Amended IN Assembly April 09, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2329Introduced by Assembly Member ObernolteFebruary 13, 2018 An act to amend Sections 12300.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Sections 9031, 13857, and 32103 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 5784.15 of the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 22407 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public social services. special districts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2329, as amended, Obernolte. In-home supportive services. Special districts: board of directors: compensation.(1) Existing law authorizes the board of trustees of a public cemetery district to approve an ordinance or resolution to compensate its members no more than $100 to attend a board meeting, for no more than 4 meetings per month, and authorizes a public cemetery district board of trustees to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.This bill would authorize a public cemetery district board of trustees to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month.(2) Existing law authorizes the board of directors of a hospital district to approve a resolution to compensate its members no more than $100 to attend a board meeting, for no more than 5 meetings per month.This bill would authorize a hospital district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month and to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.(3) Under the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, each member of the board of directors of a fire protection district may receive compensation in an amount set by the board not to exceed $100 for attending each meeting of the board, not to exceed 4 meetings in any calendar month.This bill would authorize a fire protection district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in any calendar month.(4) Existing law, the Recreation and Park District Law, provides that each member of the board of directors of a recreation and park district may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed $100 for attending each meeting of the board, and requires the maximum compensation in any calendar month to be $500.This bill would provide that the maximum compensation for a member of a board of directors for a recreation and park district in any calendar month is $600.(5) Existing law requires each member of the board of directors of an airport district to receive compensation in an amount not to exceed $100 for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount is fixed by the board. Existing law prohibits a director from receiving pay for more than 4 meetings in any calendar month.This bill would authorize an airport district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month and to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.Existing law establishes the In-Home Supportive Services program, administered by the State Department of Social Services and counties, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes. Existing law specifies that providers of in-home supportive services and waiver personal care services have bimonthly payroll periods.This bill would instead specify that a payroll period means 2 workweeks. The bill would make other technical, nonsubtantive changes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YESNO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 9031 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:9031. (a) The board of trustees may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. A member of the board of trustees shall not receive compensation for more than four six meetings of the board in a calendar month.(b) The board of trustees, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(c) In addition, members of the board of trustees may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business other than a meeting of the board.(d) A member of the board of trustees may waive any or all of the payments permitted by this section.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of trustees includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a trustees activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.SEC. 2. Section 13857 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:13857. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each member of the district board may receive compensation in an amount set by the district board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the district board. The number of meetings for which a member of the board of directors may receive compensation shall not exceed four six meetings in any calendar month.(b) The district board, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the compensation received by the district board members above the amount prescribed by subdivision (a).(c) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.SEC. 3. Section 32103 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:32103. (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the board, may authorize the payment of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting not to exceed five six meetings a calender month as compensation to each member of the board of directors.(b) The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually. Each(c) Each member of the board of directors shall be allowed his or her actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.SEC. 4. Section 5784.15 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:5784.15. (a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(b) The maximum compensation in any calendar month shall be five hundred dollars ($500). six hundred dollars ($600).(c) In addition, members of the board of directors may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business.(d) A member of the board of directors may waive the compensation.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of directors includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.SEC. 5. Section 22407 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:22407. (a) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount shall be fixed from time to time by the board. No director, however, shall A director shall not receive pay for more than four six meetings in any calendar month. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually.Each (b) Each director shall be allowed, with the approval of the board, all traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred by the member in the performance of the members duties. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.SECTION 1.Section 12300.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:12300.4.(a)Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, a recipient who is authorized to receive in-home supportive services pursuant to this article, or Section 14132.95, 14132.952, or 14132.956, administered by the State Department of Social Services, or waiver personal care services pursuant to Section 14132.97, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, or any combination of these services, shall direct these authorized services, and the authorized services shall be performed by a provider or providers within a workweek and in a manner that complies with the requirements of this section.(b)(1)(A)A workweek is defined as beginning at 12:00 a.m. on Sunday and includes the next consecutive 168 hours, terminating at 11:59 p.m. the following Saturday.(B)For purposes of this article, and notwithstanding any other law, payroll period means two workweeks.(2)A provider of services specified in subdivision (a) shall not work a total number of hours within a workweek that exceeds 66, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable, and in accordance with subdivision (d). The total number of hours worked within a workweek by a provider is defined as the sum of the following:(A)All hours worked providing authorized services specified in subdivision (a).(B)Travel time, as defined in subdivision (f), only if federal financial participation is not available to compensate for that travel time. If federal financial participation is available for travel time as defined in subdivision (f), the travel time shall not be included in the calculation of the total weekly hours worked within a workweek.(3)(A)If the authorized in-home supportive services of a recipient cannot be provided by a single provider as a result of the limitation specified in paragraph (2), it is the responsibility of the recipient to employ an additional provider or providers, as needed, to ensure his or her authorized services are provided within his or her total weekly authorized hours of services established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1.(B)(i)It is the intent of the Legislature that this section not result in reduced services authorized to recipients of waiver personal care services defined in subdivision (a).(ii)The State Department of Health Care Services shall work with and assist recipients receiving services pursuant to the Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital Waiver or the In-Home Operations Waiver, or their successors, who are at or near their individual cost cap, as that term is used in the waivers, to avoid a reduction in the recipients services that may result because of increased overtime pay for providers. As part of this effort, the department shall consider allowing the recipient to exceed the individual cost cap, if appropriate, and authorize exemptions as set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 14132.99. The department shall provide timely information to waiver recipients as to the steps that will be taken to implement this clause.(4)(A)A provider shall inform each of his or her recipients of the number of hours that the provider is available to work for that recipient, in accordance with this section.(B)A recipient, his or her authorized representative, or any other entity, shall not authorize any provider to work hours that exceed the applicable limitation or limitations of this section.(C)A recipient may authorize a provider to work hours in excess of the recipients weekly authorized hours established pursuant to Section 12301.1 without notification of the county welfare department, in accordance with both of the following:(i)The authorization does not result in more than 40 hours of authorized services per week being provided.(ii)The authorization does not exceed the recipients authorized hours of monthly services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1.(5)For providers of in-home supportive services, the State Department of Social Services or a county may terminate the provider from providing services under the IHSS program if a provider continues to violate the limitations of this section on multiple occasions.(c)Notwithstanding any other law, only federal law and regulations regarding overtime compensation apply to providers of services defined in subdivision (a).(d)A provider of services defined in subdivision (a) is subject to all of the following, as applicable to his or her situation:(1)(A)A provider who works for one individual recipient of those services shall not work a total number of hours within a workweek that exceeds 66 hours, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable. In no circumstance shall the provision of these services by that provider to the individual recipient exceed the total weekly hours of the services authorized to that recipient, except as additionally authorized pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b). If multiple providers serve the same recipient, it shall continue to be the responsibility of that recipient or his or her authorized representative to schedule the work of his or her providers to ensure the authorized services of the recipient are provided in accordance with this section.