Licensed adult residential facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly: SSI/SSP recipients: report.

Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of community care facilities by the State Department of Social Services, including various adult residential facilities, as described. Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined, by the department. Existing law provides for the State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled (SSP) , which requires the department to contract with the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to SSP recipients to supplement Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments made available pursuant to the federal Social Security Act. This bill would require the department to establish a task force for the purpose of issuing a report, on or before January 1, 2023, that includes recommendations on how to meet the housing and care needs of recipients of SSI/SSP benefits. The bill would require the task force to, in the report, assess the unmet demand for licensed adult residential facility and residential care facility for the elderly placements for SSI/SSP recipients within each county and recommend how to build capacity of placements to those facilities for SSI/SSP recipients, among other things. The bill would also make related findings and declarations. The bill would require the department to update the Legislature on its progress in developing the report during the 2021–22 and 2022–23 budget process, as specified.