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SB-481 • 2026

In-home supportive services.

In-home supportive services.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Alvarado-Gil
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about what technical updates will be made, only that they are nonsubstantive.

Changes to In-Home Supportive Services

The bill makes small updates to the rules for a program that helps older people and disabled or blind individuals stay in their homes.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to the rules of the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who use the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program
  • State Department of Social Services
  • Counties that run parts of the IHSS program

Terms To Know

In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
A program that helps older people and disabled or blind individuals stay in their homes by providing them with support services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what specific technical updates will be made to the IHSS program.
  • It only makes nonsubstantive changes, meaning no significant operational changes are introduced for those who use or administer the IHSS program.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2025-02-26 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  3. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  4. 2025-02-19 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 481, as introduced, Alvarado-Gil.
In-home supportive services.
Existing law provides for the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, administered by the State Department of Social Services and counties, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with supportive services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Current Bill Text

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