Public social services: support for older and aging immigrants.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify what will happen after December 1, 2028, and it is unclear if there are any ongoing requirements or actions beyond this date.

Support for Older Immigrants in California

This law requires the California Department of Aging to oversee a stakeholder process, including a panel with experts, to find ways to support older and aging immigrants regardless of their immigration status.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the California Department of Aging to oversee a stakeholder process for supporting older and aging immigrants in California.
• Establishes a panel that includes representatives from the State Department of Social Services and invites specified experts to participate.
• Requires the department and panel to consider issues such as affordability and access to social services and housing.
• Authorizes the first meeting of the panel no later than 120 days after funding becomes available.
• Contracts with academic research entities to supplement the stakeholder process.
• Recommends findings and recommendations on effective ways to support older immigrants by July 1, 2028.
• Requires a report containing the panel’s findings to be submitted to the Legislature by December 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

• Older and aging immigrants in California
• The California Department of Aging
• Area agencies on aging
• State Department of Social Services

Terms To Know

Immigrants

People who move to a new country to live there.

Panel

A group of people brought together to discuss and solve problems.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law requires an appropriation for these purposes.
• It does not specify what will happen after December 1, 2028.
• This law ends on January 1, 2029.

Official Summary Text

AB 450, Carrillo.
Public social services: support for older and aging immigrants.
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 older and aging immigrants, as defined, regardless
of their immigration status, in California through the establishment of a panel. The bill would authorize the director of the department to modify an existing panel for these purposes, if applicable. The bill would require the panel to include representatives from the State Department of Social Services and invite specified stakeholder and subject matter experts to participate. The bill would require the department and 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 120 days after funding for the panel becomes available and would authorize the department to contract with academic research entities to supplement the stakeholder process.
The bill would require the panel to issue findings and recommendations to both departments by July 1, 2028, on the most effective ways to implement policies and programs to support older and aging immigrants in California, regardless of their immigration status. The bill would require the departments to jointly submit a report containing the panel’s findings to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2028.
The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029. The bill makes relating findings and declarations.

Current Bill Text

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