152001.
There is hereby created a Statewide Aging and Long-Term Care Services Coordinating Council, chaired by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, and consisting of the heads, or their designated representative, of all of the following:(a) The California Department of Aging.
(b) The Department of Community Services and Development.
(c) The Department of Consumer Affairs.
(d) The Department of Food and Agriculture.
(e) The Department of Human Resources.
(f) The Department of Insurance.
(g) The Department of Justice.
(h) The Department of Motor Vehicles.
(i) The Department of Rehabilitation.
(j) The Department of Transportation.
(k) The Department of Veterans Affairs.
(l) The Emergency Medical Services Authority.
(m) The Employment Development Department.
(n) The Office of Health Information Integrity.
(o) The Office of Law
Enforcement Support.
(p) The Office of Patient Advocate.
(q) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
(r) The Office of Systems Integration.
(s) The State Department of Developmental Services.
(t) The State Department of Health Care Services.
(u) The State Department of Public Health.
(v) The State Department of Social Services.
152002.
(a) The secretary shall lead the council in the development of a state aging and long-term care services strategic plan to address how the state will meet the needs of the aging population in the years 2020, 2025, and 2030. The strategic plan shall incorporate clear benchmarks and timelines for achieving the goals set forth in the strategic plan and a cost and benefit analysis for each goal or recommendation included in the plan. In developing the strategic plan, the council shall consult with all of the following:(1) Experts, researchers, practitioners, service providers, and facility operators in the field of aging and long-term care.
(2) Consumer advocates and stakeholders, including the Olmstead Advisory Committee, the California Commission on Aging, area agencies on aging, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, and the Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy.
(3) Rural and urban communities, in order to identify infrastructure capacity issues, the need for uniform access standards for home and community-based services, and mechanisms for supporting coordination of regional and local service access and delivery.
(4) The California Task Force on Family Caregiving, the findings and recommendations of which shall be incorporated into the strategic plan.
(b) Technical support for the development of the strategic
plan shall be provided by the Office of Health Equity in the State Department of Public Health and by the California Department of Aging.
(c) The strategic plan shall address all of the following:
(1) Integration and coordination of services that support independent living, aging in place, social and civic engagement, and preventive care.
(2) Long-term care financing.
(3) Managed care expansion and continuum of care.
(4) Advanced planning for end-of-life care.
(5) Elder justice.
(6) Care guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS), and other debilitating diseases.
(7) Caregiver support.
(8) Data collection, consolidation, uniformity, analysis, and access.
(9) Affordable housing.
(10) Mobility.
(11) Workforce.
(12) The alignment of state programs with the federal Administration for Community Living.
(13) The potential for integration and coordination of aging and long-term care services with services and supports for people with disabilities.
(d) In developing the strategic plan, the council shall examine model programs
in various cities, counties, and states. The strategic plan shall consider how to scale up local, regional, and state-level best practices and innovations designed to overcome the challenges related to long-term care services delivery.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the strategic plan shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, to the appropriate chairs of the policy committees of the Legislature with jurisdiction over any aging and long-term care related issues, and to the chairs of the fiscal committees of the Legislature by July 1, 2018.