BILL NUMBER: AB 1372	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Feuer

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to health facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1372, as introduced, Feuer. Long-term health care facilities:
ratings.
   Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses
and regulates health facilities, including long-term health care
facilities. Violation of these provisions is a crime.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the State Department of Public Health
to institute a facility rating guide for long-term health care
facilities and to post the ratings in the facilities and on the
department's Internet Web site.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.

   AB 1372, as introduced, Feuer. Long-term health care facilities:
ratings.
   Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses
and regulates health facilities, including long-term health care
facilities. Violation of these provisions is a crime.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the State Department of Public Health
to institute a facility rating guide for long-term health care
facilities and to post the ratings in the facilities and on the
department's Internet Web site.
   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 the State Department of Public Health
to institute a facility rating guide for long-term health care
facilities and to post the ratings in the facilities and on the
department's Internet Web site.
  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the State Department of Public Health
to institute a facility rating guide for long-term health care
facilities and to post the ratings in the facilities and on the
department's Internet Web site.