David Alvarez
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 80
Author
Existing law establishes the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, administered by the State Department of Social Services and counties, under which qualified aged, blind, or disabled persons are provided with supportive services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes. As a condition of receiving services under the IHSS program, existing law requires an applicant or recipient to obtain a certification from a licensed health care professional declaring that the applicant or recipient is unable to perform some activities of daily living independently, and that without services to assist the applicant or recipient with activities of daily living, the applicant or recipient is at risk of placement in out-of-home care. Existing law requires that the certification be received prior to service authorization, except under certain circumstances. Existing law requires the department to develop a standard certification form, as specified, and to identify alternative documentation, including, but not limited to, hospital or nursing facility discharge plans, containing the required information. Existing law sets forth various provisions relating to end-of-life care. When a health care provider makes a diagnosis that a patient has a terminal illness, existing law generally requires the health care provider, upon request, to provide the patient or another person authorized to make health care decisions with comprehensive information and counseling regarding legal end-of-life care options. This bill would, before the discharge from an acute care hospital of a Medi-Cal beneficiary diagnosed with a terminal illness, require the hospital's designated case manager or discharge planner to evaluate the patient's likely need for posthospital services and ability to access those services. The bill would require the hospital case manager or discharge planner to ask the patient or authorized person if they are interested in receiving information about the IHSS program if that patient is anticipated to need in-home personal care. If interest is expressed, the bill would require the hospital case manager or discharge planner to provide to the patient or authorized person the information, including how to initiate the application process and the option for a family member to provide care as an IHSS provider subject to the IHSS provider enrollment conditions. If the patient seeks to apply for services under the IHSS program, the bill would require the hospital case manager or discharge planner to communicate to the patient's primary care physician the patient's interest in applying for IHSS to support the timely completion of the health care certification form.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 346, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15).
In committee: Held under submission.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1926.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 18).
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1005 | HTML |
| 02/15/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/18/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/21/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/22/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/22/23- Assembly Human Services | |
| 05/15/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/16/23- Senate Human Services | |
| 07/03/23- Senate Health | |
| 08/11/23- Senate Appropriations | PDF PDF |
| 08/16/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/26/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/28/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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