BILL NUMBER: AB 726	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 1550 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to community care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 726, as introduced, Fong. Community care facilities: licensure.

   Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act,
provides for the licensure and regulation of community care
facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services.
Violation of the provisions relating to community care facilities is
a misdemeanor. Under existing law, the department may deny an
application for, or suspend or revoke, any license or administrator
certificate issued under the act, or may deny the transfer of a
specified license, for, among other things, violations by the
licensee or special permit holder of the act.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   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.  Section 1550 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   1550.  The department may deny an application for, or suspend or
revoke, any  license,   license  or
 any  administrator  certificate, 
 certificate  issued under this  chapter 
 chapter, or may deny a   transfer of a license pursuant
to paragraph (2) of subdivision (   c) of Section 1524,
 upon any of the following grounds and in the manner provided in
this chapter  , or may deny a transfer of a license pursuant
to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1524 for any of the
following grounds  :
   (a) Violation by the licensee or holder of a special permit of
this chapter or of the rules and regulations promulgated under this
chapter.
   (b) Aiding, abetting, or permitting the violation of this chapter
or of the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.
   (c) Conduct which is inimical to the health, morals, welfare, or
safety of either an individual in, or receiving services from, the
facility or the people of the State of California.
   (d) The conviction of a licensee, or other person mentioned in
Section 1522, at any time before or during licensure, of a crime as
defined in Section 1522.
   (e) The licensee of any facility or the person providing direct
care or supervision knowingly allows any child to have illegal drugs
or alcohol.
   (f) Engaging in acts of financial malfeasance concerning the
operation of a facility, including, but not limited to, improper use
or embezzlement of client moneys and property or fraudulent
appropriation for personal gain of facility moneys and property, or
willful or negligent failure to provide services.