In-Home Supportive Services program.

Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes and avoid institutionalization. Existing law allows a recipient who receives services through either a contract or a managed care provider, subject to program requirements, to select any qualified person, as defined, to provide care. This bill would also allow a person who receives services as part of an entity authorized by a specified waiver under the federal Social Security Act to select any qualified person to provide care.