine individuals, and shall include representatives from the
12following groups:
13(1) Policy experts on relevant issues, including, but not limited
14to, Social Security, Medicare, California state unemployment
15insurance, retirement
insecurity, economic inequality, and poverty
16among seniors in California.
17(2) Representatives involved with the IHSS program on behalf
18of a county government.
19(3) Individuals who are current providers of personal assistance
20services funded as in-home supportive services pursuant to this
21article and who are a parent or spouse of the person receiving those
22services.
23(4) Individuals who are current or past consumers of personal
24assistance services provided through the IHSS program.
25(5) Individuals from labor organizations that represent IHSS
26providers.
27(c) The Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate
28Committee on Rules shall each appoint three members of the
29advisory committee.
Prior to appointing members to the advisory
30committee, the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the
31Senate Committee on Rules shall consult with labor organizations
32that represent IHSS providers regarding the appointments.
33(d) On or before January 1, 2018, the advisory committee shall
34provide a report to the Senate Committee on Human Services, the
35Senate Select Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, the
36Assembly Committee on Human Services, and the Assembly
37Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care. The report shall include
38recommendations on steps the state can take to ensure that all IHSS
P3 1providers who provide supportive services to a spouse or child
2have access to federal Medicare and Social Security benefits as
3well as state unemployment insurance benefits. Prior to submission
4of the report, the advisory committee shall arrange for peer review
5of the study by an academic entity with expertise in the subject
6matter of the report.
7(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2019,
8and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
9is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends that date.
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