BILL NUMBER: SB 1729	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Migden

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act relating to care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1729, as introduced, Migden. Senior care facilities:
sensitivity training.
   Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, which is
administered by the California Department of Aging, establishes
various programs that serve older individuals, including area
agencies on aging, home-delivered meals programs, community-based
services programs, multi-purpose senior services programs, senior
center funding programs, and aging information and education
programs.
   Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services
licenses and regulates residential care facilities for the elderly
and other facilities that provide care to seniors.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require training for employees of senior care
facilities to prepare them for the sensitivities of serving lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender seniors.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require training for employees of senior care
facilities to prepare them for the sensitivities of serving lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender seniors.