Amendments incorporated provisions similar to SB 1504. Would have allowed the state and counties to share costs of public authorities or nonprofit consortiums that administer IHSS programs, at the same rate they share other IHSS costs. Currently, counties alone bear those costs. Would have established state-funded food stamp and SSP programs for immigrants who lost eligibility for benefits because of the 1996 federal Welfare Reform Act. As introduced, the bill expanded the scope of IHSS services to include reading services for people who are blind or functionally illiterate.
Amendments require that county welfare departments tell applicants about available reading services.
The governor signed SB 1483. As introduced, AB 1783 would have increased the penalties for some patients at state hospitals who commit battery against state hospital staff. Such battery, even if it does not cause serious bodily harm, could be prosecuted as a felony. AB 1783 died in committee. The bill deals mainly with medical privacy.