Report 2016-128 Recommendation Responses
Report 2016-128: In‑Home Supportive Services: The State Could Do More to Help Providers Avoid Future Payment Delays (Release Date: March 2017)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To facilitate providers' efforts to report their time, and to reduce the potential for providers to be inadvertently suspended from the IHSS program, the Legislature should amend state law to define the pay period as two workweeks. Moreover, the Legislature should modify state law to require weekly hours as the basis for authorizing services but continue to allow flexibility for recipients to adjust the hours their providers work across workweeks in a manner similar to the provisions of the current law.
Description of Legislative Action
As of March 16, 2022, the Legislature has not taken any action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: March 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of March 16, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: March 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of March 16, 2020, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation. AB 924 (Voepel, 2019) would have, in part, specified that a "payroll period" for in-home supportive services workers means two work weeks. This bill died in the Assembly.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: March 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
Assembly Bill (AB) 924 (Voepel) was introduced in February 2019 and would, in part, specify that a "payroll period" for in-home supportive services workers means two work weeks.
AB 237 (Gonzalez) and AB 2329 (Obernolte) of the 2017-18 session would have specified that a "payroll period" for providers of in-home supportive services and waiver personal care services means two work weeks. Both bills were substantially amended to address other subjects.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: March 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
Assembly Bill (AB) 237 (Gonzalez) would specify that a "payroll period" for providers of IHSS and waiver personal care services means two work weeks. This bill was last amended on April 19, 2017, and is pending in the Senate Human Services Committee.
AB 2329 (Obernolte) would specify that a "payroll period" for IHSS providers means two work weeks. This bill was introduced on February 13, 2018, and is pending in the Assembly Human Services Committee.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: March 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
Legislation has not been introduced to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: December 2017