Bill Text: CA AB1777 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Residential care facilities for the elderly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1777 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1777-Amended.html
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Amended
IN
Assembly
March 25, 2019 |
| Assembly Bill | No. 1777 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Levine |
February 22, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000, authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper program to reduce the severity, duration, and incidence of suicidal behaviors. Existing law makes related findings and declarations.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Article 12 (commencing with Section 65675) is added to Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, to read:Article 12. Land Use Permits: Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly
65675.
(a) (1)If applying for a land use permit from a legislative body, a residential care facility for the elderly shall disclose any violations received from the State Department of Social Services by any RCFE facilities owned, operated, or administered by the applicant relating to the abandonment of a client or facility, or that resulted in serious bodily harm to the client.SEC. 2.
Section 1569.319 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:1569.319.
(a) If applying for a land use permit from a legislative body, a residential care facility for the elderly shall comply with Article 12 (commencing with Section 65675) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.SEC. 3.
The Legislature finds and declares that transparency of violations with respect to residential care facilities for the elderly is a matter of statewide concern, and not a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, the changes made by this act apply to all cities and counties, including a charter city or charter city and county.SEC. 4.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution for certain costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district because, in that regard, this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)The Surgeon General of the United States has described suicide prevention as a serious public health priority, and has called upon each state to develop a strategy for suicide prevention using a public health approach.
(b)In 1996, 3,401 Californians lost their lives to suicide, an average of nine residents per day. It is estimated that there are between 75,000 and 100,000 suicide attempts in California every year. Eleven percent of
all suicides in the nation take place in California.
(c)Adolescents are far more likely to attempt suicide than their older California counterparts. Data indicate that there are 100 attempts for every adolescent suicide completed. In 1996, 207 California youth died by suicide. Using this estimate, there were likely more than 20,000 suicide attempts made by California adolescents, and approximately 20 percent of all the estimated suicide attempts occurred in California.
(d)Of all of the violent deaths associated with schools nationwide since 1992, 14 percent were suicides.
(e)Homicide and suicide rank as the third and fifth leading causes of death for youth, respectively. Both are preventable. While the death rates for unintentional injuries decreased by more than 40 percent between 1979 and 1996, the death rates
for homicide and suicide increased for youth. Evidence is growing in terms of the links between suicide and other forms of violence. This provides compelling reasons for broadening the state’s scope in identifying risk factors for self-harmful behavior. The number of estimated youth suicide attempts and the growing concerns of youth violence can best be addressed through the implementation of successful gatekeeper training programs to identify and refer youth at risk for self-harmful behavior.
(f)The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) conservatively estimates that the lives of at least six persons related to or connected to individuals who attempt or complete suicide are impacted. Using these estimates, in 1996, more than 600,000
Californians, or 1,644 individuals per day, struggled to cope with the impact of suicide.
(g)Restriction of access to lethal means significantly reduces the number of successful suicides.
(h)Actual incidents of suicide attempts are expected to be higher than reported because attempts not requiring medical attention are less likely to be reported. The underreporting of suicide completion is also likely since suicide classification involves conclusions regarding the intent of the deceased. The stigma associated with suicide is also likely to contribute to underreporting.
(i)Without interagency collaboration and support for proven, community-based, culturally competent suicide prevention and intervention programs, occurrences of suicide are likely to rise.
