Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: eligibility for Family Care for individuals who are deaf-blind. (FE)
Blind and visually impaired Boat — Taxation or registration Deaf and hearing impaired Nursing homes and adult care
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill grants functional eligibility for Family Care—a program that provides
community-based long-term care services—to people who are deaf-blind. Under
current law, a person must meet certain criteria in order to be eligible for Family
Care, including that the person is at least 18 years of age; the person has a physical
or developmental disability or is a frail elder; and the person is both functionally and
financially eligible based on the standards described in the statute. The bill adds an
express provision that a person is functionally eligible for the Family Care program
if the person is deaf-blind, as defined in the bill.