In January 2021, Governor Newsom launched California’s Grasp Plan for Ageing (MPA), which lays out a ten-year plan to arrange the state for an getting old and altering inhabitants. The MPA set 5 main objectives: Housing for All Ages and Levels; Well being Reimagined; Inclusion & Fairness, Not Isolation; Caregiving that Works; and Affording Ageing.
Regardless of the present unsure fiscal local weather, the Legislature and Administration proceed to have the chance to associate collectively to create a state the place older adults and other people with disabilities can age in place and dwell with dignity. The record beneath highlights a number of the payments which were launched in 2023-2024 legislative session that will immediately have an effect on older adults and other people with disabilities and advance the MPA. Along with this yr’s legislative efforts, stakeholders have submitted extra funds proposals for consideration that increase the Governor’s preliminary funds proposals.
This yr, the California Legislature and Governor Newsom made extra strides in advancing the objectives of the Grasp Plan for Ageing. In alignment with the plan’s 5 foundational objectives, 11 payments had been chaptered and signed by Governor Newsom. One invoice was handed by the Legislature, however vetoed by Governor Newsom. There have been additionally a number of payments that didn’t absolutely advance by the legislative course of.
Justice in Ageing compiled this abstract of 2023-24 legislative payments and funds requests. Sponsors are listed when identified. Questions and additions, together with to sponsors, might be referred to Yasmin Peled. Inclusion on this record doesn’t point out endorsement by Justice in Ageing.
Aim 1: Housing for All Ages and Levels
Payments:
AB 1993 (Kalra): Residential Care Services for the Aged
- California Fee on Ageing
- This invoice would amend the California Residential Care Services for the Aged (RCFE) Act to develop the variety of people they serve by changing the six-bed cap with a “eight or fewer cap” whereas nonetheless being thought-about for residential use within the California code.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense in Senate Appropriations
SB 37 (Caballero): Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Act
- Justice in Ageing, Company for Supportive Housing, LeadingAge California, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, United Manner of Better LA
- This invoice would create rental stabilization subsidies that will allow 1000’s of older adults and other people with disabilities yearly to entry or hold their housing. The subsidies could be made out there to severely low-income Californians who’re experiencing homelessness or at imminent threat of homelessness.
- » STATUS: Vetoed by Governor Newsom
SB 1406 (Allen): RCFE Charge Will increase
- California Advocates for Nursing Dwelling Reform
- This invoice clarifies that residents of RCFEs have the suitable to request, refuse, or terminate providers. Residents are sometimes compelled to pay add-on costs for providers they don’t want and are led to imagine they might not refuse.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
Funds Requests:
Justice in Ageing, Company for Supportive Housing, LeadingAge California, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, United Manner of Better LA request one-time funds of $25 million that will fund a pilot housing stabilization program for older adults and individuals with disabilities who’re at imminent threat of, or at present experiencing, homelessness. The California Division of Housing and Group Improvement (HCD) will oversee aggressive grants to native housing, getting old, and incapacity companies. Grantees will administer rental subsidies to forestall homelessness for many who are at highest threat, and provide housing stability to these most prone to homelessness, and permit at present unhoused people to acquire housing within the personal market.
» STATUS: Not included within the 2024-25 State Funds
Aim 2: Well being Reimagined
Payments:
AB 486 (Kalra): Nursing Dwelling Citations: Enchantment Course of
- Incapacity Rights California
- This invoice would supply a extra constant framework for the appeals course of throughout regulatory citations for long-term care services in California. This would cut back the burden on our superior court docket system and save judicial sources and taxpayer cash. Moreover, it could streamline and enhance a course of that’s designed to carry negligent services (i.e., nursing properties) accountable.
