Senate BillNo. 1352


Introduced by Senator Hancock

February 21, 2014


An act to amend Section 1501 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to community care facilities.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1352, as introduced, Hancock. Community care facilities: legislative intent.

Existing law establishes the Community Care Facilities Act, which provides for the licensure and regulation of community care facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services. The act declares that it is the intent of the state to develop policies and programs designed to provide adequate service to, and protect the rights of, persons who receive services from a community care facility.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 1501 of the Health and Safety Code is
2amended to read:

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1501.  

(a)  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there
4is an urgent need to establish a coordinated and comprehensive
5statewide service system of quality community care for mentally
6ill, developmentally and physically disabled, and children and
7adults who require care or services by a facility or organization
8issued a license or special permit pursuant to this chapter.

P2    1(b)  Therefore, the Legislature declares it is the intent of the
2state to develop policies and programs designed to: (1)begin delete insureend delete
3begin insert ensureend insert a level of care and services in the communitybegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert
4 is equal to or better than that provided by the state hospitals; (2)
5assure that all people who require them are provided with the
6appropriate range of social rehabilitative, habilitative and treatment
7services, including residential and nonresidential programs tailored
8to their needs; (3) protect the legal and human rights of a person
9in or receiving services from a community care facility; (4)begin delete insureend delete
10begin insert ensureend insert continuity of care between the medical-health elements and
11the supportive care-rehabilitation elements of California’s health
12systems; (5)begin delete insureend deletebegin insert ensureend insert that facilities providing community care
13are adequate, safe and sanitary; (6) assure that rehabilitative and
14treatment services are provided at a reasonable cost; (7) assure
15that state payments for community care services are based on a
16flexible rate schedule varying according to type and cost of care
17and services provided; (8) encourage the utilization of personnel
18from state hospitals and the development of training programs to
19improve the quality of staff in community care facilities; and (9)
20begin delete insureend deletebegin insert ensureend insert the quality of community care facilities by evaluating
21the care and services provided and furnishing incentives to upgrade
22their quality.



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