The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services held a hearing this week on the Governor’s action which eliminates the In-Home Support Services (IHSS) Maintenance of Effort (MOE). This change is estimated to shift an additional $623 million in costs to counties in the upcoming fiscal year. In the Subcommittee deliberations, staff outlined a package of recommendations aimed at mitigating the impacts upon counties if the Governor’s actions proceed.
RCRC staff, along with other county partners including the California State Association of Counties, the County Welfare Directors Association, and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association, continued to voice opposition to the Governor’s action in early January to eliminate the MOE; however, there was an expression by all to maintain an ongoing discussion with the Assembly’s alternative proposal. The Subcommittee voted to “keep the item open” and have it heard again in two weeks.
Detailed information on the Assembly’s draft proposal can be accessed here.