BILL ANALYSIS Ó SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair 2015 - 2016 Regular Session AB 601 (Eggman) - Residential care facilities for the elderly: licensing and regulation. ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Version: June 29, 2015 |Policy Vote: HUMAN S. 5 - 0 | | | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Urgency: No |Mandate: No | | | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Hearing Date: August 27, 2015 |Consultant: Jolie Onodera | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE *********** The following information is revised to reflect amendments adopted by the committee on August 27, 2015 Bill Summary: AB 601 would expand the scope of information that prospective residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) licensees must provide to the Department of Social Services (DSS). Additionally, this bill would require the DSS to cross-check RCFE licensee applicant information with the Department of Public Health (DPH) and post specified information on the DSS website to the extent the automated system can electronically accommodate additional information. Fiscal Impact: Increase in DSS workload, potentially in excess of $150,000 (General Fund), to cross-check information electronically against DPH information and to compile and analyze the additional information provided by all RCFE licensees. Ongoing AB 601 (Eggman) Page 1 of ? workload to post and update the RCFE information on the DSS website is estimated to be minor and absorbable. Potential future cost pressure (General Fund) to update the automation system to accommodate all of the specified RCFE profile information. Likely minor ongoing enforcement costs (General Fund), offset to a degree by penalty revenue, to the extent DSS assesses civil penalties for material violations of the provisions of this measure. Committee Amendments: Make one technical change. -- END --