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CSAC has reached an agreement with the administration on clean-up language to the IHSS statute on the MOE.  The language has been amended into AB 110 and the bill will be heard in the Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee tomorrow.  AB 110 clarifies the language on the supplemental wage to resolve conflicting interpretations of the statute that have held up implementation of the collective bargaining contract in Santa Cruz.  There is no opposition and the bill should be on the Governor’s desk within a few days.  The IHSS language starts on page 28 of the attached bill.  The CSAC letter in support, which is co-signed by CAPA, is attached.

  AD 110    CSAS Support Letter

PRELIMINARY FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2017-18 MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT (MOE) REQUIREMENT FOR THE IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS) PROGRAM

ALL COUNTY LETTERS

• IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER DISPARITIES REDUCTION ACT [ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 959] - Reply Due: June 22, 2018
  • SOC 929 Application for IHSS Services (Draft)
• UPDATE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS OF SENATE BILL 3 RELATING TO PAID SICK LEAVE FOR IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROVIDERS Reply Due: June 18
• UPDATED IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS) PUBLIC AUTHORITY (PA) NONPROFIT CONSORTIUM RATE FORM (SOC 449) AND RATE CHANGE REQUEST PROCESS Reply Due: June 12, 2018
  • SOC 449 Form
• Exemption 2 State Administrative Review (ESAR) Process All-County Letter (ACL) - Reply Due: April 30, 2018
• IMPLEMENTATION OF SENATE BILL (SB) 89 HUMAN SERVICES, MODIFICATIONS TO IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES CASE MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION AND PAYROLLING SYSTEM - Reply Due April 25, 2018
• IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 1436 - IHSS: AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE - Reply due April 23, 2018
  • IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS) DESIGNATION OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
  • IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS) CANCELLATION OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
• AVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES (DHCS) STANDARDIZED IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS) FRAUD REFERRAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) AND COUNTY IHSS OVERPAYMENT RECOVERY REQUIREMENTS
  • MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES, COUNTY IHSS AGENCY, and COUNTY INVESTIGATIONS AGENCY
    • Instructions (MOU use) Please take the following steps to tailor the form for your county and submit your request

      • IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS) OVERPAYMENT RECOVERY AND COURT ORDERED RESTITUTION DIRECTION
• IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 1021 REQUIRING COUNTIES TO ACCEPT IN- HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS) APPLICATIONS BY TELEPHONE, FACSIMILE, IN PERSON, OR IF
  THE COUNTY IS CAPABLE, THROUGH ONLINE SUBMISSION. Reply Due:  February 20, 2018
• IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS) ADVANCE PAY OPTION AVAILABILITY FOR ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS Reply Due: February 14, 2018
• IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES STATE HEARINGS CLARIFICATION FOR CHANGES IN ADVANCE PAY Reply Due:February 14, 2018

• IMPLEMENTATION OF SENATE BILL (SB) 89 HUMAN SERVICES - Reply Due:  December 6, 2017
  • Exemption 2 Eligibility Determination Tool
  • Exemption Approval Notice - Provider
  • Exemption Approval Notice - Recipient
  • Exemption Approval Provider Agreement
  • Exemption Discontinue Notice Provider
  • Exemption Discontinue Notice Recipient
  • Exemption Ineligibility Notice Recipient
  • Exemption Ineligibility Notice Provider
  • Expiration of Exemption Provider
  • Expiration of Exemption Recipient
  • Request to Appeal Extraordinary Circumstances Exemption Ineligibility (SOC 856)
     
• Provider sick leave draft ACL Reply Due December 5, 2017

• Exemption 2 Informational Notices:  Reply Due November 29 2017 to Micaela Barajas, analyst, at Micaela.Barajas@dss.ca.gov and Matthew Barrett, manager, at Matthew.Barrett@dss.ca.gov

