BILL NUMBER: SB 791	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 791, as introduced, Yee. In-home supportive services.
   Existing law provides for the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
program, under which, either through employment by the recipient or
by or through contract by the county, qualified, aged, blind, and
disabled persons receive services enabling them to remain in their
own homes. Counties are responsible for the administration of the
IHSS program.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would improve the In-Home Supportive Services
program.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would improve the In-Home Supportive Services
program.