Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

The department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall create, and provide to the Legislature, the framework for a permanent provider backup system. The permanent backup provider system shall not be implemented, and state or federal funds appropriated in the 2021–22 fiscal year…

(a) Effective no sooner than October 1, 2022, and no later than 60 days after the date of the final all-county letter, a county or a public authority, as established pursuant to Section 12301.6, in collaboration with the applicable county, shall administer a backup provider syste…

(a) The intent of the Legislature in enacting this article is to provide supplemental or additional services to the social and rehabilitative services in Article 6 (commencing with Section 12250) of this chapter. The Legislature further intends that necessary in-home supportive s…

(a) The department shall adopt regulations establishing a uniform range of services available to all eligible recipients based upon individual needs. The availability of services under these regulations is subject to the provisions of Section 12301 and county plans developed purs…

Effective January 1, 2010, the application for in-home supportive services shall contain a notice to the recipient that his or her provider or providers will be given written notice of the recipient’s authorized services and full number of services hours allotted to the recipient…

Upon receipt of an application for in-home supportive services, the county shall provide the applicant with a confirmation number to serve as documentation that the applicant filed an application for in-home supportive services. The county may use the case number as the confirmat…

Each county human services agency shall accept applications for benefits under this article by telephone, through facsimile, or in person, or, if the county is capable of accepting online applications or applications via email for benefits under this article, by email or other el…

(a) A county welfare department may use materials provided by an electrical corporation that is serving the county to inform each applicant or recipient of benefits under this article that the applicant or recipient may be eligible to receive the additional higher energy allowanc…

(a) (1) The department, in consultation and coordination with county welfare departments and in accordance with Section 12305.72, shall establish and implement statewide hourly task guidelines and instructions to provide counties with a standard tool for consistently and accurate…

(a) The department shall, in consultation and coordination with the county welfare departments and in accordance with Section 12305.72, develop for statewide use a standard form on which to obtain certification by a physician or other appropriate medical professional as determine…

On or before December 31, 2011, the department, in consultation with county welfare departments and other stakeholders, shall develop a process to ensure that a provider of services under this article receives a list specifying the approved duties to be performed for each recipie…

(a) All prospective providers shall complete an in-person provider orientation at the time of enrollment, as developed by the department, in consultation with counties, which shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) The requirements to be an eligible IHSS p…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the standardized provider timesheet used to track the work performed by providers of services under this article shall contain both of the following: (1) A certification to be signed by the provider and recipient, verifying that the…

(a) Each county may appoint an in-home supportive services advisory committee that shall be comprised of not more than 11 individuals. No less than 50 percent of the membership of the advisory committee shall be individuals who are current or past users of personal assistance ser…

Each advisory committee established pursuant to Section 12301.3 or 12301.6 shall provide ongoing advice and recommendations regarding in-home supportive services to the county board of supervisors, any administrative body in the county that is related to the delivery and administ…

The department may secure to the extent feasible such in-home supportive and other health services for persons eligible under this article to which they are entitled under the Medi-Cal Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of this part). (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 12302 and 12302.1, a county board of supervisors may, at its option, elect to do either of the following: (1) Contract with a nonprofit consortium to provide for the delivery of in-home supportive services. (2) Establish, by ordinance, a public author…

(a) On or after October 1, 2023, if a public authority or nonprofit consortium established pursuant to Section 12301.6, acting as the employer of record, and the employee organization have not reached an agreement on a bargaining contract with in-home supportive services workers,…

The annual administrative cost for any public authority or nonprofit consortium created pursuant to Section 12301.6, exclusive of any increase in provider wages or benefits or employer taxes when negotiated or agreed to by the public authority or nonprofit consortium, shall be sh…

(a) (1) A public authority or nonprofit consortium established pursuant to Section 12301.6, upon the request of an aged or disabled adult or that individual’s authorized representative, may assist an employer, as defined in paragraph (2), in obtaining a criminal background check …

Each county is obligated to ensure that services are provided to all eligible recipients during each month of the year in accordance with the county plan. In order to implement such a plan, an individual county may hire homemakers and other in-home supportive personnel in accorda…

(a) Contracts entered into by a county under Section 12302 shall be for terms not exceeding three years. In the event of a three-year contract, the county, at the end of the first contract term, may renew the contract for a second term not exceeding one year. The rate of reimburs…

(a) (1) If the state or a county makes or provides for direct payment to a provider chosen by a recipient or to the recipient for the purchase of in-home supportive services, the department shall perform or ensure the performance of all rights, duties, and obligations of the reci…

