BILL NUMBER: AB 304	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huff

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2007

   An act to add Section 1520.7 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to community care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 304, as introduced, Huff. Community care facilities: disaster
and mass casualty plans.
   Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act,
provides for the licensure and regulation of community care
facilities, as defined, and provides for criminal sanctions for a
violation of those provisions. Existing law requires any person
desiring issuance of a license for a community care facility or a
special permit for specialized services to file with the State
Department of Social Services, an application on a prescribed form,
containing specified information.
   This bill would, on and after January 1, 2008, require any person
applying for a license for a community care facility or a special
permit for specialized services pursuant to those provisions to
provide a copy of the plan to any appropriate local entity or
authority responsible for providing emergency services in the area or
community in which the facility is located. The bill would require a
community care facility that was licensed or received a special
permit for specialized services on or before January 1, 2008, to, no
later than January 1, 2009, provide a copy of the plan to any
appropriate local entity or authority responsible for providing
emergency services in the area or community in which the facility is
located. By imposing a new requirement on community care facilities,
a violation of which would be a crime, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1520.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   1520.7.  (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 1520, on
and after January 1, 2008, any person applying for a license for a
community care facility or a special permit for specialized services
under this chapter shall provide a copy of the plan to any
appropriate local entity or authority responsible for providing
emergency services in the area or community in which the facility is
located.
   (b) A community care facility that was licensed or received a
special permit for specialized services pursuant to Section 1520
before January 1, 2008, shall, no later than January 1, 2009, provide
a copy of the plan to any appropriate local entity or authority
responsible for providing emergency services in the area or community
in which the facility is located.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.