California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14139.05

WIC § 14139.05 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 4.3

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares that:

(a)Long-term care services in California include an uncoordinated array of categorical programs offering medical, social, and other support services that are funded and administered by a variety of federal, state, and local agencies and are replete with gaps, duplication, and little or no emphasis on the specific concerns of individual consumers.

(b)Although the need for a coordinated continuum of long-term care services has long been apparent, numerous obstacles prevent its development, including inflexible and inconsistent funding sources, economic incentives that encourage the placement of consumers in the highest levels of care, lack of coordination between aging, health, and social service agencies at both state and local levels, and inflexible state and federal regulations.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 875, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.