(B)When a recipients weekly authorized hours are adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1 and exceed 66 hours, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable, and at the time of adjustment the recipient currently receives all authorized hours of service from one provider, that provider shall be deemed authorized to work the recipients county-approved adjusted hours for that week, but only if the additional hours of work, based on the adjustment, do not exceed the total number of hours worked that are compensable at an overtime pay rate that the provider would have been authorized to work in that month if the weekly hours had not been adjusted.(2)A provider of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a) who serves multiple recipients is not authorized to, and shall not, work more than 66 total hours in a workweek, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable, regardless of the number of recipients for whom the provider provides services authorized by subdivision (a). Providers are subject to the limits of each recipients total authorized weekly hours of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a), except as additionally authorized pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b).(3)Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 66-hour workweek limit described in subdivision (b) does not apply to a provider of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a), and a recipient of those services may receive those services from a requested provider, if the provider has an approved exemption as set forth in subparagraph (A) or (B). A provider who has an approved exemption pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) shall not work a total number of hours in excess of 360 hours per month combined for the recipients of in-home supportive services served by that provider and may not exceed any recipients monthly authorized hours.(A)A provider is eligible for an exemption if he or she met all of the following on or before January 31, 2016:(i)He or she provided services to two or more recipients of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a).(ii)He or she lived in the same home as all of the recipients for whom he or she provided services.(iii)He or she is related, biologically, by adoption, or as a foster caregiver, legal guardian, or conservator, to all of the recipients for whom he or she provides services as the recipients parent, stepparent, foster or adoptive parent, grandparent, legal guardian, or conservator.(B)A provider is eligible for an exemption if he or she provides services to two or more recipients of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a), if each recipient for whom the provider provides services has at least one of the following circumstances that puts the recipient at serious risk of placement in out-of-home care if the services could not be provided by that provider:(i)He or she has complex medical or behavioral needs that must be met by a provider who lives in the same home as the recipient.(ii)He or she lives in a rural or remote area where available providers are limited, and, as a result, the recipient is unable to hire another provider.(iii)He or she is unable to hire another provider who speaks the same language as the recipient, resulting in the recipient being unable to direct his or her own care.(C)At the time of assessment or reassessment, the county shall evaluate each recipient to determine if the recipients circumstances appear to indicate that the provider for that recipient may be eligible for an exemption described in subparagraph (A) or (B). The county shall then inform those recipients about the potentially applicable exemptions and the process by which they or their provider may apply for the exemption.(D)On a one-time basis upon implementation of this paragraph, the department shall mail an informational notice and an exemption request form to all providers of multiple recipients who may be eligible for an exemption pursuant to subparagraph (B) and to the recipients to whom those providers provide services.(E)(i)The county shall review the requests for consideration for an exemption described in subparagraph (B) pursuant to a process developed by the department with input from counties and stakeholders. The county shall consider whether the denial of an exemption would place a recipient or recipients at serious risk of placement in out-of-home care due to any of the circumstances described in clauses (i) to (iii), inclusive, of subparagraph (B).(ii)Within 30 days of receiving an application for an exemption described in subparagraph (B) from a provider or from a recipient on behalf of a provider, the county shall mail a written notification letter to the provider and the recipients for whom the provider provides services of its approval or denial of the exemption. If the county denies the exemption, the county shall also explain in the notification letter the reason for the denial and information about the process to request a review by the department, independent of the countys decision. The county shall use a standardized notification letter, developed by the department in consultation with stakeholders, for purposes of providing the notification letter that is required by this clause.(iii)(I)A provider whose exemption under subparagraph (B) has been denied, or a recipient on behalf of his or her provider whose exemption under subparagraph (B) has been denied, may request a review by the department, independent of the countys decision.(II)The department shall develop the review process with input from stakeholders. At a minimum, the review process shall ensure that it provides the provider or the recipient, or his or her authorized representative, with the opportunity to speak with, and provide written information to, staff of the department conducting the review about how the recipient meets the criteria described in subparagraph (B) and how any alternative services proposed by the county would place the recipient at serious risk of placement in out-of-home care.(III)The department shall consider the information provided by the provider or the recipient, or his or her authorized representative, and the information provided by the county in reaching its decision.(IV)The department shall mail its written decision within 20 days of the date the provider or the recipient is scheduled to speak with the staff of the department conducting the review, unless the provider or the recipient has requested additional time to submit information and the department has granted that request. The written decision shall inform the provider and the recipients for whom the provider provides services if the exemption is granted or denied. If the department denies the exemption, the department shall also explain in the written decision the reason for the denial.(iv)The county shall record the number of requests for exemptions that are received from providers or recipients on the providers behalf and the number of requests approved or denied, and shall submit these numbers to the department. The department shall record the number of requests for the review by the department that are received from providers or recipients and the number of exemptions that are approved or denied through the review process. The numbers by the county and the department shall be posted no later than every three months on the departments Internet Web site.(e)Recipients and providers shall be informed of the limitations and requirements contained in this section, through notices at intervals and on forms as determined by the State Department of Social Services or the State Department of Health Care Services, as applicable, following consultation with stakeholders.(f)(1)A provider of services described in subdivision (a) shall not engage in travel time in excess of seven hours per week. For purposes of this subdivision, travel time means time spent traveling directly from a location where authorized services specified in subdivision (a) are provided to one recipient to another location where authorized services are to be provided to another recipient. A provider shall coordinate hours of work with his or her recipients to comply with this section.(2)The hourly wage to compensate a provider for travel time described in this subdivision when the travel is between two counties shall be the hourly wage of the destination county.(3)Travel time, and compensation for that travel time, between a recipient of authorized in-home supportive services specified in subdivision (a) and a recipient of authorized waiver personal care services specified in subdivision (a) shall be attributed to the program authorizing services for the recipient to whom the provider is traveling.(4)Hours spent by a provider while engaged in travel time shall not be deducted from the authorized hours of service of any recipient of services specified in subdivision (a).(5)The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall issue guidance and processes for travel time between recipients that will assist the provider and recipient to comply with this subdivision. Each county shall provide technical assistance to providers and recipients, as necessary, to implement this subdivision.(g)A provider of authorized in-home supportive services specified in subdivision (a) shall timely submit, deliver, or mail, verified by postmark or request for delivery, a signed payroll timesheet within two weeks after the end of each payroll period. Notwithstanding any other law, a provider who submits an untimely payroll timesheet for providing authorized in-home supportive services specified in subdivision (a) shall be paid by the state within 30 days of the receipt of the signed payroll timesheet.(h)This section does not apply to a contract entered into pursuant to Section 12302 for authorized in-home supportive services. Contract rates negotiated pursuant to Section 12302 shall be based on costs consistent with a 40-hour workweek.(i)The state and counties are immune from any liability resulting from implementation of this section.(j)Any action authorized under this section that is implemented in a program authorized pursuant to Section 14132.95, 14132.956, or 14132.97 shall be compliant with federal Medicaid requirements, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services.(k)Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services may implement, interpret, or make specific this section by means of all-county letters or similar instructions, without taking any regulatory action.(l)(1)This section shall become operative only when the regulatory amendments made by RIN 1235-AA05 to Part 552 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations are deemed effective, either on the date specified in RIN 1235-AA05 or at a later date specified by the United States Department of Labor, whichever is later.(2)If the regulatory amendments described in paragraph (1) become only partially effective by the date specified in paragraph (1), this section shall become operative only for those persons for whom federal financial participation is available as of that date.
