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Disability Benefits101: Working with a disability in California
AB 925: Workforce Inclusion Act:
Frequent Pitfalls

Not Knowing Your Rights
AB 925 is relatively new legislation, and even many workers in California benefits programs are not fully aware of its impact.

Under AB 925, if you utilize California's In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, you will be able to use some of your allowed IHSS hours in the workplace, under certain circumstances.

Confusing New Rights with New Benefits
Though AB 925 authorizes the use of IHSS hours to provide personal assisstance services in the workplace, it explicitly does not increase the number of such hours available to any individual. The current maximum allowable number of service hours per month remains 283.

Confusion about Personal Assistance Accompaniment
Current rules allow IHSS hours to be used for personal assistance accompaniment under some circumstances and not others:
Current Rules on use of IHSS Hours
for Personal Assistance Accompaniment
Allowed Disallowed
  • To and from medical appointments
  • To attend training
    offered or required by employer
  • To and from work
  • To attend college classes
  • To attend vocational training
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