BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 3, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
SB 547
(Liu) - As Amended August 1, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the California Health and Human Services
Agency to be responsible for inter- and intra-agency
coordination of state aging and long-term care services,
supports, and programs, and creates a Statewide Aging and
Long-Term Care Services Coordinating Council comprised of state
departments that is required to produce a state strategic plan
for aging and long-term care services by July 1, 2018. It also
allows CHHSA to accept private or in-kind contributions for its
purposes.
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FISCAL EFFECT:
1)One-time costs, potentially in the hundreds of thousands, in
staff or contract costs to convene the council and produce a
strategic plan that includes goals, timelines, and
cost-benefit analyses (GF, or potentially private or in-kind
funds). Staff time from a number of departments and agencies
will be required as well; however, no significant increased
staffing appears necessary (various funds). The cost will
vary based on the robustness of the effort.
2)The creation of a legislatively mandated strategic plan may
result in unknown cost pressure (potentially
GF/federal/special funds) if various improvements to the
long-term care system are recommended as goals in the plan.
Improvements could also result in cost avoidance by increasing
efficiency and effectiveness of aging services and long-term
care services and supports. The magnitude of any such costs,
and net effect on costs, are unknown.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. The author indicates California lacks a strategic
vision for aging and long-term care. According to the author,
California must begin now to organize our services and
supports delivery system and plan our investments in long term
care to maximize returns in the form of improved quality of
life and cost savings to consumers and taxpayers before we are
faced with an overwhelming crisis.
2)Background. California's population of residents 65 years old
and older will grow from about 13 percent of the population to
almost 20 percent of the population by 2030. The Little Hoover
Commission (LHC) and the Senate Select Committee on Aging and
Long Term Care both note, in recent reports, a lack of
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integrated management and coordination of financing and
service delivery, and a lack of assessment and planning for
long-term care client needs. This bill would develop a
council to coordinate aging-related services and make
recommendations for improvements.
Analysis Prepared by:Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916)
319-2081