Amended IN Assembly April 09, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2329Introduced by Assembly Member ObernolteFebruary 13, 2018 An act to amend Sections 12300.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Sections 9031, 13857, and 32103 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 5784.15 of the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 22407 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public social services. special districts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2329, as amended, Obernolte. In-home supportive services. Special districts: board of directors: compensation.(1) Existing law authorizes the board of trustees of a public cemetery district to approve an ordinance or resolution to compensate its members no more than $100 to attend a board meeting, for no more than 4 meetings per month, and authorizes a public cemetery district board of trustees to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.This bill would authorize a public cemetery district board of trustees to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month.(2) Existing law authorizes the board of directors of a hospital district to approve a resolution to compensate its members no more than $100 to attend a board meeting, for no more than 5 meetings per month.This bill would authorize a hospital district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month and to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.(3) Under the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, each member of the board of directors of a fire protection district may receive compensation in an amount set by the board not to exceed $100 for attending each meeting of the board, not to exceed 4 meetings in any calendar month.This bill would authorize a fire protection district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in any calendar month.(4) Existing law, the Recreation and Park District Law, provides that each member of the board of directors of a recreation and park district may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed $100 for attending each meeting of the board, and requires the maximum compensation in any calendar month to be $500.This bill would provide that the maximum compensation for a member of a board of directors for a recreation and park district in any calendar month is $600.(5) Existing law requires each member of the board of directors of an airport district to receive compensation in an amount not to exceed $100 for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount is fixed by the board. Existing law prohibits a director from receiving pay for more than 4 meetings in any calendar month.This bill would authorize an airport district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month and to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.Existing law establishes the In-Home Supportive Services program, administered by the State Department of Social Services and counties, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes. Existing law specifies that providers of in-home supportive services and waiver personal care services have bimonthly payroll periods.This bill would instead specify that a payroll period means 2 workweeks. The bill would make other technical, nonsubtantive changes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YESNO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 09, 2018
Amended IN Assembly April 09, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2329
Introduced by Assembly Member ObernolteFebruary 13, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Obernolte
February 13, 2018
An act to amend Sections 12300.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Sections 9031, 13857, and 32103 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 5784.15 of the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 22407 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public social services. special districts.
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AB 2329, as amended, Obernolte. In-home supportive services. Special districts: board of directors: compensation.
(1) Existing law authorizes the board of trustees of a public cemetery district to approve an ordinance or resolution to compensate its members no more than $100 to attend a board meeting, for no more than 4 meetings per month, and authorizes a public cemetery district board of trustees to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.This bill would authorize a public cemetery district board of trustees to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month.(2) Existing law authorizes the board of directors of a hospital district to approve a resolution to compensate its members no more than $100 to attend a board meeting, for no more than 5 meetings per month.This bill would authorize a hospital district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month and to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.(3) Under the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, each member of the board of directors of a fire protection district may receive compensation in an amount set by the board not to exceed $100 for attending each meeting of the board, not to exceed 4 meetings in any calendar month.This bill would authorize a fire protection district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in any calendar month.(4) Existing law, the Recreation and Park District Law, provides that each member of the board of directors of a recreation and park district may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed $100 for attending each meeting of the board, and requires the maximum compensation in any calendar month to be $500.This bill would provide that the maximum compensation for a member of a board of directors for a recreation and park district in any calendar month is $600.(5) Existing law requires each member of the board of directors of an airport district to receive compensation in an amount not to exceed $100 for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount is fixed by the board. Existing law prohibits a director from receiving pay for more than 4 meetings in any calendar month.This bill would authorize an airport district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month and to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.Existing law establishes the In-Home Supportive Services program, administered by the State Department of Social Services and counties, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes. Existing law specifies that providers of in-home supportive services and waiver personal care services have bimonthly payroll periods.This bill would instead specify that a payroll period means 2 workweeks. The bill would make other technical, nonsubtantive changes.
(1) Existing law authorizes the board of trustees of a public cemetery district to approve an ordinance or resolution to compensate its members no more than $100 to attend a board meeting, for no more than 4 meetings per month, and authorizes a public cemetery district board of trustees to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.
This bill would authorize a public cemetery district board of trustees to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month.
(2) Existing law authorizes the board of directors of a hospital district to approve a resolution to compensate its members no more than $100 to attend a board meeting, for no more than 5 meetings per month.
This bill would authorize a hospital district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month and to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.
(3) Under the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, each member of the board of directors of a fire protection district may receive compensation in an amount set by the board not to exceed $100 for attending each meeting of the board, not to exceed 4 meetings in any calendar month.
This bill would authorize a fire protection district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in any calendar month.
