SENIOR SENATE PROPOSAL NO. 3

INTRODUCED BY SENIOR SENATOR PANKHURST

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SP 3: STATEWIDE CONSOLIDATION AND INTEGRATION OF SENIOR SERVICES.

UNDER EXISTING LAW, THE FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT REQUIRES PUBLIC AGENCIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES “IN THE MOST INTEGRATED SETTING APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.”

THIS MEASURE WOULD MEMORIALIZE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CONSOLIDATE AND INTEGRATE THE VARIOUS SERVICES FOR DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF AGING IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EASIER ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES, PROMOTE EFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT, AND COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT REQUIREMENT THAT SERVICES BE PROVIDED “IN THE MOST INTEGRATED SETTING APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.”

VOTE: MAJORITY.

SP 3: RELATING TO STATEWIDE CONSOLIDATION AND INTEGRATION OF SENIOR SERVICES

WHEREAS, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN OLMSTEAD V. L.C. BY ZIMRING (1999) 527 U.S. 581 REQUIRES PUBLIC ENTITIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES “IN THE MOST INTEGRATED SETTING APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES”; AND

WHEREAS, COUNTIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PLANS TO CONSOLIDATE AND INTEGRATE SERVICES FOR DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS; AND

WHEREAS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS CONSOLIDATED AND INTEGRATED ITS SERVICES FOR DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS, DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS WITHIN THAT COUNTY HAVE ENJOYED THE RESULTING CONVENIENCE IN OBTAINING SERVICES, AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE BENEFITS OF CONSOLIDATION AND INTEGRATION OF THESE SERVICES; AND

WHEREAS, SERVICES FOR DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS ARE FRAGMENTED BETWEEN DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, AND OVERLY DIFFICULT FOR DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS TO ACCESS AND PROVIDERS TO MANAGE; AND

WHEREAS, CONSOLIDATION AND INTEGRATION OF THESE SERVICES MAY RESULT IN EFFICIENCIES IN GOVERNMENT AND REDUCE THE OVERALL COST TO THE STATE OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENIOR SENATE AND THE SENIOR ASSEMBLY, JOINTLY, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT ITS 2009 REGULAR SESSION, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTING THEREFOR, HEREBY PROPOSES THAT THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CONSOLIDATE AND INTEGRATE THE VARIOUS SERVICES FOR DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF AGING; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY MEMORIALIZES THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SET FORTH IN THIS MEASURE; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF THIS MEASURE BE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

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