AB 1534, as amended, Linder. Area agencies on aging: independent living centers: funding.
Existing law designates area agencies on aging as local units on aging in California, which are financially supported by a variety of sources, including federal funding, state and local government assistance, the private sector, and individual contributions.
Existing law also provides for independent living centers, for the purpose of assisting individuals with disabilities in their attempts to live fuller and freer lives outside institutions, and achieve social and economic independence.
This bill would continuously appropriate from the Federal Trust Fund, in the absence of enactment of the annual Budget Act by July 1 of a fiscal year, (1) to the California Department of Aging, the amount of federal funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund necessary to pay area agencies on aging for the administration of programs under their jurisdiction, and (2) to the Department of Rehabilitation, the amount of federal funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund necessary to pay independent living centers for the administration of programs under their jurisdiction, pending enactment of the Budget Act.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Division 11 (commencing with Section 19900)
2is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government
8Code, in any fiscal year in which the Budget Act is not enacted by
9July 1 of that fiscal year, there is hereby continuously appropriated
10from the Federal Trust Fund the following sums:
11(1) To the California Department of Aging the amount of federal
12funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund necessary to pay area
13agencies on aging for the administration of programs under their
14jurisdiction, as provided in Division 8.5 (commencing with Section
159000). The Department of Finance, upon enactment of the Budget
16Act and in the absence of this action being taken by the Legislature
17or the Governor in that Budget Act, may reduce the
applicable
18Budget Act allocations by the amount of any payments made
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pursuant to this paragraph.
20(2) To the Department of Rehabilitation the amount of federal
21funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund necessary to pay
22independent living centers for the administration of programs under
23their jurisdiction, as provided in Chapter 9 (commencing with
24Section 19800) of Division 10. The Department of Finance, upon
25enactment of the Budget Act and in the absence of this action being
26taken by the Legislature or the Governor in that Budget Act, may
27reduce the applicable Budget Act allocations by the amount of any
28payments made pursuant to this paragraph.
P3 1(b) If payments are made to area agencies on aging or
2independent living centers pursuant to this section, the first
3payment shall be made on July 15, with payments to be made on
4the
15th of each month thereafter, until the enactment of the Budget
5Act.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
7immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
8the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
9immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
10In order to ensure that area agencies on aging and independent
11living centers will be able to prevent interruptions in important
12services provided to elderly persons and persons with disabilities
13if the Budget Act ofbegin delete 2011end deletebegin insert 2015end insert is not enacted in a timely
manner,
14it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.
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