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Panel advances SB 433 to cap room-and-board increases for certain Medi-Cal assisted-living participants
Summary
SB 433 would extend an income-based cap and a personal-needs allowance to Medi-Cal participants in Assisted Living Waiver and CalAIM assisted living transition programs to protect low-income residents from disproportionate room-and-board increases and displacement.
The author presented SB 433, which would create an income-based cap on room-and-board charges at residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs) for Medi-Cal participants in the Assisted Living Waiver (ALW) and CalAIM assisted living transitions community supports. The measure aims to let those Medi-Cal participants retain a modest personal-needs allowance and prevent eviction or displacement caused by large room-and-board rate increases.
Witnesses supporting the bill included Hagar Dickman of Justice and Aging…
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