(a) For purposes of providing cost-efficient workers’ compensation coverage for in-home supportive services providers under this article, the department shall assume responsibility for providing workers’ compensation coverage for employees of nonprofit agencies and proprietary ag…

(a) On or before January 1, 2003, each county shall act as, or establish, an employer for in-home supportive service providers under Section 12302.2 for the purposes of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code and other applicable …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, and in a manner consistent with the powers available to public authorities created under this article, the City and County of San Francisco may do any of the following: (1) Increase the wages of all in-home supportive servi…

A county, in receiving bids for a contract pursuant to Sections 12302, 12302.1, and 12303, may evaluate all or any bidders to determine their responsibility, and their responsiveness to the requirements of the bidding document. The county may take all of the following into accoun…

(a) Counties may establish entities or agents to act on behalf of the employers for those recipients who are designated as the employer of the in-home supportive services worker and who elect not to, or who are unable to, ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and …

A contract pursuant to Section 12302 shall include the following provisions: (a) The cost of the service shall not exceed by more than 10 percent the allowable cost of the service as determined by the State Department of Social Services. (b) The provider agency shall agree to giv…

(a) Any aged, blind, or disabled individual who is eligible for assistance under this chapter or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12500), and who is not described in Section 12304, shall receive services under this article which do not exceed the maximum of 195 hours per month.…

(a) No adjustment shall be made under this article for the 1990–91 fiscal year to reflect any change in the cost of living. (b) Any cost-of-living adjustment under this article for the 1991–92 fiscal year and any fiscal year thereafter pursuant to Section 12303.5 shall not includ…

Any aged, or disabled applicant or recipient who is eligible for assistance under this article, whose disabilities prevent the use of cooking facilities at home, shall be given the option to receive an allowance of forty-nine dollars ($49) per month for an individual and ninety-e…

(a) An individual who is eligible for services subject to the maximum amount specified in subdivision (b) of Section 12303.4 and who is capable of handling his or her own financial and legal affairs shall be given the option of hiring and paying his or her own provider of in-home…

In the selection of providers to perform services pursuant to this article, preference shall be given to any qualified individual provider who is chosen by any recipient of personal care services as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 12300. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 939, Se…

(a) A recipient who receives services under this article through either a contract or managed care provider may, subject to program requirements, select any qualified person to provide care under this article. (b) For purposes of this section, “qualified person” means any employe…

Any recipient of services under this article who has received benefits under this article for at least one year, and who hires and pays his or her own service providers, as permitted under subdivision (b) of Section 12304, may receive his or her grant under this article through a…

(a) The department shall establish a program of direct deposit by electronic transfer for payments to in-home supportive services providers. A provider may choose to receive payments via direct deposit at the provider’s option. The department, the Controller, and the California H…

If a natural disaster has resulted in a declared state of emergency, affected counties shall use a void and reissue warrant process for any provider who lost or had damaged an uncashed warrant because of the natural disaster. When reissuing the uncashed warrant, a county shall ve…

Any aged, blind, or disabled individual who would be eligible for assistance under this chapter or under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12500), except for his excess income, is eligible to receive a payment under this article to purchase in-home supportive services if his inc…

The county welfare department shall provide to each visually impaired applicant or recipient of benefits under this article, upon determination or redetermination of eligibility for benefits under this article, information on, and referral services to, community public and nonpro…

Between January 1 and April 15 of each year, the Controller shall include a notice on, and insert an informational flyer which shall be prepared by the department, with, all payroll warrants issued to providers of services under this chapter informing those providers that they ma…

Any aged, blind, or disabled individual who would be eligible for assistance under this chapter or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12500), except for his excess income, and who receives services under this article, shall be eligible for Medi-Cal benefits as a categorically nee…

(a) (1) Any aged, blind, or disabled individual who received Medi-Cal personal care services pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 14132.95 before July 1, 2009, and who continues to receive those services, and who would otherwise be deemed a categorically needy recipient pursuan…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person who: (1) Was once determined to be disabled in accordance with Section 1614 of Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act (Section 1382c, Title 42, United States Code), and (2) Became ineligible for benefits …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person specified in subdivision (b) shall be eligible for in-home supportive services under this chapter. (b) Subdivision (a) shall apply to any person who meets all of the following requirements: (1) He or she is not eligible f…

The department shall perform all of the following activities: (a) Beginning in the 2004–05 fiscal year, and in each subsequent fiscal year, the department in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services and the county welfare departments shall design and conduct…