2005 California Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 15800-15804 CHAPTER 14. HOME CARE ASSESSMENT PILOT PROJECT

15800.  (a) The County of San Mateo shall adopt the use of the
Minimum Data Set-Home Care (MDS-HC) assessment instrument for use,
until December 31, 2008, by all home- and community-based programs
within the county that serve elderly and disabled persons with the
primary goal of enabling them to continue to live in their homes as
independently as possible.  These programs may include the
Multipurpose Senior Services Program, the In-Home Supportive Services
program, adult day health care programs, and adult day programs.
   (b) For purposes of this chapter, the "Minimum Data Set-Home Care
(MDS-HC) assessment instrument" means a uniform assessment instrument
that shares a common language with Minimum Data Set (MDS) for
nursing facilities and the Outcome and Assessment Information Set
(OASIS) instrument used by home health agencies, and that is oriented
to obtaining specific information about the client's functional
abilities and needs.
15801.  (a) This chapter shall not modify existing program
eligibility requirements, reporting timeframes, or other program
standards.
   (b) Home health agencies licensed pursuant to Chapter 8
(commencing with Section 1725) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety
Code shall not be subject to the requirements of this chapter.
15802.  To ensure that program staff are adequately trained, the use
of the MDS-HC assessment instrument pursuant to this chapter shall
be phased in, beginning with the Multipurpose Senior Services
Program, and the AIDS  case management services, Linkages, and
In-Home Supportive Services programs administered through the Aging
and Adult Services Division of the San Mateo County Health Services
Agency.  If the County of San Mateo determines that the use of the
MDS-HC assessment instrument is successful in those programs, it
shall expand the implementation of the use of the MDS-HC assessment
instrument to include other home- and community-based programs,
including adult day care and adult day health care.
15803.  (a) The county shall seek funding for the evaluation of the
use of the MDS-HC assessment instrument by an independent research
organization.  The results of the evaluation shall be reported to the
Legislature, and to the Long-Term Care Council established pursuant
to Section 12803.2 of the Government Code, on or before May 31, 2009.
   (b) State funds shall not be appropriated for purposes of this
chapter.  The county shall only be required to implement this chapter
to the extent that the county receives federal or private funds for
that purpose.
15804.  This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2009, and
as of January 1, 2010, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2010, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.