- » STATUS: Held in Senate Judiciary Committee
AB 2685 (Ortega): Case Administration Companies
- Senior Companies Coalition of Alameda County
- This invoice would create a pilot program, administered by California Division of Ageing (CDA), to extend capability of the Older Individuals Act funded Case Administration applications in a number of websites all through the state, and seize qualitative and quantitative information to measure the affect of case administration on resolving the unmet social wants and bettering well being outcomes for low-income older adults.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense in Meeting Appropriations
AB 2689 (Bains): Alzheimer’s Illness
- Alzheimer’s Affiliation
- This invoice extends till January 1, 2030, the supply that enables taxpayers to designate on their private revenue tax return {that a} specified quantity be contributed to the California Alzheimer’s Illness and Associated Dementia Analysis Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
AB 2753 (Ortega): Sturdy Medical Tools and Companies
- Western Heart on Legislation and Poverty, Nationwide Well being Legislation Program
- This invoice would make clear that sturdy medical tools is a lined important well being profit in California-regulated well being plans and insurance policies when prescribed by a health care provider for rehabilitative or habilitative functions. The invoice would additionally take away limitations similar to annual caps on sturdy medical tools protection.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense in Meeting Appropriations
AB 2956 (Boerner): Defending Medi-Cal Protection for Californians
- Western Heart on Legislation and Poverty, The Kids’s Partnership, Latino Coalition for a Well being California
- This invoice would permit folks to maintain their Medi-Cal protection for a full 12 months, no matter modifications of their revenue and would direct California to hunt federal approval, when needed, to make everlasting the federal Medi-Cal flexibilities to cut back and treatment procedural terminations, simplify revenue verification necessities, improve computerized Medi-Cal renewals, and enhance program outreach and customer support.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense in Meeting Appropriations
SB 980 (Wahab): Medi-Cal Dental Crowns and Implants
- California Alliance for Retired Individuals
- This invoice expands Medi-Cal to incorporate dental implants and crowns as a lined profit.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense in Meeting Appropriations
SB 1236 (Blakespear): Medicare Complement Protection
- California Alliance for Retired Individuals
- This invoice will set up a proper to assured concern for all Medicare sufferers looking for Medigap supplemental protection and establishes an annual open enrollment interval.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense in Senate Appropriations
SB 1354 (Wahab): Medi-Cal Discrimination
- California Advocates for Nursing Dwelling Reform, Workplace of the State Lengthy Time period Care Ombudsman
- This invoice codifies the settlement signed by long run care services collaborating within the Medi-Cal program from discriminating towards Medi-Cal beneficiaries in any method, together with, however not restricted to, admission practices and discharge makes an attempt.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
Funds Requests:
California Lengthy Time period Care Ombudsman Affiliation requests for $9.25 million in extra annual funding from 2 particular funds administered by California Division of Public Well being that already fund Lengthy-Time period Care (LTC) Ombudsman Applications to rent 50-80 extra paid workers and interact 400-500 extra volunteers to fulfill present state and federal program mandates: i.e., quarterly unannounced visits to SNFs and RCFEs; resolving complaints and investigating abuse and neglect experiences in LTC services; witnessing all Superior Well being Care Directives signed in LTC services; supporting resident and household councils; and, offering data, help, and coaching to residents, facility workers, and households.
» STATUS: $6.25 million funding included within the 2024-25 State Funds
Aim 3: Inclusion & Fairness, Not Isolation
Payments:
AB 1911 (Gomez Reyes): Residential Care Services for the Aged (RCFE) Grievance Investigation Reforms
- California Advocates for Nursing Dwelling Reform
- This invoice would make the RCFE grievance course of extra well timed and environment friendly by imposing investigation deadlines for RCFE complaints and requiring written discover to the complainant when a grievance is obtained and assigned for investigation. This might align the RCFE grievance course of with the nursing residence grievance course of.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense in Senate Appropriations
AB 2075 (Alvarez): Designated Help Particular person Entry throughout Public Well being Emergency
- California Advocates for Nursing Dwelling Reform, Workplace of the State Lengthy Time period Care Ombudsman
- This invoice ensures long run care facility resident entry to designated help individuals and different crucial service suppliers throughout public well being emergencies.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense in Senate Appropriations
AB 2207 (Gomez Reyes): State Boards and Commissions
- California Fee on Ageing
- This invoice would develop the membership of the Alzheimer’s Illness and Associated Problems Advisory Committee, the CA Well being Workforce Training and Coaching Council, the CA Workforce Improvement Board, the CA Behavioral Well being Planning Council, the Psychological Well being Companies Oversight and Accountability Fee, and the Interagency Council on Homelessness to incorporate the Government Director of the CCoA or their designee, and/or the Director of the CDA.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
AB 2620 (Bains): California Fee on Ageing
- California Fee on Ageing
- This invoice seeks to modernize the Older Californians Act statue referring to the Fee on Ageing. This invoice revises the duties of the Fee, amongst different issues, to require advisory participation in issues of initiatives, resolutions and government orders for applications and providers affecting older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
AB 2636 (Bains): Older Californians Act
- California Affiliation of Space Businesses on Ageing
- This invoice would recast and revise varied provisions of the Older Californians Act, together with updating findings and declarations referring to statistics and problems with concern to the older grownup inhabitants, and changing references all through the act from “senior,” and comparable terminology to “older grownup.”
