Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that protects individuals in In Home Support Service programs against fraud.

Highlights:

-Requires the application to inform recipients of the Medi-cal toll-free telephone fraud hotline and Internet Web site for reporting suspected fraud or abuse (Sec. 1). -Requires all prospective providers to complete a provider orientation at the time of enrollment, effective November 1, 2009 (Sec. 3). -Requires certain quality assurance activities to be performed, which includes the establishment of a specialized unit to ensure quality assurance and integrity (Sec. 7). -Allows the department, in consultation with the county welfare departments, to develop protocols and procedures for obtaining fingerprint images of individuals who are being assessed and reassessed (Sec. 8). -Authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to investigate fraud in IHSS programs (Sec. 9). -Allows the department to re-adopt any emergency regulation authorized by this act that is the same as, or substantially equivalent to, an emergency regulation previously adopted under this act (Sec. 13).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that protects individuals in In Home Support Service programs against fraud.

Highlights:

-Requires the application to inform recipients of the Medi-cal toll-free telephone fraud hotline and Internet Web site for reporting suspected fraud or abuse (Sec. 1). -Requires all prospective providers to complete a provider orientation at the time of enrollment, effective November 1, 2009 (Sec. 3). -Requires certain quality assurance activities to be performed, which includes the establishment of a specialized unit to ensure quality assurance and integrity (Sec. 7). -Allows the department, in consultation with the county welfare departments, to develop protocols and procedures for obtaining fingerprint images of individuals who are being assessed and reassessed (Sec. 8). -Authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to investigate fraud in IHSS programs (Sec. 9). -Allows the department to re-adopt any emergency regulation authorized by this act that is the same as, or substantially equivalent to, an emergency regulation previously adopted under this act (Sec. 13).

Full Bill Text