Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 on Health and Human Services
FEBRUARY 3, 2011 - THURSDAY
NEW - SENATE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE #3 ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
09:30 AM OR Upon Adjournment of Senate Floor Session – State Capitol – Room 4203
Budget Items To Be Heard:
- ***Department of Social Services (Budget Item 5180) – In-Home Supportive Services and SSI/SSP (Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payment) grants
- ***Department of Aging (Budget Item 4170)
- Department of Rehabilitation (Budget Item 5160)
- Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (Budget Item 4140)
CDCAN COMMENT: Budget subcommittee staff is estimating that the length of this hearing will be about 4 hours. Governor is proposing $500 million in reductions in State general fnd spending to IHSS by significantly narrowing eligibility by requiring certification from a physician for all recipients in the IHSS program that certifies that the person is “at risk” of being institutionalized; proposes an additional 8.4% across the board cut in authorized services hours for all IHSS recipients on top of the existing 3.6% cut that is scheduled to go into effect February 1st; would make the cuts in service hours permanent; proposes to eliminate domestic and related services for IHSS recipients who are under the age of 18 and live at home or if an adult, live in a “shared living arrangement”; would eliminate state funding for IHSS Advisory Committees. Governor proposes to eliminate the MSSP or Multipurpose Senior Services Program, a Medi-Cal funded program that funds 41 sites who coordinate community-based services for over 11,000 seniors over the age of 65 years old and Medi-Cal eligible who are otherwise at risk of being institutionalized but want to remain in their own home. The Assembly is hearing the MSSP issue on January 25th, and the IHSS and SSI/SSP issues on January 27th.
CDCAN ACTION ALERT: YES – will be issued Friday to urge people to attend this hearing and testify – and for meeting or rally to be announced
PRIORITY: VERY HIGH
