BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: May 11, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
AB 533 (Yamada) - As Introduced: February 15, 2011
Policy Committee: Aging and Long
Term Care Vote: 6 - 0
Human Services 6 - 0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill establishes a continuous appropriation from the
Federal Trust Fund for two programs serving the elderly and
disabled when the state budget has not been enacted by July 1.
Specifically, this bill:
1)Establishes a continuous appropriation to the California
Department of Aging (CDA) for the Area Agencies on Aging
(AAAs) and to the California Department of Rehabilitation
(DOR) for the Independent Living Centers (ILCs).
2)Authorizes the Department of Finance to reduce the applicable
Budget Act allocations by the amount paid out pursuant to this
bill.
FISCAL EFFECT
The proposed continuous appropriation of Federal Trust Funds to
CDA and DOR in the absence of an enacted state budget is
contrary to the general policy of this Committee to avoid
continuous appropriations. More than $500 million in Federal
Trust Funds per year are disbursed for these two departments
combined.
COMMENTS
1)Rationale . This bill would create a continuous appropriation
for CDA and DOR if the state budget is not enacted by July 1.
The proposed 2011-12 budget includes $152.4 million in Federal
Trust Funds ($182 million all funds) for the CDA. The proposed
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2011-12 budget includes approximately $348.4 million in
Federal Trust Funds ($416 million all funds) for DOR.
2)Background . CDA administers the federal Older Americans Act
and 33 AAAs statewide serve as local administrators of an
array of services to elderly Californians. DOR assists
Californians with disabilities to obtain and retain employment
and maximize their ability to live independently in their
communities. DOR also provides technical assistance and
training and via 29 ILCs statewide.
3)Prior Legislation . In recent years, numerous bills have sought
to authorize or require continuous appropriations for specific
programs or departments during periods of budget impasse. All
of the following measures were held on this committee's
Suspense File:
a) AB 256 (Huff) of 2007, AB 697 Oropeza of 2005, and AB
1443 (Murray) of 2003, to continuously appropriate all fuel
tax revenue for transportation purposes.
b) AB 322 (Anderson) of 2007 and AB 1928 (Berg) in 2006, to
continuously appropriate federal funds to the Departments
of Aging and Rehabilitation to support specific activities.
c) AB 1125 (Hern�ndez) of 2009, AB 1523 (Soto) of 2007, AB
742 (Jones) of 2005, and AB 1535 (Bermudez) of 2003, to
continuously appropriate funds to pay all state employee
salaries and benefits.
d) AB 1604 (Saldana) of 2005 to continuously appropriate GF
to support the California Community College system.
e) AB 273 (Bogh) of 2003 to continuously appropriate GF to
pay state peace officers' salaries.
AB 1699 (Hern�ndez) of 2010, which continuously appropriate
funds to pay all state employee salaries and benefits, passed
this committee, but was subsequently amended to become an
urgency measure and failed in the Senate.
Analysis Prepared by : Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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