BILL NUMBER: SB 174	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Emmerson

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2011

   An act to amend Section 1501 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to community care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 174, as introduced, Emmerson. Community care facilities.
   Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act,
provides for the licensure and regulation of community care and
residential facilities by the State Department of Social Services.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
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 1501 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   1501.  (a)  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there
is an urgent need to establish a coordinated and comprehensive
statewide service system of quality community care for mentally ill
 ,   and  developmentally and physically
disabled  , and  children and adults who require
care or services by a facility or organization issued a license or
special permit pursuant to this chapter.
   (b)  Therefore, the Legislature declares it is the intent of the
state to develop policies and programs designed to: (1) 
insure   ensure  a level of care and services in
the community  which   that  is equal to or
better than that provided by the state hospitals; (2) 
assure   ensure  that all people who require them
are provided with the appropriate range of social rehabilitative,
habilitative  ,  and treatment services, including
residential and nonresidential programs tailored to their needs; (3)
protect the legal and human rights of a person in or receiving
services from a community care facility; (4)  insure
  ensure  continuity of care between the
medical-health elements and the supportive care-rehabilitation
elements of California's health systems; (5)  insure
  ensure  that facilities providing community care
are adequate, safe  ,  and sanitary; (6)  assure
  ensure  that rehabilitative and treatment
services are provided at a reasonable cost; (7)  assure
  ensure  that state payments for community care
services are based on a flexible rate schedule varying according to
type and cost of care and services provided; (8) encourage the
utilization of personnel from state hospitals and the development of
training programs to improve the quality of staff in community care
facilities; and (9)  insure   ensure  the
quality of community care facilities by evaluating the care and
services provided and furnishing incentives to upgrade their quality.