  • Attachment - Info Notice - Provider - Draft
  • Attachment - Info Notice - Recipient - Draft
  • Attachment - Exemption Request Forn - Draft
• Additional Protective Supervision Notice of Action Messages ACL 17-110 October 31, 2017
• Draft ACIN - Deaf Access, Reply Due September 26th
  • DAP Access Program Service Regions
• ACIN - IHSS Assessment Clarification - Update Repy Due September 25th
  • Draft Advanced Pay Fact Sheet
  • Advanced Pay Recipient info - Draft Sample Ltr
  • Draft UAP Timesheet Request
• ACIN - IHSS Assessment Clarification - updated tools  Reply Due Sept 13th
  • Fact Sheet 1 - Functional Ratings & Hourly Tasks Guidelines
  • Fact Sheet 2 - IHSS Program Services
  • Fact Sheet 3 - IHSS Protective Supervision Services
  • Fact Sheet 4 - IHSS State Hearing Process
  • Fact Sheet 5 - IHSS Social Worker Hearing Checklist
  • Fact Sheet 6 - IHSS Social Worker Case Assessment Checklist
  • Fact Sheet 7 - IHSS Social Worker Protective Supervision Assessment Checklist
• Additional Protective Supervision Notice of Action Notes Reply due Sept 6th
• Update on IHSS Maintenace of Effort (MOE) Draft ACL, Reply Due:  August 1
• Release of IHSS Case Records to Applicant/Recipient or Authorize Representative  Reply Due:  August 3, 2017
• Update on County IHSS MOE Revision 7/18/2017
• National Voter Registration Act updates draft ACIN Reply Due:  July 7, 2017
• ACL Protective Services clarification for ACL 15-25 three environmental modifications - Reply Due July 10, 2017
• CDSS Review Process for Overtime Violations - 5 pages PDF - Draft Comments June 23 2017
• Implementation of the Electronic Timesheet Website for IHSS & Waiver Personal Care Providers & Recipients (21 pages - Draft)  Comments sought June 22 2017
• ACL SOC 846 Clarification No Action if Providers have not completed
• Clarification on Auhorization of Medical Accompaniment in the IHSS & Wait Time
• Modifcations to IHSS & WPCS in CMIPS IHSS Standard Timesheet, & Live-in Self-cerification ACL 17-25 (45 pages)
• Implementation of Senate Bills 855 & 873 ACL 15-97 (PDF 3 pages)

   

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

• Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) 41 pages
  EPSDT - Guide for States:  Coverage and Medicaid Benefit for Children and Adolescents (June 2014)
• Medi-Cal Services for Children and Young Adults (2 pages)   What can be received?

Letters of Support

• CMC Broker Policy - MediCalConnect Ltr Against signed onto under Justice of Aging

• Senior Equity - Raise the Medi-Cal Aged & Disabled Income Limit to Same Limit as Other Adults

  • ?Raise Medi-Cal Aged & Disabled Income Limit to Same Limit as Other Adults Health Care

• SB 1040 (Dodd) - In-Home Supportive Services: Naural Disaster Resuling in State of Emegrency

