BILL NUMBER: AB 2920	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Leno, Berg, Goldberg, Koretz, and
Laird
   (Coauthors: Senators Kehoe and Kuehl)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

   An act to amend Section 9015 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to seniors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2920, as introduced, Leno  Seniors.
   Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act,
establishes the California Department of Aging in the California
Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law sets forth the duties
and powers of the department.
   Existing law defines greatest social need for purposes of that
act.
   This bill would change the definition of greatest social need
contained in the act.
   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.  Section 9015 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   9015.  "Greatest social need" means the need caused by noneconomic
factors, that include physical and mental disabilities, language
barriers, cultural or social isolation, including that caused by 
actual or perceived  racial and ethnic status (for example,
 Black   African-American  , Hispanic,
American Indian, and Asian American),  ancestry, national origin,
religion, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status,
sexual orientation, or by   any other basis set forth in
Section 12921 of the Government Code, or by association with a person
or persons with one or more of these actual or perceived
characteristics,  that restrict an individual's ability to
perform normal daily tasks or that threaten his or her capacity to
live independently.