Bill Text: CA AB1797 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: In-home supportive services: application.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 402, Statutes of 2016. [AB1797 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1797-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1797	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 25, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Lackey and Weber
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Brown,   Gallagher,   and Wilk   )

    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Runner
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2016

   An act to add Section 12301.16 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to in-home supportive services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1797, as amended, Lackey. In-home supportive services:
application.
   Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home
Supportive Services  Program,   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. Existing law requires the application
for in-home supportive services to contain a notice to the recipient
that his or her provider or providers will be given written notice
of the recipient's authorized services and full number of services
hours allotted to the recipient. Existing law also requires the
application to inform recipients of the Medi-Cal toll-free telephone
fraud hotline and Internet Web site for reporting suspected fraud or
abuse in the provision or receipt of supportive services.
   This bill would authorize a person to apply for in-home supportive
services in person or through electronic means and would require the
county, if an application is filed through electronic means, to
provide the applicant a confirmation  number.  
number, as specified.  The bill would require the county to
process an application within 30 days. By creating additional duties
for counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 12301.16 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   12301.16.  (a) A person may apply for in-home supportive services
in person or through electronic means, including, but not limited to,
by telephone. If an application is filed through electronic means,
the county shall provide the applicant a confirmation number to serve
as documentation that the applicant filed an application for in-home
supportive services.  The county may use the case number as the
confirmation number. 
   (b) The county shall process an application for in-home supportive
services within 30 days of receipt of the completed application.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.