BILL NUMBER: AB 2276	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act  to add Section 9719.6 to the Welfare and
Institutions Code,  relating to long-term  health 
care  , and making an appropriation therefor  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2276, as amended, Campos. Office of the State Long-Term Care
Ombudsman: funding. 
   Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act,
establishes the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the
California Department of Aging. Existing law requires the department
to allocate all federal and state funds for local ombudsman programs
according to a specified schedule. 
   Existing law establishes the State Health Facilities Citation
Penalties Account into which moneys derived from civil penalties for
violations of state law are deposited. Moneys in this account may be
used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the protection of
health or property of residents of long-term health care facilities,
as specified  , and the costs   associated with the
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program  . 
   Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act,
establishes the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the
California Department of Aging. Existing law requires the department
to allocate all federal and state funds for local ombudsman programs
according to a specified schedule.  
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that restores funding to the office with moneys from the
account.  
   This bill would appropriate the sum of $1,600,000 for the 2011-12
fiscal year and $1,600,000 for 2012-13 fiscal year from the State
Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account to the department for
use in funding local ombudsman programs, as specified. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
 no   yes  . Fiscal committee: no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    The sum of one million six hundred
thousand dollars ($1,600,000) for the 2011-12 fiscal year and one
million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000) for the 2012-13
fiscal year is hereby appropriated from the State Health Facilities
Citation Penalties Account to the California Department of Aging for
use in funding local ombudsman programs pursuant to the distribution
schedule in Section 9719.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 9719.6 is added to the
Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
   9719.6.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
that restores funding to the Office of the State Long-Term Care
Ombudsman with moneys from the State Health Facilities Citation
Penalties Account.