(4) Existing law, the Recreation and Park District Law, provides that each member of the board of directors of a recreation and park district may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed $100 for attending each meeting of the board, and requires the maximum compensation in any calendar month to be $500.
This bill would provide that the maximum compensation for a member of a board of directors for a recreation and park district in any calendar month is $600.
(5) Existing law requires each member of the board of directors of an airport district to receive compensation in an amount not to exceed $100 for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount is fixed by the board. Existing law prohibits a director from receiving pay for more than 4 meetings in any calendar month.
This bill would authorize an airport district board of directors to compensate its members for no more than 6 meetings in a calendar month and to increase that compensation by no more than 5% annually.
Existing law establishes the In-Home Supportive Services program, administered by the State Department of Social Services and counties, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes. Existing law specifies that providers of in-home supportive services and waiver personal care services have bimonthly payroll periods.
This bill would instead specify that a payroll period means 2 workweeks. The bill would make other technical, nonsubtantive changes.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 9031 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:9031. (a) The board of trustees may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. A member of the board of trustees shall not receive compensation for more than four six meetings of the board in a calendar month.(b) The board of trustees, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(c) In addition, members of the board of trustees may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business other than a meeting of the board.(d) A member of the board of trustees may waive any or all of the payments permitted by this section.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of trustees includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a trustees activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.SEC. 2. Section 13857 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:13857. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each member of the district board may receive compensation in an amount set by the district board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the district board. The number of meetings for which a member of the board of directors may receive compensation shall not exceed four six meetings in any calendar month.(b) The district board, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the compensation received by the district board members above the amount prescribed by subdivision (a).(c) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.SEC. 3. Section 32103 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:32103. (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the board, may authorize the payment of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting not to exceed five six meetings a calender month as compensation to each member of the board of directors.(b) The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually. Each(c) Each member of the board of directors shall be allowed his or her actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.SEC. 4. Section 5784.15 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:5784.15. (a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(b) The maximum compensation in any calendar month shall be five hundred dollars ($500). six hundred dollars ($600).(c) In addition, members of the board of directors may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business.(d) A member of the board of directors may waive the compensation.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of directors includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.SEC. 5. Section 22407 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:22407. (a) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount shall be fixed from time to time by the board. No director, however, shall A director shall not receive pay for more than four six meetings in any calendar month. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually.Each (b) Each director shall be allowed, with the approval of the board, all traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred by the member in the performance of the members duties. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.SECTION 1.Section 12300.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:12300.4.(a)Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, a recipient who is authorized to receive in-home supportive services pursuant to this article, or Section 14132.95, 14132.952, or 14132.956, administered by the State Department of Social Services, or waiver personal care services pursuant to Section 14132.97, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, or any combination of these services, shall direct these authorized services, and the authorized services shall be performed by a provider or providers within a workweek and in a manner that complies with the requirements of this section.(b)(1)(A)A workweek is defined as beginning at 12:00 a.m. on Sunday and includes the next consecutive 168 hours, terminating at 11:59 p.m. the following Saturday.(B)For purposes of this article, and notwithstanding any other law, payroll period means two workweeks.(2)A provider of services specified in subdivision (a) shall not work a total number of hours within a workweek that exceeds 66, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable, and in accordance with subdivision (d). The total number of hours worked within a workweek by a provider is defined as the sum of the following:(A)All hours worked providing authorized services specified in subdivision (a).(B)Travel time, as defined in subdivision (f), only if federal financial participation is not available to compensate for that travel time. If federal financial participation is available for travel time as defined in subdivision (f), the travel time shall not be included in the calculation of the total weekly hours worked within a workweek.(3)(A)If the authorized in-home supportive services of a recipient cannot be provided by a single provider as a result of the limitation specified in paragraph (2), it is the responsibility of the recipient to employ an additional provider or providers, as needed, to ensure his or her authorized services are provided within his or her total weekly authorized hours of services established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1.(B)(i)It is the intent of the Legislature that this section not result in reduced services authorized to recipients of waiver personal care services defined in subdivision (a).(ii)The State Department of Health Care Services shall work with and assist recipients receiving services pursuant to the Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital Waiver or the In-Home Operations Waiver, or their successors, who are at or near their individual cost cap, as that term is used in the waivers, to avoid a reduction in the recipients services that may result because of increased overtime pay for providers. As part of this effort, the department shall consider allowing the recipient to exceed the individual cost cap, if appropriate, and authorize exemptions as set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 14132.99. The department shall provide timely information to waiver recipients as to the steps that will be taken to implement this clause.(4)(A)A provider shall inform each of his or her recipients of the number of hours that the provider is available to work for that recipient, in accordance with this section.(B)A recipient, his or her authorized representative, or any other entity, shall not authorize any provider to work hours that exceed the applicable limitation or limitations of this section.(C)A recipient may authorize a provider to work hours in excess of the recipients weekly authorized hours established pursuant to Section 12301.1 without notification of the county welfare department, in accordance with both of the following:(i)The authorization does not result in more than 40 hours of authorized services per week being provided.(ii)The authorization does not exceed the recipients authorized hours of monthly services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1.(5)For providers of in-home supportive services, the State Department of Social Services or a county may terminate the provider from providing services under the IHSS program if a provider continues to violate the limitations of this section on multiple occasions.(c)Notwithstanding any other law, only federal law and regulations regarding overtime compensation apply to providers of services defined in subdivision (a).(d)A provider of services defined in subdivision (a) is subject to all of the following, as applicable to his or her situation:(1)(A)A provider who works for one individual recipient of those services shall not work a total number of hours within a workweek that exceeds 66 hours, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable. In no circumstance shall the provision of these services by that provider to the individual recipient exceed the total weekly hours of the services authorized to that recipient, except as additionally authorized pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b). If multiple providers serve the same recipient, it shall continue to be the responsibility of that recipient or his or her authorized representative to schedule the work of his or her providers to ensure the authorized services of the recipient are provided in accordance with this section.(B)When a recipients weekly authorized hours are adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1 and exceed 66 hours, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable, and at the time of adjustment the recipient currently receives all authorized hours of service from one provider, that provider shall be deemed authorized to work the recipients county-approved adjusted hours for that week, but only if the additional hours of work, based on the adjustment, do not exceed the total number of hours worked that are compensable at an overtime pay rate that the provider would have been authorized to work in that month if the weekly hours had not been adjusted.(2)A provider of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a) who serves multiple recipients is not authorized to, and shall not, work more than 66 total hours in a workweek, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable, regardless of the number of recipients for whom the provider provides services authorized by subdivision (a). Providers are subject to the limits of each recipients total authorized weekly hours of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a), except as additionally authorized pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b).