Bill > AB617

This bill requires organizations providing personal care, personal assistance, or in-home respite services to individuals with developmental disabilities to be licensed as home care organizations and to ensure their employees are listed on the home care aide registry, starting January 1, 2026. The bill modifies existing provisions of the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act and the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act to include these new requirements, with a transition period allowing organizations existing before January 1, 2026, to comply by January 1, 2028. Additionally, the bill updates the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program's No Wrong Door System to serve seniors and individuals with disabilities more comprehensively, mandating the creation of a statewide respite referral registry by December 31, 2027, which will connect Medi-Cal consumers with prescreened respite providers. The bill also requires the ADRC Advisory Committee to use California Department of Aging staff and aims to establish a consumer-directed employer program to support the statewide respite referral system, with the goal of improving access to and quality of care for individuals with developmental disabilities and other long-term service needs.

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