Long-term health care facilities.
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No
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No
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to strengthen protections for long-term health care residents by requiring facilities to provide at least 30 days’ notice of a transfer or discharge, unless an exception applies. It also mandates translated or accessible-format notices for residents with limited English proficiency or sensory impairments, and increases penalties for failing to provide proper notice or making false statements. Furthermore, the bill allows the state to prohibit new admissions to facilities that have not complied with hearing decisions regarding improper transfers or discharges.
Key provisions
- Requires long-term care facilities to provide residents with at least 30 days’ notice of a transfer or discharge, unless an exception applies.
- Mandates translated or accessible-format notices for residents with limited English proficiency or sensory impairments.
- Increases the penalty for violating notice provisions to a class ‘B’ violation and a $1,000 civil penalty.
- Requires the facility to attest to the accuracy of translated notices.
- Requires facilities to include resident’s primary language and sensory impairments in a minimum dataset.
- Authorizes the State Department of Public Health to prohibit new admissions to facilities that have not complied with hearing decisions.
- Increases daily penalty for non-compliance with hearing decisions to $1,000 and the maximum aggregate penalty to $100,000.
- Modifies Section 14126.029 of the Welfare and Institutions Code to clarify definitions and penalties related to facility compliance with hearing decisions.
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