AB 1612 added WIC Section 12301.06, requiring CDSS to reduce all IHSS recipients’ total authorized hours by 3.6%,  effective February 1, 2011.  NOAs are to be mailed at least 30 days prior to the reduction. The NOAS are in English, Spanish, Armenian and Chinese, and counties must provide translations for any other language hitting the (5%) threshold. Recipients choose how this reduction is applied toward their specific authorized services. The 3.6 percent reduction will first be applied to any documented unmet need (excluding protective supervision). This cut expires July 1, 2012. [Download]

Nothing stays the same except change. In this case, changes to the IHSS provider enrollment process on acceptance of a provider’s DOJ response status by multiple IHSS entities; DOJ subsequent arrest reports and inactive provider period of eligibility.  Only one check, by one county is done. Counties are reminded that they can’t disqualify based solely on a DOJ arrest report, but that it ultimately results in a conviction for one of the disqualifying crimes, the originating county will be responsible for sending the appropriate notices. (Which the ACL lists.) The automation system (Legacy CMIPS for those of you that like acronyms) has been updated to track this information.

Also, CMIPS is set to automatically terminate providers who have no payroll activity statewide for one year. If these individuals subsequently wish to enroll as IHSS providers, they will have to start all over and meet all provider enrollment requirements. [Download]