- » STATUS: Held within the Meeting
AB 2680 (Aguiar Curry): Alzheimer’s Illness
- Alzheimer’s Affiliation
- This invoice would replace the state’s Alzheimer’s and Associated Problems Advisory Committee so as to add new members, conform time period lengths, take away stigmatizing language, and uplift range.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
SB 639 (Limon): Alzheimer’s Illness
- Alzheimer’s Affiliation
- This invoice would replace the state Alzheimer’s Illness Facilities to incorporate Dementia Care Conscious, which can enhance state techniques that assist folks obtain a well timed and correct prognosis.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
SB 1249 (Roth): Older Californians Act
- California Fee on Ageing
- This invoice seeks to modernize the Older Californians Act in response to the stakeholder engagement ensuing within the creation of the California 2030 report.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
Aim 4: Caregiving That Works
Payments
AB 518 (Wicks): Paid Household Depart
- This invoice would develop the definition of “member of the family” and “household care go away” which can permit household caregivers to take paid household go away to care for people associated by blood or whose affiliation with the caregiver is the equal of a household relationship.
- » STATUS: Inactive
AB 1006 (McKinnor): Ageing and Incapacity Useful resource Connection program: No Mistaken Door System
- SEIU California
- This invoice would require the California Division of Ageing to ascertain a statewide respite referral registry to match Medi-Cal customers with vetted, culturally competent, respite suppliers, below the Ageing and Incapacity Useful resource Connection No Mistaken Door System.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense, Senate Appropriations
AB 2123 (Papan): Paid Household Depart
- Authorized Support at Work
- Permits employees to entry Paid Household Depart with out having to make use of accrued trip time first.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
AB 3079 (Ting): In-Dwelling Supportive Companies (IHSS)
- Metropolis and County of San Francisco
- This invoice would permit an IHSS care recipient to decide on an undocumented relative as their supplier.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense, Meeting Appropriations
SB 1090 (Durazo): Paid Household Depart
- Authorized Support at Work
- This invoice would permit California employees to use for Paid Household Depart and State Incapacity Insurance coverage advantages as much as 30 days earlier than they’re on go away. In consequence, employees will be capable of get affirmation of their eligibility and profit quantity earlier than beginning their go away, and obtain advantages sooner. Presently, California employees should wait till they’re already on go away to use.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
SB 1434 (Durazo): Unemployment Insurance coverage
- Heart for Employees’ Rights
- This invoice would improve the weekly profit quantity for unemployment, and improve employer funds to the Unemployment Insurance coverage Fund. Household Caregivers could also be eligible for unemployment if their work is unable to make requested lodging for caregiving and so they need to give up their job.
- » STATUS: Held in Senate Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement Committee
Aim 5: Affording Ageing
Payments:
AB 2356 (Wallis): Private Wants Allowance
- California Senior Legislature
- This invoice would improve the month-to-month upkeep quantity for private and incidental wants from $35 to $50, and would require that the quantity be elevated yearly.
- » STATUS: Held on suspense in Meeting Appropriations
SB 1254 (Becker): CalFresh: Enrollment of Incarcerated People
- Authorized Companies for Prisoners with Kids—All of Us or None, Nourish California
- This invoice would permit and help incarcerated folks in making use of for CalFresh advantages earlier than their launch to raised put together them for reentry.
- » STATUS: Chaptered, signed by Governor Newsom
Funds Requests:
Californians for SSI Coalition requests crucial investments to make sure that older adults and other people with disabilities with Supplemental Safety Revenue (SSI) don’t wrestle with the poisonous stress of poverty and have the financial safety to dwell in protected environments.
- Acceptable a three-step improve to convey the SSI/SSP grants to 100% of the federal poverty stage over three years and supply an ongoing Price of Residing Adjustment. ($282.7 million in 2024-25, then growing to $340.9 million in 2026-27, to extend the SSI/SSP grants to 100% of the federal poverty stage)
- Revive and refund the Particular Circumstances Program as a 5 yr, time-limited program. ($10 million for 5 years)
» STATUS: Standing: Not included within the 2024-25 State Funds
