BILL NUMBER: AB 479	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 479, as introduced, Nestande. In-Home Supportive Services
program.
   Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home
Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged,
blind, and disabled persons receive services enabling them to remain
in their own homes.
   This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would implement reforms in the IHSS
program, as specified, secure choice of provider for all eligible
IHSS recipients within the chosen model, and ensure coordination of
programs for the aging to emphasize the most cost-effective care for
each IHSS recipient.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to do all of the following:
   (a) Implement reforms in the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
program patterned after the operational methodologies of other states
where the methodologies provide home care for those who would be at
risk of requiring skilled nursing care but at a significantly lower
cost.
   (b) Secure choice of provider for all eligible IHSS recipients
within the chosen model.
   (c) Ensure coordination of programs for the aging to emphasize the
most cost-effective care for each IHSS recipient.