• AB 1909 AB 1909 (Nazarian) – IHSS – Written Translations CAPA
• Western Center on Law & Policy Ltr Opposing FY-2018 Federal Budget Resolution 
• AB 279 (Holden) Regional Center Rate Increases September 5, 2017
• AB 1379 Support of increasing local resources for CASp to be sure of public accessibility June 2017
  • AB 1379 (Thurmond) - Request for Signature
• Oppose HR 2824 efforts to cut Supplemental Security Insurance to offset the costs of the Matural, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV program). (June, 2017)
• SB 239 modernizes California Laws Criminalizing Individuals with HIV May 2017
• Letter to House of Representatives Strongly Opposing H.R. 620, the ADA and Education Reform Act of 2017, May 25 2017
• California Organizarions Strongly Oppose H.R. 620, the ADA and Education Reform Act of 2017 May 25 2017
  • Overview of Concerns with H.R. 620, the ADA and Education Reform Act of 2017 (Fact Sheet)
• TY Letter for Disability Awareness Training April 2016
• SB 218 Ltr of Support - Qualified ABLE Program:  Tax-Advantaged Savings Account (Feb 24, 2017)
  • SB 218 Fact Sheet Feb 2017
• SB 239 Ltr of Support - Moderization of HIV  Criminalization Laws (Feb 24, 2017)
  • SB 239 Fact Sheet (Feb 2017)
• AB 1930 Lackey in support of having Social Security taken out of payroll   (June 2016)
  • AB 1930 Fact Sheet
• SB 1015 Support of Domestic Workers Bill of Rights - March 2016
• Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) enrollment strategies and program improvement proposals for California’s Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI)
  • The Duals Demonstration: A Glimpse at Lessons Learned Justice in Aging Newsletter, March 2016
• Support of AB-1797, IHSS Applicant Confirmation Number
  • AB 1797 Fact Sheet
• SCAN Foundation 2016-17 Grant Letter of Support from GACI
• AB 294 August 21, 2015 (Lackey and Steinorth): Health and Human Services Waiver Transparency
  • AB 294 Fact Sheet
• AB 470 (Chu) – In-Home Supportive Services: Fingerprinting -  June, 2015
• AB 474 (Brown and Thurmond)  Letter Support for Increase in SSI/SSP - April, 2015
• AB 1235 - Housing for People Leaving Nursing Homes (Gipson) - April, 2015
  • AB 1235 Fact Sheet
• SB 199 Encourage Brown to Sign; Add hours for reading to blind as IHSS Task - September, 2015
• SB 199 Two hours added to IHSS Tasks to read to Blind - May, 2015
  • SB 199 Fact Sheet
• SB 405 (Hertzberg) Driving Debt Down Reduces Pymt Schedules for Keeping License - April, 2015
  • SB 405 (Hertzberg) Driving Debt Down (Amended July 7, 2015)

IHSS Coalition

• Comments on Draft ACIN - Advanced Pay Reconciliation

CCWRO Bill Tracker:

California Public Benefits Legislatve Bill & Budget Actions Tacker #2017-14

California Public Benefits Legislative Bill & Budget Action Tracker #2017-09

California Association of Public Authoities (CAPA)

Legislative Report - January 2018

CARA Newsletters:

CARA Alert May 29 2017 - Lobby Day Great Success - Must Pass AB 562

Independent Living Center Information

State Independent Living Council

State HHS & SS Reports

• Analysis of the 2014 In-Home Supportive Services Consumer Satisfaction Survey (September 2015 - pages 49)
• California's Child Welfare Continuum of Care Reform (January 2015) 56 pages
• CDSS IHSS Senate Budget Sub Committee 3 Hearing Overview
• IHSS Consumer Characteristics Report 2000/01 - 2011/12
• Nursery Facility/Acute Hospital Waiver 2012/01 - 2016/12
• Nursery Facility/Acute Hospital Waiver Renewal Plan Public Input Sought October 2015
• Nursery Facility/Acute Hospital (NF/AH) Waiver Renewal - DRC Questions Public Input October 2015 (6 pages)

Legislative Resources

• Assembly Budget Report AB 123/SB 97 FY 2015-16 (65 pages) June 17, 2015
• Budget FY 2018-19 SB-840 unsigned
• CAPA Legislation of Interest 2015
• CAPA Wage and Benefit Chart as of March 1, 2018 (Excel)
  

  1.   Status of collective bargaining, time period covered in MOU, name of union for each county

  2.   County MOE adjustments

  3.   Wages

  4.   Health benefit hourly amount, # of enrolled providers and providers on waiting lists

  5.   PA rate broken into wages, health benefits, taxes & admin, # of providers in each county

  6.   Health benefit coverage and admin details

  7.   Nonhealth benefits

  8.   Descriptions of county fiscal protections in ordinances and/or collective bargaining agreements.

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• California Code of Regulations
• The White House
• UDW Summary on Proposed IHSS Cuts
• The California Channel
• The Budget Conference Committee website and agendas
• California Department of Finance
• Legislative Analyst's Office - The Universal Assessment Tool: Improving Care for Recipients of Home- and Community-Based Service
• CICA Legislative Tracking System FY 11/12
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