(3)Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 66-hour workweek limit described in subdivision (b) does not apply to a provider of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a), and a recipient of those services may receive those services from a requested provider, if the provider has an approved exemption as set forth in subparagraph (A) or (B). A provider who has an approved exemption pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) shall not work a total number of hours in excess of 360 hours per month combined for the recipients of in-home supportive services served by that provider and may not exceed any recipients monthly authorized hours.(A)A provider is eligible for an exemption if he or she met all of the following on or before January 31, 2016:(i)He or she provided services to two or more recipients of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a).(ii)He or she lived in the same home as all of the recipients for whom he or she provided services.(iii)He or she is related, biologically, by adoption, or as a foster caregiver, legal guardian, or conservator, to all of the recipients for whom he or she provides services as the recipients parent, stepparent, foster or adoptive parent, grandparent, legal guardian, or conservator.(B)A provider is eligible for an exemption if he or she provides services to two or more recipients of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a), if each recipient for whom the provider provides services has at least one of the following circumstances that puts the recipient at serious risk of placement in out-of-home care if the services could not be provided by that provider:(i)He or she has complex medical or behavioral needs that must be met by a provider who lives in the same home as the recipient.(ii)He or she lives in a rural or remote area where available providers are limited, and, as a result, the recipient is unable to hire another provider.(iii)He or she is unable to hire another provider who speaks the same language as the recipient, resulting in the recipient being unable to direct his or her own care.(C)At the time of assessment or reassessment, the county shall evaluate each recipient to determine if the recipients circumstances appear to indicate that the provider for that recipient may be eligible for an exemption described in subparagraph (A) or (B). The county shall then inform those recipients about the potentially applicable exemptions and the process by which they or their provider may apply for the exemption.(D)On a one-time basis upon implementation of this paragraph, the department shall mail an informational notice and an exemption request form to all providers of multiple recipients who may be eligible for an exemption pursuant to subparagraph (B) and to the recipients to whom those providers provide services.(E)(i)The county shall review the requests for consideration for an exemption described in subparagraph (B) pursuant to a process developed by the department with input from counties and stakeholders. The county shall consider whether the denial of an exemption would place a recipient or recipients at serious risk of placement in out-of-home care due to any of the circumstances described in clauses (i) to (iii), inclusive, of subparagraph (B).(ii)Within 30 days of receiving an application for an exemption described in subparagraph (B) from a provider or from a recipient on behalf of a provider, the county shall mail a written notification letter to the provider and the recipients for whom the provider provides services of its approval or denial of the exemption. If the county denies the exemption, the county shall also explain in the notification letter the reason for the denial and information about the process to request a review by the department, independent of the countys decision. The county shall use a standardized notification letter, developed by the department in consultation with stakeholders, for purposes of providing the notification letter that is required by this clause.(iii)(I)A provider whose exemption under subparagraph (B) has been denied, or a recipient on behalf of his or her provider whose exemption under subparagraph (B) has been denied, may request a review by the department, independent of the countys decision.(II)The department shall develop the review process with input from stakeholders. At a minimum, the review process shall ensure that it provides the provider or the recipient, or his or her authorized representative, with the opportunity to speak with, and provide written information to, staff of the department conducting the review about how the recipient meets the criteria described in subparagraph (B) and how any alternative services proposed by the county would place the recipient at serious risk of placement in out-of-home care.(III)The department shall consider the information provided by the provider or the recipient, or his or her authorized representative, and the information provided by the county in reaching its decision.(IV)The department shall mail its written decision within 20 days of the date the provider or the recipient is scheduled to speak with the staff of the department conducting the review, unless the provider or the recipient has requested additional time to submit information and the department has granted that request. The written decision shall inform the provider and the recipients for whom the provider provides services if the exemption is granted or denied. If the department denies the exemption, the department shall also explain in the written decision the reason for the denial.(iv)The county shall record the number of requests for exemptions that are received from providers or recipients on the providers behalf and the number of requests approved or denied, and shall submit these numbers to the department. The department shall record the number of requests for the review by the department that are received from providers or recipients and the number of exemptions that are approved or denied through the review process. The numbers by the county and the department shall be posted no later than every three months on the departments Internet Web site.(e)Recipients and providers shall be informed of the limitations and requirements contained in this section, through notices at intervals and on forms as determined by the State Department of Social Services or the State Department of Health Care Services, as applicable, following consultation with stakeholders.(f)(1)A provider of services described in subdivision (a) shall not engage in travel time in excess of seven hours per week. For purposes of this subdivision, travel time means time spent traveling directly from a location where authorized services specified in subdivision (a) are provided to one recipient to another location where authorized services are to be provided to another recipient. A provider shall coordinate hours of work with his or her recipients to comply with this section.(2)The hourly wage to compensate a provider for travel time described in this subdivision when the travel is between two counties shall be the hourly wage of the destination county.(3)Travel time, and compensation for that travel time, between a recipient of authorized in-home supportive services specified in subdivision (a) and a recipient of authorized waiver personal care services specified in subdivision (a) shall be attributed to the program authorizing services for the recipient to whom the provider is traveling.(4)Hours spent by a provider while engaged in travel time shall not be deducted from the authorized hours of service of any recipient of services specified in subdivision (a).(5)The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall issue guidance and processes for travel time between recipients that will assist the provider and recipient to comply with this subdivision. Each county shall provide technical assistance to providers and recipients, as necessary, to implement this subdivision.(g)A provider of authorized in-home supportive services specified in subdivision (a) shall timely submit, deliver, or mail, verified by postmark or request for delivery, a signed payroll timesheet within two weeks after the end of each payroll period. Notwithstanding any other law, a provider who submits an untimely payroll timesheet for providing authorized in-home supportive services specified in subdivision (a) shall be paid by the state within 30 days of the receipt of the signed payroll timesheet.(h)This section does not apply to a contract entered into pursuant to Section 12302 for authorized in-home supportive services. Contract rates negotiated pursuant to Section 12302 shall be based on costs consistent with a 40-hour workweek.(i)The state and counties are immune from any liability resulting from implementation of this section.(j)Any action authorized under this section that is implemented in a program authorized pursuant to Section 14132.95, 14132.956, or 14132.97 shall be compliant with federal Medicaid requirements, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services.(k)Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services may implement, interpret, or make specific this section by means of all-county letters or similar instructions, without taking any regulatory action.(l)(1)This section shall become operative only when the regulatory amendments made by RIN 1235-AA05 to Part 552 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations are deemed effective, either on the date specified in RIN 1235-AA05 or at a later date specified by the United States Department of Labor, whichever is later.(2)If the regulatory amendments described in paragraph (1) become only partially effective by the date specified in paragraph (1), this section shall become operative only for those persons for whom federal financial participation is available as of that date.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 9031 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:9031. (a) The board of trustees may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. A member of the board of trustees shall not receive compensation for more than four six meetings of the board in a calendar month.(b) The board of trustees, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(c) In addition, members of the board of trustees may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business other than a meeting of the board.(d) A member of the board of trustees may waive any or all of the payments permitted by this section.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of trustees includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a trustees activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
SECTION 1. Section 9031 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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9031. (a) The board of trustees may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. A member of the board of trustees shall not receive compensation for more than four six meetings of the board in a calendar month.(b) The board of trustees, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(c) In addition, members of the board of trustees may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business other than a meeting of the board.(d) A member of the board of trustees may waive any or all of the payments permitted by this section.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of trustees includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a trustees activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
