LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1970, as introduced, Fong. In-home supportive services
providers: emergency shelter services.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes
emergency services functions of the state, as specified. Existing
federal law also provides for the declaration of a federal state of
emergency, upon the request made by the Governor of an affected
state, for the purpose of receiving federal emergency assistance.
Existing law provides for the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
program, under which, either through employment by the recipient, by
or through contract by the county, by the creation of a public
authority, or pursuant to a contract with a nonprofit consortium,
qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons receive services enabling
them to remain in their own homes.
Existing law permits services to be provided under the IHSS
program either through the employment of individual providers, a
contract between the county and an entity for the provision of
services, the creation by the county of a public authority, or a
contract between the county and a nonprofit consortium. The duties of
a public authority or nonprofit consortium include the provision of
assistance to recipients in finding in-home supportive services
personnel through the establishment of a provider registry.
This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to
make IHSS provider registries available during a state or federally
declared state of emergency, upon the request of an emergency shelter
operator, for the assistance of seniors and persons with
disabilities at the shelter site. The bill would specify county and
public authority responsibilities in administering the bill.
By imposing new duties or local officials, this bill would create
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.