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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC |
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Division 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES |
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Part 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE |
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Chapter 3. State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled |
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ARTICLE 7. In-Home Supportive Services |
Section 12330.
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(a) No later than January 1, 2014, the department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, and in collaboration with stakeholders including, but not limited to, IHSS recipients and recognized employee representatives, shall develop a training curriculum for IHSS providers that shall address issues of consistency, accountability, and increased quality of care for IHSS recipients.
(b) Participation in the training developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be voluntary.
(c) Nothing in this section shall require that training be funded by the state.
(d) This section shall not be construed to preclude a managed care health plan, as part of the care coordination team, from developing recipient-specific voluntary training curriculum for an IHSS provider who has been integrated into a beneficiary's care coordination team.
(e) The IHSS recipient shall continue to have the right to train his or her individual provider.