9031. (a) The board of trustees may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. A member of the board of trustees shall not receive compensation for more than four six meetings of the board in a calendar month.(b) The board of trustees, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(c) In addition, members of the board of trustees may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business other than a meeting of the board.(d) A member of the board of trustees may waive any or all of the payments permitted by this section.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of trustees includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a trustees activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
9031. (a) The board of trustees may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. A member of the board of trustees shall not receive compensation for more than four six meetings of the board in a calendar month.(b) The board of trustees, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(c) In addition, members of the board of trustees may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business other than a meeting of the board.(d) A member of the board of trustees may waive any or all of the payments permitted by this section.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of trustees includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a trustees activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
9031. (a) The board of trustees may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. A member of the board of trustees shall not receive compensation for more than four six meetings of the board in a calendar month.
(b) The board of trustees, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.
(c) In addition, members of the board of trustees may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business other than a meeting of the board.
(d) A member of the board of trustees may waive any or all of the payments permitted by this section.
(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of trustees includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.
(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a trustees activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. Section 13857 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:13857. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each member of the district board may receive compensation in an amount set by the district board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the district board. The number of meetings for which a member of the board of directors may receive compensation shall not exceed four six meetings in any calendar month.(b) The district board, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the compensation received by the district board members above the amount prescribed by subdivision (a).(c) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. Section 13857 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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13857. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each member of the district board may receive compensation in an amount set by the district board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the district board. The number of meetings for which a member of the board of directors may receive compensation shall not exceed four six meetings in any calendar month.(b) The district board, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the compensation received by the district board members above the amount prescribed by subdivision (a).(c) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
13857. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each member of the district board may receive compensation in an amount set by the district board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the district board. The number of meetings for which a member of the board of directors may receive compensation shall not exceed four six meetings in any calendar month.(b) The district board, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the compensation received by the district board members above the amount prescribed by subdivision (a).(c) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
13857. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each member of the district board may receive compensation in an amount set by the district board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the district board. The number of meetings for which a member of the board of directors may receive compensation shall not exceed four six meetings in any calendar month.(b) The district board, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the compensation received by the district board members above the amount prescribed by subdivision (a).(c) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
13857. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each member of the district board may receive compensation in an amount set by the district board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the district board. The number of meetings for which a member of the board of directors may receive compensation shall not exceed four six meetings in any calendar month.
(b) The district board, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the compensation received by the district board members above the amount prescribed by subdivision (a).
(c) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
SEC. 3. Section 32103 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:32103. (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the board, may authorize the payment of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting not to exceed five six meetings a calender month as compensation to each member of the board of directors.(b) The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually. Each(c) Each member of the board of directors shall be allowed his or her actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
SEC. 3. Section 32103 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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32103. (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the board, may authorize the payment of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting not to exceed five six meetings a calender month as compensation to each member of the board of directors.(b) The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually. Each(c) Each member of the board of directors shall be allowed his or her actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
32103. (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the board, may authorize the payment of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting not to exceed five six meetings a calender month as compensation to each member of the board of directors.(b) The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually. Each(c) Each member of the board of directors shall be allowed his or her actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
32103. (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the board, may authorize the payment of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting not to exceed five six meetings a calender month as compensation to each member of the board of directors.(b) The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually. Each(c) Each member of the board of directors shall be allowed his or her actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
32103. (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the board, may authorize the payment of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting not to exceed five six meetings a calender month as compensation to each member of the board of directors.
(b) The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually.
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(c) Each member of the board of directors shall be allowed his or her actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
SEC. 4. Section 5784.15 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:5784.15. (a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(b) The maximum compensation in any calendar month shall be five hundred dollars ($500). six hundred dollars ($600).(c) In addition, members of the board of directors may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business.(d) A member of the board of directors may waive the compensation.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of directors includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
SEC. 4. Section 5784.15 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:
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5784.15. (a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(b) The maximum compensation in any calendar month shall be five hundred dollars ($500). six hundred dollars ($600).(c) In addition, members of the board of directors may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business.(d) A member of the board of directors may waive the compensation.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of directors includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
5784.15. (a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(b) The maximum compensation in any calendar month shall be five hundred dollars ($500). six hundred dollars ($600).(c) In addition, members of the board of directors may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business.(d) A member of the board of directors may waive the compensation.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of directors includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
5784.15. (a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.(b) The maximum compensation in any calendar month shall be five hundred dollars ($500). six hundred dollars ($600).(c) In addition, members of the board of directors may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business.(d) A member of the board of directors may waive the compensation.(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of directors includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
5784.15. (a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for attending each meeting of the board. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board.
(b) The maximum compensation in any calendar month shall be five hundred dollars ($500). six hundred dollars ($600).
(c) In addition, members of the board of directors may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business.
(d) A member of the board of directors may waive the compensation.
(e) For the purposes of this section, a meeting of the board of directors includes, but is not limited to, regular meetings, special meetings, closed sessions, emergency meetings, board field trips, district public hearings, or meetings of a committee of the board.
