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Long-term care: family councils.

It became law on Oct 13, 2023.

CA AB 979 · Assembly Bill · 2023–2024

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Latest action
Oct 13, 2023

What it does

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and intermediate care facilities (ICFs) . Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs) . A violation of those licensing provisions is generally a crime. Existing law prohibits those facilities from prohibiting the formation of a family council, which is a meeting of family members, friends, or representatives of 2 or more residents to confer in private without facility staff. Existing law prohibits those facilities from willfully interfering with the formation, maintenance, or…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Oct 13, 2023

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