Home care organizations.

Existing law, the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act, provides, on and after January 1, 2015, for the licensure and regulation of home care organizations by the State Department of Social Services and the registration of home care aides. Existing law creates the Home Care Fund to fund the administration of the act, which consists of all licensure and registration fees authorized by the act. This bill would delay implementation of the this act until January 1, 2016. Existing law requires that the department post proposed rules promulgated under the act on its Internet Web site no earlier than 10 calendar days prior to the effective date of the proposed rule. This bill would require that the proposed rules be posted on the department's Internet Web site no later than 90 calendar days prior to the rule's effective date. Existing law prohibits the cost to check criminal offender records from being used to subsidize the department checking the criminal history of other persons who are not charged a fee. This bill would remove this prohibition.