§ 12300.5

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 49. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021.

The department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall create, and provide to the Legislature, the framework for a permanent provider backup system. The permanent backup provider system shall not be implemented, and state or federal funds appropriated in the 2021–22 fiscal year or any other fiscal year shall not be used, until statutes are enacted to define the parameters of this service, including, but not limited to, the criteria and circumstances when those services may be approved for a recipient who is authorized to receive in-home supportive services pursuant to this article or Sections 14132.95, 14132.952, or 14132.956, as administered by the department, or waiver personal care services pursuant to Section 14132.97, as administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, or any combination of these

services.

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