The Senate’s Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services will hold its first hearing on the Governor’s proposed budget item related to In-Home Support Services (IHSS) on March 2, 2017.  Chairman Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) will hear testimony on the Governor’s shift of the county share of IHSS costs from the current 2011 level to 35 percent of the nonfederal share of costs.  This shift is estimated to cost counties an additional $623 million in Fiscal Year 2017-18.  

RCRC and its county partners continue to work with the Administration and the Legislature to address the significant county impacts of this change.  In the coming days, RCRC will be sending a letter of opposition, as well as a joint opposition letter with County partners, to both budget subcommittees.  

The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services is set to discuss this item at its March 8, 2017 hearing.  RCRC’s joint letter opposing the Governor’s 2017-18 proposed budget item eliminating the Coordinated Care Initiative and the IHSS Maintenance of Effort (MOE) cost sharing agreement can be accessed here.