Amended in Assembly August 12, 2014

Senate BillNo. 878

Introduced by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

January 9, 2014

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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 878, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. begin deleteBudget Act of 2014. end deletebegin insertIn-home supportive services.end insert

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Existing law establishes the county-administered In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes and avoid institutionalization.

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This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make statutory changes necessary to eliminate the 7% across-the-board reduction to in-home supportive services hours imposed by the settlement of the Dominguez v. Brown and Oster v. Lightborne court cases, as specified.

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This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2014.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation that would adopt the statutory changes necessary to
3eliminate the 7 percent across-the-board reduction to in-home
P2    1supportive services hours imposed by the settlement of the
2Dominguez v. Brown and Oster v. Lightborne court cases. This
3legislation may be the assessment mechanism required to be
4submitted to the Legislature due to the court settlement or another
5mechanism that achieves the same goal.

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory
7changes relating to the Budget Act of 2014.

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