CA AB 450

Title: Public social services: support for aging immigrant and undocumented older adults.
Author: Juan Carrillo

Summary
AB 450, as amended, Carrillo. Public social services: support for aging immigrant and undocumented older adults. Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes the California Department of Aging and states that the mission of the department is to provide leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their own homes or least restrictive homelike environments.This bill would, subject to an appropriation for these purposes, require the department to oversee a stakeholder process to support findings and recommendations on how to best support undocumented older adults, as defined, as they age in California. The bill would require the department to establish a panel, as specified, and would require the panel to invite stakeholder and subject matter experts to participate. The bill would require the panel to consider specified issues, including affordability and access to social services and housing. The bill would require the first meeting to occur no later than 90 days after funding for the panel becomes available and authorizes the department to contract with academic research entities to supplement the process.The bill would require the panel to issue findings and recommendations to the department by July 1, 2028, on the most effective ways to implement policies and programs to support aging immigrant and undocumented older adults. The bill would require the department to submit a report containing the panel’s findings to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2028. The bill would also require the department to provide any policy recommendations the panel makes to the California Health and Human Services Agency to include in their Master Plan for Aging.The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029. The bill makes relating findings and declarations.Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to establish and supervise a county- or county consortia-administered program to provide cash assistance to aged, blind, and disabled legal immigrants who are not citizens and who successfully complete an application process, except as specified. Existing law requires the department to conduct disability evaluations for the program. Existing law requires the department to contract with the federal government to administer the program, if the federal government agrees to do so.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Status
Re-referred to Com. on Aging & L.T.C.

Bill Documents
CA AB 450 - 03/13/25 - Amended Assembly
03/13/25 - CA AB 450 (03/13/25 - Amended Assembly)