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Report #068-2008 - April
14, 2008 - Monday
Breaking News
* SB 1136 by Alquist Won't Be Heard April 15th
* Was Set for Hearing In Public Safety Committee
Original Bill Drew Controversy Proposing to Prohibit
Non-Lawyers From Helping People With Medi-Cal, and other Public Social
Services
SACRAMENTO (CDCAN) - SB 1136 by Sen. Elaine Alquist (Democrat -
Santa Clara), will not be heard, as previously scheduled, Tuesday
(April 15) in the Senate Public Safety Committee, according to Sen.
Alquist's office. No new hearing date was announced.
The bill faces a April 18th deadline to report out of the Senate Public
Safety Committee and unless a waiver is granted by the Senate Rules
Committee or if the bill is amended so it no longer creates a new crime,
it can not move further in the legislative process. The
Legislature is in the second year of a two year session and adjourns the
two year session on August 31. The Legislature reconvenes in
December for a day or two and then formally begins a new two year
session in January 2009.
Original Version of Bill Drew Controversy
The legislation, which drew controversy earlier, would make it a
misdemeanor for any person, including members of the State Bar, from
charging an "unconscionable fee" to assist someone in
applying for Medi-Cal, and other public social services including
CalWORKS, In-Home Supportive Services and regional center services
funded through Medi-Cal. The bill was last amended on April 9 to include
attornerys, who in a previous version of the bill, were exempt.
Some disability and other advocates raised concerns about how the
proposed law would be applied and also were concerned why attorneys
would be exempt from a provision banning "unconscionable
fees". Sen. Alquist, before the bill was heard and
passed out of Senate Human Services Committee last week on April 8,
agreed to amend the bill to remove the exemption. Advocates widely
praised her efforts.
For a copy of the April 9 amended version of the bill, go to the CDCAN
website at www.cdcan.us.
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Connecting People With Disabilities, Mental Health Needs, Seniors, Traumatic Brain & other injuries, People with MS & other health needs, including People of color, different languages, cultures, Families, Workers, Providers, & Organizations to Rights & Unified Action.
This report - and the CDCAN townhall telemeetings, and other events and projects are for all of them and for promoting advocacy without borders toward unified action. We are one community.
To respond to this report reply to: Marty Omoto at martyomoto@rcip.com CDCAN website: www.cdcan.us
To continue the CDCAN website, the CDCAN News Reports. sent out and read by over 45,000 people and organizations, policy makers and media across California and to continue the CDCAN Townhall Telemeetings which since December 2003 have connected thousands of people with disabilities, seniors, mental health needs, people with MS and other disorders, people with traumatic brain and other injuries to public policy makers, legislators, and issues. Please send your contribution/donation (make payable to "CDCAN" or "California Disability Community Action Network):
CDCAN
1225 8th Street Suite 480
Sacramento, CA 95814
Note: the paypal option on the CDCAN website is temporarily not working and will be fixed soon.
The CDCAN Townhall Telemeetings are partially funded by a small grant from the USC UCEDD, Grant #90DD0540 from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. (note: the opinions expressed or content in these reports do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the USC UCEDD.
MANY MANY THANKS to Alta California Regional Center, FEAT (Families for Early Autism Treatment), Friends of Children with Special Needs, Life Steps, Easter Seals California, Parents Helping Parents, UCP of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, Work Training, Foothill Autism Alliance, Arc Contra Costa, Pause4Kids, Manteca CAPS, Training Toward Self Reliance, UCP, California NAELA, Californians for Disability Rights, Inc (CDR) including CDR chapters, CHANCE Inc, , Strategies To Empower People (STEP), Harbor Regional Center, Tri-Counties Regional Center, Asian American parents groups, Resources for Independent Living and many other Independent Living Centers, several regional centers, People First chapters, IHSS workers, other self advocacy and family support groups, developmental center families, adoption assistance program families and children, and others across California