BILL NUMBER: ACR 151	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2010
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 14, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 14, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 12, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ma
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Cook, Nestande, and Yamada)

   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Adams, Ammiano, Bass, Beall, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng,
Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Gatto, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Mendoza,
Monning, Nava, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin,
Salas, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Torrico, and Tran)

                        APRIL 7, 2010

   Relative to in-home supportive services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 151, Ma. In-home supportive services.
   This measure would declare the intent of the Legislature to ensure
the preservation of home care and personal care services to seniors
and people with disabilities through the In-Home Supportive Services
program.



   WHEREAS, For over a quarter century California has provided home
care and personal assistance services to seniors and people with
disabilities through a unique, consumer-directed, fiscally sound
program called the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program; and
   WHEREAS, The IHSS program was signed into law by Governor Ronald
Reagan in 1973 to avoid unnecessary institutionalization and help
IHSS program consumers to live independently in the community; and
   WHEREAS, The IHSS program has become nationally recognized as the
preferred way to provide assistance to people who need long-term
care, and is now being replicated in other states; and
   WHEREAS, The IHSS program is a prime example of the home-based,
long-term care solutions that were the focus of President George W.
Bush's "New Freedom Initiative" in 2001; and
   WHEREAS, According to the State of California IHSS Management
Statistics Summary, dated February 2010, the IHSS program serves
nearly 450,000 California residents who qualify for services because
of functional limitations and financial need; and
   WHEREAS, The average per capita cost of services under the IHSS
program is one-fifth of the average per capita cost to taxpayers of
nursing homes; and
   WHEREAS, The IHSS program is acknowledged as the reason California
has a relatively low number of people in nursing homes and other
institutions; and
   WHEREAS, The IHSS program is key to fulfilling the civil rights of
Californians with disabilities to live in the most integrated
settings, as affirmed by the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and
the 1999 United States Supreme Court Olmstead decision; and
   WHEREAS, Nearly 370,000 IHSS providers deliver the home care
services and support to make it possible for California seniors and
people with disabilities to remain living independently in their
homes; and
   WHEREAS, Numerous national organizations join together annually to
declare the month of November as National Home Care Month, to
recognize, honor, and support the valuable contributions of home care
and personal assistance workers; and
   WHEREAS, The work of California's IHSS providers is essential to
the independence of seniors and persons with disabilities in
California and thus deserves the respect and appreciation of all
Californians; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved, by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
hereby declares its intent to ensure the preservation of home care
and personal assistance services to seniors and people with
disabilities through the In-Home Supportive Services program; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.