BILL NUMBER: AB 2794	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Santiago

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 1569.311 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2794, as introduced, Santiago. Building standards: care
facilities.
   Existing law requires every residential care facility for the
elderly to have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the
facility, as provided.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change 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 1569.311 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   1569.311.   Every   A  residential care
facility for the elderly shall have one or more carbon monoxide
detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 13260) of Part 2 of Division 12.
The department shall account for the presence of these detectors
during inspections.