SB 878, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. In-home supportive services.
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.
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.begin insert The bill would state that this legislation is necessary in order to address the important issue of ensuring that there are adequate and quality home and community-based options to keep the elderly and disabled from needing to be institutionalized in nursing homes and other facilities.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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
4supportive services hours imposed by the settlement of the
5Dominguez v. Brown and Oster v. Lightborne court cases. This
6legislation may be the assessment mechanism required to be
7submitted to the Legislature due to the court settlement or another
8mechanism that achieves the same goal.begin insert This legislation is
9necessary in order to address the important issue of ensuring that
10there are adequate and quality home and community-based options
11to keep the elderly and disabled from needing
to be institutionalized
12in nursing homes and other facilities.end insert
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