Richard Roth
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 31
Author
Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes the California Department of Aging in the California Health and Human Services Agency and sets forth its mission to provide leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their own homes or the least restrictive homelike environments. Existing law requires the department to designate various private nonprofit or public agencies as area agencies on aging to work within a planning and service area and provide a broad array of social and nutritional services. Existing law includes various findings and declarations relating to the purposes of the act. This bill would update and revise those legislative findings and declarations, including recognizing the state's major demographic shift towards an older, more diverse population and declaring the intent to reform provisions of the act related to various functions of the area agencies on aging. The bill would require the department, by September 30, 2026, to take various actions, including, among others, identifying the core programs and services to be provided to older adults and family caregivers, and developing a statewide consumer engagement plan. The bill would require the department to develop regulations that address specified topics relating to area agency on aging designations. The bill would require those deliverables to be informed by data from validated sources, which may include, among others, the United States Census. This bill would also recast and revise various other provisions of the act, including by replacing use of the word "senior" and similar terminology with the term "older adult." The bill would repeal obsolete provisions, such as the Senior Center Bond Act of 1984. Existing law establishes the Senior Housing Information and Support Center within the department to serve as a clearinghouse for information for seniors and their families regarding available innovative resources and senior services, subject to appropriation for these purposes. This bill would repeal the provisions establishing the Senior Housing Information and Support Center.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 337, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5631.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6502.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4077.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing April 29.
Withdrawn from committee.
April 23 hearing postponed by committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
Set for hearing April 23.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3428.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
Set for hearing April 1.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1249 | HTML |
| 02/15/24 - Introduced | |
| 04/16/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/12/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/22/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/03/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/21/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/28/24- Senate Human Services | |
| 05/01/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/17/24- Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care | |
| 06/28/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 07/31/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/23/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/27/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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