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Consider the final passage (Second Reading) of Ordinance 5008 adding Chapter 5.30 to Title 5 to the El Dorado County Ordinance Code pertaining to Elder and Dependent Adult Protection.
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Background:
At their meeting of June 17, 2014 (Item 30) the Board approved the Introduction (First Reading) of Ordinance 5008 and continued the item to June 24, 2014 for consideration of final passage.
The Elder and Dependent Adult Protection Ordinance ("Ordinance") will require individuals who provide home care or caregiver services to an elder or dependent adult, for compensation and who are not employed by a home care agency, to obtain the criminal record clearance required by the State Department of Social Services ("Department") and be listed on the State's Home Care Aide Registry, prior to providing home care services in the County of El Dorado. This ordinance utilizes recently enacted state legislation, the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act (AB 1217, Chapter 790, Statutes of 2013), which directs the Department to provide for the licensure and regulation of home care agencies, the registration of home care aides, and the establishment of a Home Care Aide Registry ("Registry"). Under the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act ("Act"), home care aides will be required to register with the Department and obtain a criminal record clearance in order to be listed on the State's Registry. The Act exempts specific providers who provide home care services as part of their duties, including but not limited to those who provide home care related services under the IHSS program, hospice and licensed home health agencies. The proposed Ordinance provides for the same exemptions as defined within Act.
The Act included an effective date of January 1, 2015. The Ordinance, as proposed, will be effective on the same date.
The Act requires home care aides employed by a home care agency to be listed on the Registry prior to providing home care services to a clie...
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