Amended
IN
Senate
April 12, 2021 |
Introduced by Senator Pan (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Nazarian) |
February 17, 2021 |
By executive order, the Governor has ordered that a master plan for aging be developed and issued to serve as a blueprint to implement strategies and partnerships that promote healthy aging and prepare the state for upcoming demographic changes. The executive order requires the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency to convene a Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Advisory
Committee, which includes a Long-Term Care Subcommittee.
Existing law requires the secretary, in coordination with the Director of the California Department of Aging, to lead the development and implementation of the master plan established pursuant to that executive order. Existing law requires the secretary and the director, with the assistance of the workgroup, to work with specified agencies, as needed, to identify policies, efficiencies, and strategies necessary to implement the master plan. Existing law requires the workgroup to solicit input and gather information to assist with the implementation of the master plan.
This bill would establish the California Long-Term Services and Supports Benefits Board (LTSS Board), to be composed of 10 specified members, including, among others, the Treasurer as chair, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services as vice chair, and 3 members to be appointed by the
Governor. The bill would require the LTSS Board to manage and invest revenue deposited in the California Long-Term Services and Supports Benefits Trust Fund (LTSS Trust), which the bill would create in the State Treasury, to, upon appropriation, finance long-term services and supports for eligible individuals. The bill would require the Long Term Supports and Services Subcommittee of the Master Plan on Aging to provide ongoing advice and recommendations to the board.
(13)This legislation creates the infrastructure to administer the benefit, and the recently completed state-funded actuarial study for funding long-term services and supports provides the roadmap.
(a)There is hereby created in state government the California Long-Term Services and Supports Benefits Board (LTSS Board), which shall consist of the following ten members:
(1)The Treasurer, who shall serve as the chair.
(2)The Secretary of California Health and Human Services, who shall serve as the vice chair.
(3)The Director of the California Department of Aging.
(4)The Director of Finance, or the director’s designee.
(5)The Controller, or the controller’s designee.
(6)An individual with expertise in the provision and financing of long-term services and supports who shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(7)An individual with expertise in the provision and financing of long-term services and supports who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(8)The following individuals, who shall be appointed by the Governor:
(A)A person who is 60 years of age or older and who is a consumer of long-term services and supports.
(B)A person who has lived with a disability, a chronic condition, or both, for a majority of their life and who is a consumer of long-term services and supports.
(C)A person who serves as an unpaid family caregiver to an older adult or individual with a disability.
(b)(1)The LTSS Board shall manage and invest revenue deposited in the California Long-Term Services and Supports Benefits Trust Fund (LTSS Trust), which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to finance long-term services and supports for eligible older adults and individuals with physical and mental disabilities in California.
(2)After sufficient funds are deposited in the LTSS Trust to be self-sustaining, all costs of administration shall be paid out of funds in the LTSS Trust.
The Long-Term Supports and Services Subcommittee of the Master Plan on Aging as the Advisory Committee shall provide ongoing advice and recommendations to the LTSS Board established pursuant to Section 9900.