(f) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(g) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
SEC. 5. Section 22407 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:22407. (a) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount shall be fixed from time to time by the board. No director, however, shall A director shall not receive pay for more than four six meetings in any calendar month. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually.Each (b) Each director shall be allowed, with the approval of the board, all traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred by the member in the performance of the members duties. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
SEC. 5. Section 22407 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:
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22407. (a) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount shall be fixed from time to time by the board. No director, however, shall A director shall not receive pay for more than four six meetings in any calendar month. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually.Each (b) Each director shall be allowed, with the approval of the board, all traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred by the member in the performance of the members duties. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
22407. (a) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount shall be fixed from time to time by the board. No director, however, shall A director shall not receive pay for more than four six meetings in any calendar month. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually.Each (b) Each director shall be allowed, with the approval of the board, all traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred by the member in the performance of the members duties. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
22407. (a) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount shall be fixed from time to time by the board. No director, however, shall A director shall not receive pay for more than four six meetings in any calendar month. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually.Each (b) Each director shall be allowed, with the approval of the board, all traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred by the member in the performance of the members duties. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
22407. (a) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, which amount shall be fixed from time to time by the board. No director, however, shall A director shall not receive pay for more than four six meetings in any calendar month. The board of directors, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the amount of compensation received for attending meetings of the board by no more than 5 percent annually.
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(b) Each director shall be allowed, with the approval of the board, all traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred by the member in the performance of the members duties. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a directors activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(a)Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, a recipient who is authorized to receive in-home supportive services pursuant to this article, or Section 14132.95, 14132.952, or 14132.956, administered by the State Department of Social Services, or waiver personal care services pursuant to Section 14132.97, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, or any combination of these services, shall direct these authorized services, and the authorized services shall be performed by a provider or providers within a workweek and in a manner that complies with the requirements of this section.
(b)(1)(A)A workweek is defined as beginning at 12:00 a.m. on Sunday and includes the next consecutive 168 hours, terminating at 11:59 p.m. the following Saturday.
(B)For purposes of this article, and notwithstanding any other law, payroll period means two workweeks.
(2)A provider of services specified in subdivision (a) shall not work a total number of hours within a workweek that exceeds 66, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable, and in accordance with subdivision (d). The total number of hours worked within a workweek by a provider is defined as the sum of the following:
(A)All hours worked providing authorized services specified in subdivision (a).
(B)Travel time, as defined in subdivision (f), only if federal financial participation is not available to compensate for that travel time. If federal financial participation is available for travel time as defined in subdivision (f), the travel time shall not be included in the calculation of the total weekly hours worked within a workweek.
(3)(A)If the authorized in-home supportive services of a recipient cannot be provided by a single provider as a result of the limitation specified in paragraph (2), it is the responsibility of the recipient to employ an additional provider or providers, as needed, to ensure his or her authorized services are provided within his or her total weekly authorized hours of services established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1.
(B)(i)It is the intent of the Legislature that this section not result in reduced services authorized to recipients of waiver personal care services defined in subdivision (a).
(ii)The State Department of Health Care Services shall work with and assist recipients receiving services pursuant to the Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital Waiver or the In-Home Operations Waiver, or their successors, who are at or near their individual cost cap, as that term is used in the waivers, to avoid a reduction in the recipients services that may result because of increased overtime pay for providers. As part of this effort, the department shall consider allowing the recipient to exceed the individual cost cap, if appropriate, and authorize exemptions as set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 14132.99. The department shall provide timely information to waiver recipients as to the steps that will be taken to implement this clause.
(4)(A)A provider shall inform each of his or her recipients of the number of hours that the provider is available to work for that recipient, in accordance with this section.
(B)A recipient, his or her authorized representative, or any other entity, shall not authorize any provider to work hours that exceed the applicable limitation or limitations of this section.
(C)A recipient may authorize a provider to work hours in excess of the recipients weekly authorized hours established pursuant to Section 12301.1 without notification of the county welfare department, in accordance with both of the following:
(i)The authorization does not result in more than 40 hours of authorized services per week being provided.
(ii)The authorization does not exceed the recipients authorized hours of monthly services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1.
(5)For providers of in-home supportive services, the State Department of Social Services or a county may terminate the provider from providing services under the IHSS program if a provider continues to violate the limitations of this section on multiple occasions.
(c)Notwithstanding any other law, only federal law and regulations regarding overtime compensation apply to providers of services defined in subdivision (a).
(d)A provider of services defined in subdivision (a) is subject to all of the following, as applicable to his or her situation:
(1)(A)A provider who works for one individual recipient of those services shall not work a total number of hours within a workweek that exceeds 66 hours, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable. In no circumstance shall the provision of these services by that provider to the individual recipient exceed the total weekly hours of the services authorized to that recipient, except as additionally authorized pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b). If multiple providers serve the same recipient, it shall continue to be the responsibility of that recipient or his or her authorized representative to schedule the work of his or her providers to ensure the authorized services of the recipient are provided in accordance with this section.
(B)When a recipients weekly authorized hours are adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 12301.1 and exceed 66 hours, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable, and at the time of adjustment the recipient currently receives all authorized hours of service from one provider, that provider shall be deemed authorized to work the recipients county-approved adjusted hours for that week, but only if the additional hours of work, based on the adjustment, do not exceed the total number of hours worked that are compensable at an overtime pay rate that the provider would have been authorized to work in that month if the weekly hours had not been adjusted.
(2)A provider of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a) who serves multiple recipients is not authorized to, and shall not, work more than 66 total hours in a workweek, as reduced by the net percentage defined by Sections 12301.02 and 12301.03, as applicable, regardless of the number of recipients for whom the provider provides services authorized by subdivision (a). Providers are subject to the limits of each recipients total authorized weekly hours of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a), except as additionally authorized pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b).
(3)Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 66-hour workweek limit described in subdivision (b) does not apply to a provider of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a), and a recipient of those services may receive those services from a requested provider, if the provider has an approved exemption as set forth in subparagraph (A) or (B). A provider who has an approved exemption pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) shall not work a total number of hours in excess of 360 hours per month combined for the recipients of in-home supportive services served by that provider and may not exceed any recipients monthly authorized hours.
(A)A provider is eligible for an exemption if he or she met all of the following on or before January 31, 2016:
(i)He or she provided services to two or more recipients of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a).
