In-home supportive services: Community First Choice Option program: noncompliance penalties.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill directs the Department of Social Services to establish a five-year pilot project in the County of Contra Costa to improve IHSS eligibility and processing times by utilizing innovative technologies. The project will focus on documenting IHSS in-home eligibility interviews and aims to decrease processing times for recipients enrolled in the Community First Choice Option (CFCO) program. The bill includes specific requirements for obtaining informed consent from individuals regarding the use of these technologies and mandates annual reporting on the project’s progress.
Key provisions
- Establishes a five-year pilot project in Contra Costa County to improve IHSS processing times.
- Requires the county to test innovative technologies for transcribing and summarizing IHSS eligibility interviews.
- Focuses on decreasing processing times for CFCO recipients.
- Mandates obtaining written consent from individuals before using technology to transcribe interviews.
- Requires a human caseworker to review technology-generated summaries.
- Limits the use of collected data to IHSS eligibility interviews.
- Requires the county to post annual reports on project outcomes.
- Defines ‘innovative technology’ as a software tool for transcription/summarization, excluding predictive tools.
Who is affected
- Individuals receiving In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
- Recipients of the Community First Choice Option (CFCO) program
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Primary sponsor
Ávila Farías
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