On July 21st, the legislature adjourned for summer recess and will return August 21st. The legislature will return and be in session for a short time until September 15, at which point interim recess will begin until 2019. Upon their return on August 21, bills will be in their final stages as they move through fiscal committee, respective floors, and, finally, to the governor. Many bills of interest to the field are still active in the process:

• AB 273 (Aguiar- Curry) - Child care services: eligibility. This bill would include in the area relating to need, as a requirement that may be satisfied for purposes of eligibility, that the family needs the child care services because the parents are engaged in an educational program for English as a second language learners or to attain a high school diploma or general educational development certificate.
• AB 603 (Quirk- Silva) - This bill would require the California Department of Education to provide to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature cost estimates and system analysis for alternative payment programs to develop an electronic timesheet process for the monthly attendance record or invoices, as provided. The bill would require on or before January 1, 2019, an alternative payment program to establish a program of electronic banking for payments made to licensed or license-exempt child care providers that have a contract with that alternative payment program, as provided. This bill would require APPs provide written and/or electronic notice to a child care provider of any changes to service.
• AB 1106 (Weber)  -   This bill will allow allocated monies to support working families with child care, to be distributed over a longer period of time.  Additionally, the proposal will allow active military personnel to not have their basic housing allowance considered as part of their income when they apply for a child care subsidy.  (CAPPA sponsored bill)  
  Find the fact sheet here.
• AB 1250 (Jones - Sawyer) - Counties: contracts for personal services.

  *CAPPA has elevated this bill as a high priority bill. This bill would establish specific standards for the use of personal service contracts by counties including, but not limited to  - requiring the county   to clearly demonstrate that the proposed contract will result in actual overall costs savings to the county   and also to show that the contract does not cause the displacement of county  or city  workers, require the to conduct an audit of contracts for personal services in excess of $100,000 annually to determine whether cost savings have been realized and would require the contractor to reimburse the county for the cost of the audit. The bill also would impose additional disclosure requirements for contracts exceeding $100,000 annually.

   Click HERE to read CAPPA's letter of opposition.

Click here   to see all of the legislation that has been identified to be of interest to our field. You can find fact sheets and sample letter templates when available. On this page, CAPPA also will be noting legislative hearings of interest to our field.  To track and/or review legislation or to create your own tracking list,  click here.

Health insurance is a key work support and tool that provides working-age adults with access to care that helps them get and keep a job. Reports from Ohio and Michigan provide compelling new information about the ability of Medicaid expansion enrollees to seek and maintain employment. These reports add to the growing body of research confirming the benefits of Medicaid expansion. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states are incentivized to expand Medicaid to provide affordable health insurance to people with incomes below 138 percent of poverty. As a result, millions of low-income adults in those states now have access to affordable care, resulting in better health, greater financial, physical, and mental stability, and fewer deaths.