California "Seniors Home Care Cost Accountability" Initiative (2014)

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This measure was not put on an election ballot

A California "Seniors Home Care Cost Accountability" Initiative (#13-0064) was approved for circulation in California as a contender for the November 4, 2014, ballot as an initiated state statute. Another version (#13-0040) was withdrawn before being approved for a ballot title or summary.

Text of measure

Ballot title:

In-Home Care Providers. Expenditures. Initiative Statute.

Official summary:

"Requires businesses providing in-home care services to spend at least 75% of their total annual home care service revenue on direct patient care. Limits administrative expenses, management compensation, and profit distributions collectively to 25% of revenue. Establishes state program to administer and enforce measure, provider fees, and fines up to $10,000 per year plus mandatory license revocation for violations. Dedicates fees and fines to fund program. Requires providers to prepare annual reports showing revenue and expenditures. Requires publication of these reports and information on provider violations."

Fiscal impact statement:

Note: The fiscal impact statement for a California ballot initiative authorized for circulation is jointly prepared by the state's legislative analyst and its director of finance.

"State administrative costs of between $8 million and $11 million annually, with the authority to fully recover these costs from fees levied on certain home care organizations."

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in California

• Brandi Wolf submitted a letter requesting a title and summary for Version #13-0040 on November 6, 2013. This version was withdrawn from consideration by Wolf prior to receiving a title or summary.
• Brandi Wolf submitted a letter requesting a title and summary for Version #13-0064 on December 23, 2013.
• A title and summary for Version #13-0064 were issued by California's attorney general's office on February 19, 2014.
• 504,760 valid signatures were required for qualification purposes.
• Supporters had until July 21, 2014, to collect and submit the required number of signatures, as petition circulators are given 150 days to circulate petitions.
• The Secretary of State’s suggested signature filing deadline for the November 4, 2014, ballot was April 18, 2014. This means that if supporters had submitted enough valid signatures by July 21 but after April 18, the measure could have been pushed back as far as the next statewide general election, in November 2016.

See also

Suggest a link

• 2014 ballot measures
• California 2014 ballot measures
• Laws governing the initiative process in California

External links

• Letter requesting a ballot title for Initiative 13-0064