CDCAN Advocacy Without Borders :: One Community

REMEMBERING THAT EVERY LIFE MATTERS: PLEASE REMEMBER & HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) www.redcross.org
UNICEF: 1-800-4UNICEF (1-800-486-4233) www.unicefusa.org

IHSS RECIPIENT FINGERPRINTING ISSUE FOCUS OF FEB 11 PUBLIC MEETING TODAY 1:30 to 3:30 PM: PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE BY TOLL FREE PHONE

Alameda Superior Court Judge Hunter Issues Rules Against Schwarzenegger Administration on IHSS Worker Felony Convictions Ban – No Details Available Yet on Judge’s Ruling

SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/011/2010 07:40 AM (Pacific Time)] - The California Department of Social Services, the state agency that oversees statewide the In-Home Supportive Services program that serves over 460,000 children and adults with disabilities, mental health needs, the blind and seniors, is hosting today (February 11) from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, a public stakeholder meeting on the controversial issue regarding the development and implementation of the IHSS Fingerprint Imaging (with certain specific exceptions allowed) as required by ABx4 19, (Chapter 17, Statutes of 2009), the budget related bill that added several new IHSS program requirements which included fingerprint imaging of IHSS recipients. These requirements are in addition to new requirements – including fingerprinting – for IHSS workers (providers).

Current Status This bill has passed out of the Senate by a vote of (31 Ayes, 1 No) and it has moved to the Assembly for concurrence. Digest This bill enacts the Crime Victims with Disabilities Act of 2010 which (1) requires domestic violence death review teams to add information about whether or not a victim had a disability, (2) allows counties to add dependent adult cases to any elder death review teams and protocols they may already have, (3) requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and the Department of Justice to create a two-hour "Crime Victims with Disabilities" telecourse for law enforcement officers and permits that every law enforcement agency that complies with POST training, provide this telecourse training for its officers, and (4) creates new reporting requirements for the Department of Developmental Services.

Extends to January 1, 2015, the sunset date of an advisory council which provides consultation to the Department of Public Health (DPH) Domestic Violence Program (DVP), and requires DPH and the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) to consider consolidation of their respective domestic violence (DV) programs.