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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator ClJl lira
CW`a
DATE: March 18, 1986 cou y
SUBJECT: Legislation: Assembly Bill 2923 (Hauser)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of support for AB 2923 by Assemblyman Hauser.
BACKGROUND:
Under current State law amounts paid for the In-Home Supportive
Services Program (IHSS) are paid 100% by the State and Federal
governments up to the limit of available federal funds.
To the extent that eligible program costs exceed the federal
funds and State-matching funds, the State has made additional
State funds available, but has capped State costs at
$263 ,000, 000. Counties must pay 10% of any expenses the program
incurs beyond the capped State funds. Counties, however, have
little flexibility or control under State regulations and must
provide the level of services required under State law. Counties
have long felt it was singularly unfair to be required to
administer a program with essentially open-ended costs in a
situation where both the Federal and State governments not only
can, but have, capped their financial commitment to the program,
leaving the county with a match for a portion of the costs over
which they have essentially no control.
As a result, Assemblyman Hauser has introduced AB 2923 which
repeals the county matching requirement and the State cap.
Instead, AB 2923 says:
"Funding for the in-home supportive services
under this section shall qualify, where
possible, for the maximum federal reimburse-
ment. In the event that those services are
determined to be ineligible for federal
financial participation, or to the extent
that federal funds prove inadequate, the
state shall provide funding for services
under this section. "
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEEE--
X APPROVE OTHER
S 1 GNATURE S :
ACTION OF BOARD ON Narch 25, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT; ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVI ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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County Administrator
Social Services Director ATTESTED
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Assemblyman Dan Hauser PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF,
CSAC (Roger King) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CWDA (Lee Kemper)
Kathy Snodgrass, Jackson/Barish BY �C,2,e.v$ ,DEPUTY
M382/7-83
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In the 1985-86 fiscal year the 10% county match for this County
will amount to approximately $200,000 which is for County costs
incurred in the 1984-85 fiscal year. The Social Service
Department estimates the county cost for the 1985-86 fiscal year,
which will have to be budgeted in the 1986-87 County Budget, at
$405,000. Passage and approval of AB 2923 by the Governor will
save the County at least this amount each year. As a result, it
appears appropriate for the Board of Supervisors to support
AB 2923 .