(a) The IHSS Program is a Federal and State funded program with differing levels of required County matching funds. The establishment and operation of IHSS PA or application of Government Code §§ 3500 et seq. shall not result in payments from the County’s general fund beyond the County’s annual appropriation for the IHSS PA, if any, which shall be an absolute limit on County cost.
(b) The IHSS PA shall seek to maximize the benefit of any available new or increased non-County matching Federal or State funds authorized for IHSS.
(c) The total of all operating costs, wages and benefits proposed or established by the IHSS PA must be consistent with the provisions of the County budget. The IHSS PA may not establish a payment rate that includes the costs of wages, benefits and operation, until the governing body of the IHSS PA makes a finding that the funds necessary for payment of that rate are legally available.
(d) The IHSS PA shall adopt its budget under the same laws and policies that control the County budget process.
(e) The IHSS PA shall not spend funds or contractually, or otherwise, obligate funds in excess of the limits of its budget as set out in this Chapter.
(f) The IHSS PA shall not have the authority to agree to, or approve any collective bargaining, or other agreement, that requires an increase in wages or economic benefits, or results in costs, unless there is a State and/or Federal funding match for such increase. The IHSS Program shall not be reduced in order to fund the IHSS PA or wage and benefit increases to IHSS providers.
(Ord. 3842, passed - -2002)