2022 Legislative Priorities
Prevent and End Homelessness Among Older Adults
AB 2547 (Nazarian) – Targeted Rent Stabilization Programs for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
LeadingAge California is sponsoring AB 2547, which seeks to create a 5-year targeted rent stabilization program to prevent and end homelessness among older adults and people with disabilities.
The rent stabilization program will fund housing subsidies that meet the specific needs of acutely low-income older adults and people with disabilities who are experiencing homelessness or at high risk of homelessness using predictive indicators.
The bill seeks to ensure that people receiving subsidies under the program will be able to transition into permanent affordable housing through the Section 8 voucher program, or other federally subsidized affordable housing program.
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Address the Healthcare Gap for Low-Income Older Adults
AB 2548 (Nazarian) – Healthier Homes: Age in Place Pilot
Under AB 2548, the California Department of Aging would issue grants to nonprofits in eight counties – Contra Costa, Fresno, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, Shasta and Sonoma. In each county, the nonprofit grantee would employee a Registered Nurse (RN) and a Community Health Worker (CHW) to work in three affordable housing sites.
Together, the RN and CHW work to create and implement a formal strategy for coordinating services to help meet residents’ needs including wellness assessments, care coordination, chronic disease management and care transitions.
The Healthier Homes Model empowers older adults to become more involved in their own health care and results in better health outcomes and more sustained independence.
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Long-term Care Mutual Aid Plan
AB 1721 (Rodriguez) – Emergency Medical Services Mutual Aid Grant Program
The pandemic, coupled with recent natural disasters, has highlighted the need for better coordination of long-term care mutual aid resources. During recent fires, long-term care facilities were forced to evacuate. With no mutual aid system in place for long-term care, providers struggled to find open licensed beds for high-acuity evacuees, transportation, PPE and more.
AB 1721 creates a Long-term Care Mutual Aid Program (LTC-MAP), to be administered by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. The purpose of LTC-MAP is to help local government and long-term care facilities provide effective mutual aid during disasters, minimizing the impact on acute care hospitals and coordinating communications between all healthcare providers to improve upon hospital capacity issues. This will specifically help local governments and long-term care facilities protect patients and save lives by coordinating evacuations, surge capacity, transportation, PPE and more. The LTC-MAP will allow providers to use a centralized platform to communicate and share resources during a disaster.
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2021 Legislative Wrap-Up
See what key bills were passed and vetoed in 2021.
Technical Briefs
- CNA Renewals
- End of Life Option Act
- SB 219: LGBT Facility Resident's Bill of Rights
- SNF/Nursing Facility Medicare Emergency Preparedness Rule
- RCFE Absentee Notification Plans/Elopement Policies/Procedures
- Resident Representation on Nonprofit CCRC Boards of Directors
- Technical Bulletin: How to Become Certified as a CNA in California
- Using Resident Referral Agencies in a Multi-Level Community
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