BILL NUMBER: AB 2297	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 113714 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to food facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2297, as introduced, Hayashi. California Retail Food Code:
long-term health care facilities.
   Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, provides for the
regulation of health and sanitation standards for retail food
facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Public Health and
is primarily enforced by local health agencies. A violation of any
provision of the code is a misdemeanor.
   Existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act
of 1973, provides for the regulation of long-term health care
facilities, as defined, by the department.
   This bill would require the Licensing and Certification Division
of the department to have primary responsibility for enforcement of
the California Retail Food Code for long-term health facilities, and
would provide that a violation of the code by a long-term health care
facility is only subject to the penalties described in the code.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 113714 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   113714.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Licensing
and Certification Division of the department shall have primary
responsibility for enforcement of this part for long-term health care
facilities, as defined in Section 1418. Notwithstanding Chapter 2.4
(commencing with Section 1417) of Division 2, a violation of this
part by a long-term health care facility shall only be subject to the
penalties described in this part.