California Health and Human Services Agency.

Existing law establishes the California Health and Human Services Agency, which consists of various departments, including, among others, the California Department of Aging, the State Department of Developmental Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, the Department of Rehabilitation, and the State Department of Social Services. Existing law establishes various programs and services under these departments, including, among others, leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their own homes or least restrictive homelike environments, services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities, the Medi-Cal program, services at independent living centers, and the CalFresh program. This bill would require the agency to develop, in coordination with stakeholders, a set of criteria, to be recommended to the Legislature, for the screening of applicants for, and recipients of, any health care or social service program under the purview of the agency. The bill would require the agency to report the identified criteria to the Legislature on or before June 30, 2018.