BILL NUMBER: AB 304	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 22, 2007

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 amended, 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 require a community care facility that is licensed
or has a special permit for specialized services to provide a copy
of the disaster and mass casualty  plan  r  
equired   pursuant to a specified regulation  to
 any appropriate local entity or authority responsible for
providing emergency services   the fire department, law
enforcement agencies, and civil defense and other disaster
authorities  in the area or community in which the facility is
located, upon request of the  local entity or authority
  fire department, law enforcement agency, or civil
defense or other disaster authority  . 
   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, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions. 
   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 1520.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   1520.7.  Every community care facility that is licensed or has a
special permit for specialized services pursuant to Section 1525
 shall provide a copy of the plan to any appropriate local
entity or authority responsible for providing emergency services in
the area   shall provide a copy of the disaster and mass
casualty plan required pursuant to Section 80023 of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations to the fire department, law
enforcement agencies, an   d civil defense and other
disaster authorities in the area  or community in which the
facility is located, upon request by the  local entity or
authority   fire department, law enforcement agency, or
civil defense or other disaster authority  . Section 1540 shall
not apply to this section.