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ALL COUNTY LETTERS
- Draft ACIN - Deaf Access, Reply Due September 26th
- ACIN - IHSS Assessment Clarification - Update Repy Due September 25th
- 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
- 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
- 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
- TY Letter for Disability Awareness Training April 2016
- SB 218 Ltr of Support - Qualified ABLE Program: Tax-Advantaged Savings Account (Feb 24, 2017)
- SB 239 Ltr of Support - Moderization of HIV Criminalization Laws (Feb 24, 2017)
- AB 1930 Lackey in support of having Social Security taken out of payroll (June 2016)
- 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
- 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 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
- 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 405 (Hertzberg) Driving Debt Down Reduces Pymt Schedules for Keeping License - April, 2015
CCWRO Bill Tracker:
California Public Benefits Legislatve Bill & Budget Actions Tacker #2017-14
California Public Benefits Legislative Bill & Budget Action Tracker #2017-09
CARA Newsletters:
CARA Alert May 29 2017 - Lobby Day Great Success - Must Pass AB 562
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
- CAPA Legislation of Interest 2015
- CAPA Wage and Benefit Chart as of March 19, 2016 (Excel)
- CAPA Wage and Benefit Chart as of March 19, 2016 (PDF)
- Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations 2015 Bill Tracker
- A Shattered System: Reforming Long-Term Care in California (211 Pages PDF)
- United States Legislative Information
- 2015 Congressional Contacts
- Search for California Legislation
- Overview of the State Legislative Process
- Glossary of Legislative Terms
- Health & Human Services Special Session Q&A 2015
- California State Senate
- California State Assembly
- Governor’s Home Page
- Legislative Analyst’s Office
- 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
- CICA Legislative Tracking System FY 15/16
- CICA Legislative Tracking System FY 15/16 (PDF)
- FLSA Opposition - Sonoma County
- FLSA Opposition - Humboldt County
- Disability Rights California (DRC) - SB-855: Problems
- CAPA Wage and Benefit Chart March 16, 2015
