AB 1930, as amended, 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, until January 1, 2019, establish the In-Home Supportive Services Family Caregiver Benefits Advisory Committee, as specified, for the purpose of describing the availability of, and barriers to accessing, employment-based supports and protections, as specified, and studying the impact of the lack of access to these supports and protections on individuals who provide the supportive services described in the above provisions 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 describing the availability of, and barriers to accessing,
6employment-based supports and protections, including, but not
7limited to, federal Social Security benefits, and studying the impact
8of the lack of access to these supports and protections on the lives
9and communities of individuals who provide the supportive
10services described in this article to a spouse or as the parent of a
11recipient child.
12(b) The advisory committee shall be comprised of not more than
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15 individuals, and shall include representatives from the following
14groups:
15(1) Academicbegin delete entities,end deletebegin insert entitiesend insert and nonprofitbegin delete organizations,end delete
16begin insert organizationsend insert with expertise in the subject matter of the report
17described in subdivision (d).
18(2) The State Department of Social Services.
19(3) The Department of Finance.
20(4) The Legislative Analyst’s Office.
21(5) County governments.
22(6) IHSS public authorities.
23(7) Individuals who are current providers of personal assistance
24services funded as in-home supportive services pursuant to this
25article and who are a parent or spouse of the person receiving those
26services.
27(8) Individuals who are current or past consumers of personal
28assistance services provided through the IHSS program.
29(9) Labor organizations that represent IHSS providers.
30(c) The Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate
31Committee
on Rules shall each appoint not more than five members
32to the advisory committee. Prior to appointing members to the
33advisory committee, the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly,
P3 1and the Senate Committee on Rules shall consult with labor
2organizations that represent IHSS providers regarding the
3appointments.
4(d) On or before January 1, 2018, the advisory committee shall
5provide a report to the Senate Committee on Human Services, the
6Senate Select Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, the
7Assembly Committee on Human Services, and the Assembly
8Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care. The report shall include
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a summary of the findings of the advisory committee, as described
10in subdivision (a), and recommendations on steps the state can
11take to ensure that all IHSS providers who provide supportive
12services to a spouse or child have access to employment-based
13supports and protections, including, but not limited to, federal
14Social Security benefits, as described in subdivision (a). Prior to
15submission of the report, the advisory committee shall arrange for
16peer review of the study by the academic entities described in
17paragraph (1) of subdivision (b).
18(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2019,
19and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
20is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends that date.
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