Last year California legislation known
commonly as AB-1643 (Jones, Chapter 724, Statutes of 2006) required a
study of the feasibility of expanding coverage in the long-term care
insurance program offered by the California Public Employees
Retirement System (CalPERS) to employees and recent retirees with
disabilities who are currently excluded because they don’t meet
underwriting criteria.
Should the findings of the study
support extending this coverage to those currently excluded this
benefit could be brought into line with health care and other
benefits that do not discriminate against public employees with
disabilities.
The study will also look at other
factors, including the extent to which the proposal might result in
savings to public benefit programs by encouraging persons with
disabilities to go to work, and eliminating the need for those
persons to deplete assets to qualify for public benefits in order to
obtain long-term care coverage after retirement.
The study will be funded through a
Medicaid infrastructure grant from the federal Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS), and will be managed by the California
Health Incentives Improvement Project (CHIIP) of the California
Institute for Human Services at Sonoma State University.
Our organization strongly supported
this legislation. But this effort still needs help, which is why we
are taking this poll:
If you are willing to be interviewed,
help frame questions to be used in the study, and/or would like to
talk further before deciding please go to the "Contact Us"
link at the very top of this page and send us a note with information
about how we might contact you.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 06 September 2007 )
Your Participation Needed!
Written by Pat McPartland, Legislation Coordinator
Sunday, 08 July 2007
AB-1643
(Dave Jones) Approved!
Great
news! AB 1643, a first step in correcting discrimination against
people with disabilities in long term care insurance, went into
effect
January 1, 2007.
AB
1643 provides for a study of the feasibility to expand coverage in
the long-term care insurance program offered by the California Public
Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). Currently, employees and
recent retirees with disabilities are often excluded because they
don’t meet the underwriting criteria. AB 1643 is the first step in
bringing this long-term care benefit in line with other benefits.
The
study will also consider factors such as the extent to which the
proposal might result in savings to public benefit programs by
encouraging persons with disabilities to go to work. It will also
review the effects of eliminating the need for such employees to
deplete assets to qualify for public benefits in order to obtain
long-term care coverage after retirement.
The
study will be funded through a Medicaid infrastructure grant from the
federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and will be
managed by the California Health Incentives Improvement Project of
the California Institute for Human Services at Sonoma State
University.
If
you have questions regarding the study or want to participate in the
study, please contact me via the “Contact Us” link at the top of
this page.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 08 July 2007 )
AB1643 Working Timeline
Written by Pat McPartland, Legislation Coordinator
Monday, 04 June 2007
Task
Name- Meet w/UCB and USCSF Collaborators
Duration- 25 weeks
Start Date- 1/1/2007
End Date- 6/22/2007
Task
Name- Contract Development
Duration- 25 weeks
Start Date- 1/1/2007
End Date- 6/22/2007
Task
Name- Initial Meeting w/PERS
Duration- 9 weeks
Start Date- 4/23/2007
End Date- 6/22/2007
Task
Name- Create Advisory Group
Duration- 1.2 weeks
Start Date- 6/18/2007
End Date- 6/25/2007
Task
Name- Research Design
Duration- 5 weeks
Start Date- 6/26/2007
End Date- 7/30/2007
Develop
Consent Language for LTC Plan Applications
Duration – 4 weeks
Start Date – 7/03/07
End Date – 07/30/07
Task
Name- Sonoma
State IRB
Duration- 4 weeks
Start Date- 7/31/2007
End Date- 8/27/2007
Task
Name- UC Berkeley IRB
Duration- 14 weeks
Start Date- 8/28/2007
End Date- 12/3/2007
Task
Name- Recruit Focus Group from Disabled in State Service
Legislation 
AB-1643
(Dave Jones) Approved!
