(a) There is hereby established an Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program to provide information to consumers and their families on available long-term services and supports (LTSS) programs and to assist older adults, caregivers, and persons with disabilities in accessing LTSS programs at the local level.
(b) This article shall be administered by the California Department of Aging, in collaboration with the Department of Rehabilitation and the State Department of Health Care Services, for purposes of implementing this article.
(c) Area agencies on aging and independent living centers shall be the core local partners in developing programs.
(d) An ADRC program shall provide all of the following:
(1) Enhanced information and referral services and other assistance at hours that are convenient for the public.
(2) Options counseling concerning available LTSS programs and public and private benefits programs.
(3) Short-term service coordination.
(4) Transition services from hospitals to home and from skilled nursing facilities to the community.
(e) An ADRC program shall do both of the following:
(1) Provide services within the geographic area served.
(2) Provide information to the public about the services provided by the program.
(f) This section shall only become operative contingent upon the appropriation of funds for that purpose by the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 618, Sec. 2. (AB 1200) Effective January 1, 2018. Section conditionally operative by its own provisions.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018