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Important IHSS Hearings
Also see UDW Calendar for Sacramento and local events
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012
SENATE BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Time: 9:30 a.m. or upon adjournment of session
Room: State Capitol, 4203
SUBJECT: Governor’s Proposals: Long–Term Care and Medi–Cal Managed Care
Chair: LENO
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012
ASSEMBLY JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARING
(BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 ON HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMITTEE ON
AGING AND LONG–TERM CARE)
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Room: State Capitol, 444
SUBJECT: Long–Term Care Integration and Medi–Cal Managed Care: TheFuture for Beneficiaries, The Work Force, and Our Health Care System
Chairs: MITCHELL, YAMADA
2011-2012 Summary of Key Legislation
The California State Legislature is currently in the middle of a 2 year (2011-2012) legislative session. Bills that have not passed out of their house of origin, or the house that they were introduced, can no longer move forward in the legislative process this session and are considered “inactive” as of January 31, 2011
**Yellow highlight indicates an update to the status of a bill (applies to IHSS and non IHSS related bills)
**Blue highlight indicates non IHSS related bills that UDW supports.
**Gray highlight indicates UDW supported bills that are not moving (applies to IHSS and non IHSS related bills).
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SB 411 (Price) – Home Care Services Act of 2011 – Would license and impose new requirements on home care organizations. IHSS is excluded.
UDW Position - Support
Status – Assembly Inactive File. |
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SB 930 (Evans) – Would remove the fingerprinting requirement for IHSS recipients. Would remove the requirement to include spaces for provider and recipient fingerprints on provider timesheets. Would also remove the prohibitions against use of a post office box address by an IHSS provider.
UDW Position – Co-sponsor
Status – Signed in to law (Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 649, Statutes of 2011)
Additional information Post: UDW Victory; Governor signs SB930 in to law
Instructing counties to implement this legislation: All County Letter (ACL), January 26, 2012 |
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AB 876 (Valadao) - This bill would restrict the right of an authorized representative of an IHSS recipient from signing their own waiver if they have a tier 2 disqualifying crime.
UDW Position - Watch
Status– Signed into Law |
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SB 176 (Emmerson) – Would make a technical, non substantive change to an IHSS program provision.
UDW Position - Watch
Status – Inactive (Spot bill-Never referred to Committee). |
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SB 33 (Simitian) – Would eliminate the January 1, 2013 sunset in the Elder and Dependent Adult Financial Abuse Act set forth by SB 1018 and make permanent the mandate which requires financial institutions to report elder financial abuse to authorities.
UDW Position – Support
Status – Signed into Law (Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 372, Statutes of 2011) |
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SB 469 (Vargas) – Would require that a Superstore developer bear the cost of conducting an economic and community impact analysis that the local land-use authority, such as City Council or County Board of Supervisors, would be able to refer to when considering approval of a Superstore in its jurisdiction.
UDW Position – Support
Status – Vetoed by the Governor. |
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AB 10 (Alejo) - Would increase the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour. Would provide for an adjustment to the hourly minimum wage on January 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, based on the California Consumer Price Index.
UDW Position – Support
Status – Inactive (HELD in Assembly Committee on Appropriations). |
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AB 400 (Ma) – Would guarantee all California workers the right to earn paid sick days to care for themselves or a sick family member, or to take leave related to domestic violence or sexual assault.
UDW Position - Support
Status– Inactive (HELD in Assembly Committee on Appropriations) |
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AB 899 (Yamada) – Would create minimum standards for private sector home care services. Would license and impose new requirements on home care organizations. IHSS is excluded.
UDW Position – Watch
Status – Inactive (HELD in Assembly Committee on Appropriations).
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The Legislation that Formed our Present IHSS System
– AB 1682 –
Assembly Bill 1682 (Honda, Villaraigosa, Shelley, Peace, Burton ) 1999 – required each county to establish an “IHSS Employer of Record” (resulting in the formation of the IHSS “Public Authorities” or PA’s) and guaranteeing IHSS home care workers in the State of California the right to collective bargaining. This bill also established that Advisory Committees/Boards be formed in each county, with consumer rights to majority representation and the right of consumers to train their own home care provider.
UDW sponsored and won enactment for this bill.
