BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 1211
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Date of Hearing: May 6, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
1211 (Maienschein) - As Amended March 24, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable:
No
SUMMARY:
This bill increases the maximum number of beds allowed in
congregate living health facilities (CLHFs) from 12 to 18.
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FISCAL EFFECT:
Negligible state fiscal effect.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. The author states the demand for CLHF services to
provide alternative, non-institutional settings for patients
is increasing beyond current capacity. The author asserts the
only current alternative to expanding the number of beds from
12 to 18 is for operators to construct new CLHFs within the
same community, which lengthens the time it takes to place
in-need patients in a CLHF and increases the number of
facilities that DPH must oversee. The author maintains that
by increasing the number of licensed beds from 12 to 18,
providers may reduce the fixed costs related to operating a
CLHF, rather than increasing costs due to new construction, to
meet the increasing demand. This bill is supported by
numerous health care entities who operate CLHFs.
2)CLHFs in California. CLHFs are one type of long-term care
facility licensed by CDPH. CLHFs provide care that is less
intensive than that provided in general acute care hospitals
but more intensive than that provided in skilled nursing
facilities.
There are currently 84 licensed CLHFs operating throughout the
state, with a total bed capacity of 661.
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Analysis Prepared by:Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916)
319-2081