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Committee backs SB 433 to cap room-and-board charges for Medi-Cal assisted living participants
Summary
SB 433 would extend a rate cap to Medi-Cal participants in assisted living waiver and CalAIM community supports so they retain a personal-needs allowance and avoid eviction from affordable facilities.
The Senate Human Services Committee on Thursday voted to send SB 433 to the Appropriations Committee after hearing testimony that some assisted-living providers are charging Medi-Cal beneficiaries room-and-board rates that leave them without money for personal needs or force them out of their homes.
Sen. Dr. Wahab, author of SB 433, said the bill extends the existing protection that limits monthly room-and-board charges for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients to other Medi-Cal participants in the Assisted Living Waiver (ALW) and CalAIM community supports. "Participants who do not have SSI can see their room and board rates increase to levels they cannot afford…
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