BILL NUMBER: AB 1989	CHAPTERED  08/26/02

	CHAPTER  272
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 26, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 26, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 30, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Liu
   (Principal coauthor:  Senator Speier)

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2002

   An act to add Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 1795) to
Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to care
facilities.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1989, Liu.  Care facilities:  change in health status:
violations: notice.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the
State Department of Health Services of health facilities, including
skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and
congregate living health facilities.  Existing law also provides for
the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the
elderly by the State Department of Social Services.
   This bill would require a skilled nursing facility, intermediate
care facility, congregate living health facility, or residential care
facility for the elderly to make reasonable efforts to contact the
person named  in the resident's admission agreement as the resident's
contact person, or the resident's responsible person, within 24
hours after a significant change in the resident's health or mental
status.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 1795) is added to
Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 12.  FAMILY NOTIFICATION

   1795.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a skilled
nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, any
intermediate care facility, as defined in subdivision (d), (e), (g),
and (h) of Section 1250, or a congregate living facility, as defined
in subdivision (i) of Section 1250, shall make reasonable efforts to
contact the person named in the resident's admission agreement as the
resident's contact person, or the resident's responsible person,
within 24 hours after a significant change in the resident's health
or mental status.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a residential care
facility for the elderly, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section
1569.2, shall make reasonable efforts to contact the person named in
the resident's admission agreement as the resident's contact person,
or the resident's responsible person, within 24 hours after a
significant change in the resident's health or mental status.