<p> Communications and Collaborations Committee Recommendations November 2015 Oppose</p><p>SB 128 Wolk D End of life. Position: Oppose Summary: This bill would enact the End of Life Option Act authorizing an adult who meets certain qualifications, and who has been determined by his or her attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, as defined, to make a request for a drug prescribed pursuant to these provisions for the purpose of ending his or her life. Status: 7/17/2015-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was HEALTH on 6/16/2015) Location: 7/17/2015-A. 2 YEAR</p><p>Support</p><p>ABX2 4 Levine D Managed care organization provider tax. Position: Pending Summary: Would repeal the support services sales tax and would establish a new managed care organization provider tax, to be administered by the State Department of Health Care Services in consultation with the Department of Managed Health Care. The tax would be assessed by the department on licensed health care service plans and managed care plans contracted with the department to provide Medi-Cal services, except as excluded by the bill. Status: 9/1/2015-Re-referred to Com. on P.H. & D.S. Location: 9/1/2015-A. P.H. & D.S.</p><p>AB 1235 Gipson D Medi-Cal: beneficiary maintenance needs: home upkeep allowances: transitional personal needs funds. Position: Support Summary: This bill would establish eligibility and other requirements for providing the home upkeep allowance or transitional personal needs fund, to Medi-Cal patients residing in a long-term care facility, as specified. • The bill would allow Medi-Cal beneficiaries in long-term care facilities that do not have a home to establish a transitional needs fund to set aside up to $7,500 for the purpose of securing a home and authorize a home upkeep allowance for a long-term care facility resident who intends to return to an existing home • Require the home upkeep allowance to be set aside from the income otherwise be required to meet the individual’s share of cost • Require the home upkeep allowance to be an exempt resource for the purposes of determining Medi-Cal eligibility; Provide that the individual would only be eligible for the home upkeep allowance if a physician has certified that the individual is likely to return home within six months; • Authorize a transitional personal needs fund for individuals in a long-term care facility who do not have a home, but intend to return to the community; Status: 8/28/2015-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a) (11). (Last location was APPR. on 8/27/2015) Location: 8/28/2015-S. 2 YEAR</p><p>AB 1518 Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care Medi-Cal: nursing facilities. Position: Support Summary: This bill would authorize the department to seek additional increases in the scope of the home- and community-based Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital Waiver -- requiring the DHCS, by February 1, 2016, apply for an additional 5,000 slots, to be added in the 2016- 17 fiscal year, beyond those currently authorized for the waiver. AB 1518 would require the Department of Health Care Services to apply for federal approval for an additional 5,000 slots under the home- and community-based Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital Waiver. Status: 9/11/2015-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/11/2015) Location: 9/11/2015-S. 2 YEAR</p><p>SB 199 Hall D In-home supportive services: reading services for blind and visually impaired recipients. Position: Support Summary: By expanding the scope of available services under the IHSS program, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program, this bill would, commencing January 1, 2017, include within the definition of supportive services up to 2 hours per month of assistance in reading and completing financial and other documents for a recipient of services under the IHSS program who is blind. Status: 10/9/2015-Vetoed by the Governor Location: 10/9/2015-S. VETOED</p><p>SB 547 Liu D Long-term care: Assistant Secretary of Aging and Long-term Care: Department of Community Living. Position: Support Summary: Establishes the Department of Community Living within the Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) to serve as the single state-level contact on issues of aging and long-term care. Creates the position of Assistant Secretary of Aging and Long- Term Care Coordination within CHHS, and tasks the position with specified duties and responsibilities.. Status: 5/1/2015-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was HEALTH. on 4/30/2015) Location: 5/1/2015-S. 2 YEAR</p>