CA AB283

Creates the In-Home Supportive Services Employer-Employee Relations Act, establishing the state as the employer of record for collective bargaining purposes for approximately 600,000 IHSS individual providers across California, effective January 1, 2026

Merges existing county-level IHSS provider bargaining units into the largest possible multicounty units represented by the same employee organization, requiring all recognized employee organizations to negotiate jointly for a single statewide memorandum of understanding

Preserves IHSS recipients' unconditional right to hire, fire, and supervise their own providers while transferring collective bargaining responsibilities from counties and public authorities to the state

Establishes mediation and binding arbitration procedures when negotiations fail, with arbitration decisions subject to rejection by majority vote of the Legislature

Prohibits adjustments to County IHSS Maintenance of Effort based on any provisions of state-negotiated memoranda of understanding, and requires the state to pay 100% of county administration costs resulting from state-negotiated agreements