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Budget Battle Looms Over In-Home Health Services

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State lawmakers have until June 15 to pass a budget, and a sticking point is overtime pay for in-home care workers. Governor Jerry Brown says California can't afford overtime pay for these caregivers, and he wants to cap their hours. Families and disability rights advocates are terrified of the consequences, and say a cap on hours will force people to hire strangers to perform intimate care duties that they only trust their regular caregiver to do.

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