To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Steve Potter, City Manager
Prepared By: Liz Habkirk, Deputy City Manager
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Elder and Dependent Adult Protection Ordinance Update
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Approve the first reading and introduction of an ordinance repealing Napa Municipal Code Chapter 5.22 (Elder Caregiver Permits) and replacing it with a new Chapter 5.22 (Elder and Dependent Adult Protection); and adopt a resolution designating the Deputy Director of the Napa County Health and Human Services Agency, Division of Comprehensive Services for Older Adults as the caregiver coordinator for the City of Napa.
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DISCUSSION:
In 2011, the City Council adopted a new chapter 5.22 ("Elder Caregiver Permits") to the Napa Municipal Code establishing application and permit requirements for caregivers providing personal and domestic services to elder and dependent adults. Through Agreement No. 7596 ("MOU") with Napa County ("County") and the Area Agency on Aging, the City designated the Area Agency on Aging as the organization charged with managing the permitting program. The MOU also requires the City to make changes to Napa Municipal Code ("NMC") Chapter 5.22 as to be substantially the same as County Code Chapter 5.60 ("Napa County Caregiver Ordinance"). Portions of NMC Chapter 5.22 were amended in 2013.
California State Assembly Bill AB 1217, the Home Care Services Protection Act (Act), went into effect on January 1, 2016. The Act requires the licensure and regulation of Home Care Organizations and affiliated Home Care Aides. It also provides for Independent Home Care Aides, not affiliated with a Home Care Organization, to voluntarily complete the application process and submit to, and pass, a criminal record screening in order to become registered.
In 2015, the County amended the Napa County Caregiver Ordinance in response to the Act, which made those sections specific to home caregiver businesses (Home Ca...
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