CDCAN: ASSEMBLY PASSES IHSS COURT SETTLEMENT BILL SB 67 THAT AUTHORIZES TEMPORARY ACROSS-THE-BOARD SERVICE HOUR CUTS TO ALL IHSS RECIPIENTS
Bill Heads Next for All But Certain Approval by Governor Brown – Legislation Would Go Into Effect Immediately · 8% Across-The-Board Cut in Service Hours Would Begin July 1, 2013 and End June 30, 2014 Followed by 7% Across-the-Board Reduction BeginningJuly 1, 2014 Through June 30, 2015 – Temporary Cut Could Continue Indefinitely If New Federal Medicaid Money Fails To Come … Read more
CDCAN: IHSS Recipients on Temporary 8% Across-the-board Cut in Service Hours
Draft County Notice to IHSS Recipients on Temporary 8% Across-the-board Cut in Service Hours to IHSS Recipients California State Budget: DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES RELEASES DRAFT COUNTY NOTICES TO IHSS RECIPIENTS ON TEMPORARY 8% ACROSS-THE-BOARD CUTS IN HOURS · Draft “All County Notice” and Draft Attachments When Finalized Will Be Official Notice to Counties on the … Read more
CDCAN: IHSS Court Settlement Agreement Bills in Assembly and Senate Pass Budget Committees As Expected
IHSS Court Settlement Agreement Bills in Assembly and Senate Pass Budget Committees As Expected – Will Impose Temporary Smaller Cuts to IHSS Replacing Larger Permanent Cuts Currently Blocked by Court Order California State Budget: SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE & ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES IDENTICAL BILLS THAT WILL IMPLEMENT IHSS COURT SETTLEMENT ON BUDGET CUTS · SB 67 … Read more
CDCAN: IHSS Court Settlement Agreement Bills in Assembly and Senate Pass Budget Committees As Expected
IHSS Court Settlement Agreement Bills in Assembly and Senate Pass Budget Committees As Expected – Will Impose Temporary Smaller Cuts to IHSS Replacing Larger Permanent Cuts Currently Blocked by Court Order California State Budget: SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE & ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES IDENTICAL BILLS THAT WILL IMPLEMENT IHSS COURT SETTLEMENT ON BUDGET CUTS · SB 67 … Read more
CDCAN: Coordinated Care Initiative Implementation Will Be Delayed Not Sooner Than January 2014 – Impacts Dual Eligibles, IHSS and other Long Term Services in 8 Counties
SPECIAL NOTE ON CHANGES FOR CDCAN & GRANDSONS: · NEW EMAIL LIST SERVICE PROVIDER – CDCAN is transitioning to a different email list service to send out future CDCAN reports after today that should provide a lot of ways to improve and expand reporting. The reports will look basically the same, though there will be differences … Read more
IHSS Consumers Union: MOU Concerns and Recommendations & NSCLC May 7 Webinar: Understanding The CCI
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FAR AND WIDE. Some lives may depend on us standing up for those who are medically frail and may, without understanding, be unwittingly defaulted into managed care systems that may not be equipped to care for them adequately. Knowledge is power and it is our duty as advocates to make sure that Seniors and People … Read more
California Healthline: IHSS 8% Cut Approved
by David Gorn The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services yesterday approved the settlement over cuts to In-Home Supportive Services. The agreement reduces the severity of the cut from the original 20% proposal to its current 8% cutback. “While we don’t celebrate any cuts,” said Frank Mecca, executive director of the County Welfare … Read more
CDCAN: IMPORTANT OFFICIAL IHSS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Federal Lawsuits: OFFICIAL NOTICE OF IHSS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO ALL IHSS RECIPIENTS WHO RECEIVED NOTICE OF IHSS CUT IN 2009 OR 2011 AND TO IHSS WORKERS IN 26 COUNTIES · Notice Includes Process For Those IHSS Recipients and IHSS Workers Who Are Directly Impacted To Find Out More Information and To File An Objection to the … Read more
The IHSS Consumers Union Endorses the National Senior Citizens Law Center Comments on HCBS Waiver Policy
The IHSS Consumers Union is extremely grateful to the National Senior Citizens Law Centerfor Its vigilance regarding our Olmstead Rights and is in full support of their comments. In fact, we are in the process of developing a position paper on the establishment of a true Long-Term Care Continuum to recommend to the Long Term Care Commission, that relies heavily … Read more
California Healthline: Local, National Reforms Both Needed, Policy Leaders Told
by George Lauer (Guest Contributor) BALTIMORE — Although their approaches may appear to be at odds with each other at the onset, a top federal bureaucrat and a national business leader assured health policy leaders Wednesday that government and commercial interests can work together effectively to reform the country’s health care system. “We’ll figure it … Read more
