Bill Text: CA AB2301 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2301 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Residential care facilities for the elderly: elder abuse.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB2301 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2301-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2301	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chu

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add and repeal Section 15656.5 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to residential care facilities for the
elderly.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2301, as amended, Chu. Residential care facilities for the
elderly: elder abuse.
   Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the
Elderly Act, provides for the licensure of residential care
facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social
Services. Existing law establishes rights for residents of
residential care facilities for the elderly, including the right to
contact the department or the long-term care ombudsman, or both,
regarding grievances. Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent
Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes various procedures for the
reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent
adult abuse.
   This bill would require the California Health and Human Services
Agency, on or before January 1, 2020, to file a report to the
Legislature regarding  the manner in which   how
 each county in the state invests in and  conducts
services that train and equip   trains and equips 
law enforcement officers to identify and investigate instances of
elder abuse in long-term care and assisted living facilities within
their jurisdiction, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 15656.5 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   15656.5.  (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the California Health
and Human Services Agency shall file a report to the Legislature
regarding  the manner in which   how  each
county in the state invests in and  conducts services that
train and equip   trains and equips  law
enforcement officers to identify and investigate instances of elder
abuse in long-term care and assisted living facilities within their
jurisdictions.
   (b) The report filed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include,
but not be limited to, the following information for each county:
   (1) The size and scope of the county's long-term care ombudsman
program.
   (2) Whether or not the county sheriff's department maintains an
elder abuse task force or a resource officer trained and equipped to
investigate elder abuse cases or coordinates with the county
long-term care ombudsman on elder abuse investigations and the way in
which these programs are funded.
   (3) How  proactive the county's   frequently
and which county  programs are  at engaging 
 able to engage  with long-term care  facilities and
conducting services,   facilities,  including, but
not limited to,  routine check-ins with facility managers
and residents.   periodic visits to facilities. 
   (4) Whether or not the county's elder abuse task force or
designated resource officer, if any,  has  
makes  contact information available to long-term care
facilities and their residents.
   (c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

   (2) Pursuant to Section  9795   10231.5
of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2024.