(ii)He or she lived in the same home as all of the recipients for whom he or she provided services.
(iii)He or she is related, biologically, by adoption, or as a foster caregiver, legal guardian, or conservator, to all of the recipients for whom he or she provides services as the recipients parent, stepparent, foster or adoptive parent, grandparent, legal guardian, or conservator.
(B)A provider is eligible for an exemption if he or she provides services to two or more recipients of in-home supportive services described in subdivision (a), if each recipient for whom the provider provides services has at least one of the following circumstances that puts the recipient at serious risk of placement in out-of-home care if the services could not be provided by that provider:
(i)He or she has complex medical or behavioral needs that must be met by a provider who lives in the same home as the recipient.
(ii)He or she lives in a rural or remote area where available providers are limited, and, as a result, the recipient is unable to hire another provider.
(iii)He or she is unable to hire another provider who speaks the same language as the recipient, resulting in the recipient being unable to direct his or her own care.
(C)At the time of assessment or reassessment, the county shall evaluate each recipient to determine if the recipients circumstances appear to indicate that the provider for that recipient may be eligible for an exemption described in subparagraph (A) or (B). The county shall then inform those recipients about the potentially applicable exemptions and the process by which they or their provider may apply for the exemption.
(D)On a one-time basis upon implementation of this paragraph, the department shall mail an informational notice and an exemption request form to all providers of multiple recipients who may be eligible for an exemption pursuant to subparagraph (B) and to the recipients to whom those providers provide services.
(E)(i)The county shall review the requests for consideration for an exemption described in subparagraph (B) pursuant to a process developed by the department with input from counties and stakeholders. The county shall consider whether the denial of an exemption would place a recipient or recipients at serious risk of placement in out-of-home care due to any of the circumstances described in clauses (i) to (iii), inclusive, of subparagraph (B).
(ii)Within 30 days of receiving an application for an exemption described in subparagraph (B) from a provider or from a recipient on behalf of a provider, the county shall mail a written notification letter to the provider and the recipients for whom the provider provides services of its approval or denial of the exemption. If the county denies the exemption, the county shall also explain in the notification letter the reason for the denial and information about the process to request a review by the department, independent of the countys decision. The county shall use a standardized notification letter, developed by the department in consultation with stakeholders, for purposes of providing the notification letter that is required by this clause.
(iii)(I)A provider whose exemption under subparagraph (B) has been denied, or a recipient on behalf of his or her provider whose exemption under subparagraph (B) has been denied, may request a review by the department, independent of the countys decision.
(II)The department shall develop the review process with input from stakeholders. At a minimum, the review process shall ensure that it provides the provider or the recipient, or his or her authorized representative, with the opportunity to speak with, and provide written information to, staff of the department conducting the review about how the recipient meets the criteria described in subparagraph (B) and how any alternative services proposed by the county would place the recipient at serious risk of placement in out-of-home care.
(III)The department shall consider the information provided by the provider or the recipient, or his or her authorized representative, and the information provided by the county in reaching its decision.
(IV)The department shall mail its written decision within 20 days of the date the provider or the recipient is scheduled to speak with the staff of the department conducting the review, unless the provider or the recipient has requested additional time to submit information and the department has granted that request. The written decision shall inform the provider and the recipients for whom the provider provides services if the exemption is granted or denied. If the department denies the exemption, the department shall also explain in the written decision the reason for the denial.
(iv)The county shall record the number of requests for exemptions that are received from providers or recipients on the providers behalf and the number of requests approved or denied, and shall submit these numbers to the department. The department shall record the number of requests for the review by the department that are received from providers or recipients and the number of exemptions that are approved or denied through the review process. The numbers by the county and the department shall be posted no later than every three months on the departments Internet Web site.
(e)Recipients and providers shall be informed of the limitations and requirements contained in this section, through notices at intervals and on forms as determined by the State Department of Social Services or the State Department of Health Care Services, as applicable, following consultation with stakeholders.
(f)(1)A provider of services described in subdivision (a) shall not engage in travel time in excess of seven hours per week. For purposes of this subdivision, travel time means time spent traveling directly from a location where authorized services specified in subdivision (a) are provided to one recipient to another location where authorized services are to be provided to another recipient. A provider shall coordinate hours of work with his or her recipients to comply with this section.
(2)The hourly wage to compensate a provider for travel time described in this subdivision when the travel is between two counties shall be the hourly wage of the destination county.
(3)Travel time, and compensation for that travel time, between a recipient of authorized in-home supportive services specified in subdivision (a) and a recipient of authorized waiver personal care services specified in subdivision (a) shall be attributed to the program authorizing services for the recipient to whom the provider is traveling.
(4)Hours spent by a provider while engaged in travel time shall not be deducted from the authorized hours of service of any recipient of services specified in subdivision (a).
(5)The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall issue guidance and processes for travel time between recipients that will assist the provider and recipient to comply with this subdivision. Each county shall provide technical assistance to providers and recipients, as necessary, to implement this subdivision.
(g)A provider of authorized in-home supportive services specified in subdivision (a) shall timely submit, deliver, or mail, verified by postmark or request for delivery, a signed payroll timesheet within two weeks after the end of each payroll period. Notwithstanding any other law, a provider who submits an untimely payroll timesheet for providing authorized in-home supportive services specified in subdivision (a) shall be paid by the state within 30 days of the receipt of the signed payroll timesheet.
(h)This section does not apply to a contract entered into pursuant to Section 12302 for authorized in-home supportive services. Contract rates negotiated pursuant to Section 12302 shall be based on costs consistent with a 40-hour workweek.
(i)The state and counties are immune from any liability resulting from implementation of this section.
(j)Any action authorized under this section that is implemented in a program authorized pursuant to Section 14132.95, 14132.956, or 14132.97 shall be compliant with federal Medicaid requirements, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services.
(k)Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services may implement, interpret, or make specific this section by means of all-county letters or similar instructions, without taking any regulatory action.
(l)(1)This section shall become operative only when the regulatory amendments made by RIN 1235-AA05 to Part 552 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations are deemed effective, either on the date specified in RIN 1235-AA05 or at a later date specified by the United States Department of Labor, whichever is later.
(2)If the regulatory amendments described in paragraph (1) become only partially effective by the date specified in paragraph (1), this section shall become operative only for those persons for whom federal financial participation is available as of that date.