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Assembly Bill 749
This bill tags into Assembly Bill 304 that was signed in 2007…..
in reference to the Disaster and Mass Casualty Plan that must be available now in every
facility should the police or fire department ask to review this document.

This new bill make the document more detailed in nature and also causes the document to
be available on request to residents and local emergency responders.

This bill requires the document to be available as of March 1, 2009 to the department to
confirm during comprehensive licensing visits.
This bill does state "Nothing in this section shall create a new or additional requirement
for the department to evaluate the emergency plan. The department shall only verify that
the plan is on file at the time of the comprehensive inspection."

The details of this emergency plan are more specific from the one signed in 2007 in that
they also include:
Evacuation procedure,
Plans to be self-reliant for at least 72 hours including the long term loss of power,
Transportation needs including the ability to obtain the information needed during the
emergency of the best routes to use for evacuation and relocation necessitated by a
disaster,
Provision of emergency power,
Providing an emergency call system for the residents when the call lights are inoperable,
A process to communicate with residents, families, hospice providers and others as
appropriate that might include land line telephones, cellular phones or walkie talkies.
Assistance with the storage, preservation and administration of all residents’ medications.
Operation of assisted medical devices that need power such as oxygen and wheelchairs,
A process for identifying and meeting special needs of the residents such as Hospice
residents.

Assembly Bill 978 and Senate Bill 84
These bills take the percentage of facilities that must have an annual unannounced visit to
20% in place of 10% that has been followed for the past several years.
They also contain the same factor of a 10% increase each year of annual unannounced
visits when the number of total citations issued by the department for the previous year is
an increase above the number of total citations for the year previous to the past year.

This bill increases the timing of civil penalties being issued to the facility. It allows for an
immediate civil penalty when they are giving a Type A Citation.
It also allows for not more than 50% of each civil penalty going into a fund to be available
for the relocation of residents when CCLD finds they must relocate residents due to
licensing issues.

An interesting part of section 1523.2(c) is that "revenues received by the department for
payment of civil penalties imposed on licensed facilities pursuant to Sections 1569.17,
1569.485, and 1569.49 shall be deposited into the Technical Assistance Fund and shall be
expended by the department exclusively for the technical assistance, training and education
of licensees."

Assembly Bill No 2370
This adds the need for all facilities to prepare a document each year, on or before January
31st of that year, which will disclose its average monthly rate increases, inclusive of rates
for living units and service fee for each of the previous 3 years.
This must include the average amount of increase and the average percentage of increase.
This document must be given to prospective residents and new residents and or their
representatives throughout the year.

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