BILL NUMBER: SB 1352	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1501 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   1501.  (a)  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there
is an urgent need to establish a coordinated and comprehensive
statewide service system of quality community care for mentally ill,
developmentally and physically disabled, and children and adults who
require care or services by a facility or organization issued a
license or special permit pursuant to this chapter.
   (b)  Therefore, the Legislature declares it is the intent of the
state to develop policies and programs designed to: (1) 
insure   ensure  a level of care and services in
the community  which   that  is equal to or
better than that provided by the state hospitals; (2) assure that
all people who require them are provided with the appropriate range
of social rehabilitative, habilitative and treatment services,
including residential and nonresidential programs tailored to their
needs; (3) protect the legal and human rights of a person in or
receiving services from a community care facility; (4) 
insure   ensure  continuity of care between the
medical-health elements and the supportive care-rehabilitation
elements of California's health systems; (5)  insure
  ensure  that facilities providing community care
are adequate, safe and sanitary; (6) assure that rehabilitative and
treatment services are provided at a reasonable cost; (7) assure that
state payments for community care services are based on a flexible
rate schedule varying according to type and cost of care and services
provided; (8) encourage the utilization of personnel from state
hospitals and the development of training programs to improve the
quality of staff in community care facilities; and (9) 
insure   ensure  the quality of community care
facilities by evaluating the care and services provided and
furnishing incentives to upgrade their quality.