| SB 491 Alquist
State Alzheimer's Disease Strategic Plan
Requires the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory
Committee to develop the State Alzheimer's Disease Strategic Plan.
Requires the committee to collaborate with a broad group of
stakeholders, and to review current state policies and practices
concerning treatment for Alzheimer's disease, and to develop specified
recommendations relating to Alzheimer's care in the state. Requires
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint two people who
have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another dementia to a one–year
term on the Alzheimer’s Advisory Committee. Status: Signed
by Governor
AB 749 Wolk Requires a residential
care facility for the elderly to have an emergency plan that includes
evacuation procedures, provisions for alternative power, and
procedures for care and assessment during an emergency. Status:
Signed by Governor
AB 759 Karnette
Requires every
residential care facility for the elderly that is licensed as of
January 2010 to care for not more than 6 residents to have an
approved, operable automatic fire sprinkler system by January 2011.
Any facility licensed after January 1, 2010, will be required to have
sprinklers. Requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations to
implement these provisions by January 1, 2009, including addressing
those fire safety features no longer required of a licensee after an
operable automatic fire sprinkler system has been installed and
maintained. Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 2105 DeSaulnier
Expands the category of mandated reporters
of suspected financial abuse to include both licensees as that term is
defined under the State Finance Lenders Law, the State Residential
Mortgage Lending Act, and real estate brokers, as defined in specified
provisions of the Real Estate Law. Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 2370 Bass
Requires the licensee of a residential
care facility to disclose to current facility residents its average
monthly rate increases over the previous 3 years. Requires the
licensee to post such disclosure, and to provide a written copy to new
and prospective facility residents. Status: Signed by Governor
AB 2375 Hernandez
Requires the Office of Statewide Health
Planning and Development to establish the Health Professions Workforce
Task Force to assist in the development of a health professions
workforce master plan for the state. Requires the task force to submit
recommendations for a health professions workforce master plan.
Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to compile a baseline report
to assess the state's health professional workforce data collection
capacity and to report their findings to the task force. Status:
Held in Senate Rules Committee
AB 2543 Berg
Establishes the Geriatric and Gerontology
Workforce Expansion Act. Provides loan repayment assistance to
physicians and surgeons, nurses, clinical social workers, and marriage
and family therapists who work in a geriatric care setting. Raises the
licensing and renewal fees of these licenses. Establishes the
Geriatric and Gerontology Student Loan Assistance Program and requires
the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to report
annually to the legislature with regard to the program. Status:
Vetoed by Governor
AB 2716 Ma
Requires employers to provide paid sick
time, upon request of employee, for diagnosis, care, or treatment of
health conditions of the employee or an employees family member, or
for leave related to domestic violence or sexual assault. Provides
that an employer would be prohibited from discriminating or
retaliating against an employee who requests paid sick time. Exempts
construction employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement if
the agreement expressly waives the requirements of these provisions.
Status: Held in Senate Appropriations Committee
AB 2947 Eng
Amends existing law that provides that a
written agreement to submit to arbitration a controversy thereafter is
valid. Provides that these provisions shall not apply to any
arbitration agreement applicable to a controversy between a
residential care facility for the elderly and an elder or a dependent
adult if specified violations occur. Prohibits a facility from
requiring that an elder waive rights to file complaints or pursue a
civil action based on a claim for physical abuse, neglect or death.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
SB 434 Romero
Would amend the
language in the Budget Trailer bill that creates a stakeholder group
to make recommendations on changes in the nursing home rate reform
law. SB 434 would provide that the group include ten consumers, five
providers and five workers. The budget bill provides the membership
shall be equal among the three. Also calls for the Department of
Health Care services to develop a plan to verify staffing and to
consider requiring quarterly payroll reports. Status: Senate Rules
Committee
SB 535 Kuehl
Amends existing law which requires the
State Department of Health Care Services to develop and establish a
consumer information service system to provide information to the
general public and consumers regarding long-term health care
facilities in their communities. Revises information to be provided
and how that information is made available to the general public and
consumers. Status: Vetoed by Governor
SB 1140 Steinberg
Adds to the definition of financial abuse, the
taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining, or
assisting in the taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or
retaining, of real or personal property of an elder or dependent adult
when the elder or dependent adult lacks capacity, or by undue
influence, or both. Status: Signed by
Governor
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