Bill Text: CA AB2675 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Health facilities: licensee orientation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 473, Statutes of 2010. [AB2675 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2675-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2675 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 473
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 23, 2010
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 24, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 18, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chesbro
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 1268.6 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to health facilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2675, Chesbro. Health facilities: licensee orientation.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health,
which is responsible for the licensing and regulation of health
facilities, including intermediate care facilities/developmentally
disabled-habilitative and intermediate care
facilities/developmentally disabled-nursing. Violation of these
provisions is a crime. Existing law establishes the State Department
of Developmental Services and sets forth its powers and duties
relating to the administration of the state developmental centers and
entering into contracts with regional centers for the provision of
services to consumers in the community.
Existing law requires that, for initial licensure of an
intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative or
an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing, the
applicant, or a designee, attend an 8-hour orientation program
containing prescribed components approved by the State Department of
Developmental Services.
This bill would, on and after October 1, 2011, increase the course
requirement to 16 total hours and require that 8 of those hours
outline the statutory and regulatory requirements related to business
management. By changing the definition of an existing crime, this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 1268.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
1268.6. As a requirement of initial licensure of an intermediate
care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative or an
intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing, the
applicant or designee of the applicant shall attend an eight-hour
orientation program approved by the State Department of Developmental
Services.
(a) The eight-hour orientation program shall outline the role,
requirements, and regulations of each of the following:
(1) The scope of responsibility for operation including regulatory
requirements and statutes governing the facility type.
(2) Cost reporting.
(3) Local planning.
(4) Regional center and other community support services.
(5) All federal and state agencies responsible for licensing and
certification, and data collection.
(6) Government and private agencies responsible for ensuring the
rights of the developmentally disabled.
(b) The orientation shall be conducted by relevant community
services and provider organizations. Organizations conducting the
orientation class shall be responsible for keeping a record of all
attendees and shall provide the department with the information
within 15 working days or upon request. Instructors of the
orientation shall have knowledge or experience in the subject area to
be taught, and shall meet any of the following criteria:
(1) Possession of a four-year college degree relevant to the
course or courses to be taught.
(2) Be a health professional with a valid and current license to
practice in California.
(3) Have at least two years experience in California as an
administrator of a long-term health care facility that provides
services to persons with developmental disabilities within the last
eight years.
(c) If the licensee can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
department that the licensee, or a representative of the licensee,
has taken the orientation program any year prior to opening a new
facility, the licensee shall not be required to repeat the program to
open the facility.
(d) This section shall become inoperative on October 1, 2011, and,
as of January 1, 2012, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2012, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
SEC. 2. Section 1268.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
1268.6. (a) Commencing October 1, 2011, as a requirement of
initial licensure of an intermediate care facility/developmentally
disabled-habilitative or an intermediate care
facility/developmentally disabled-nursing, the applicant or designee
of the applicant shall attend a sixteen-hour orientation program
approved by the State Department of Developmental Services.
(b) The sixteen-hour orientation program shall contain both of the
following:
(1) Eight hours of the orientation program shall outline the role,
requirements, and regulations of each of the following:
(A) The scope of responsibility for operation including regulatory
requirements and statutes governing the facility type.
(B) Local planning.
(C) Regional center and other community support services.
(D) All federal and state agencies responsible for licensing and
certification, and data collection.
(E) Government and private agencies responsible for ensuring the
rights of the developmentally disabled.
(2) Eight hours of the orientation program shall outline the
statutory and regulatory requirements related to business management.
The program shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the
following:
(A) Cost reporting.
(B) General accounting principles.
(C) The State Department of Health Care Services' audit process.
(D) The regional center vendorization process.
(c) The orientation shall be conducted by relevant community
services and provider organizations. Organizations conducting the
orientation class shall be responsible for keeping a record of all
attendees and shall provide the department with the information
within 15 working days or upon request. Instructors of the
orientation shall have knowledge or experience in the subject area to
be taught, and shall meet any of the following criteria:
(1) Possession of a four-year college degree relevant to the
course or courses to be taught.
(2) Be a health professional with a valid and current license to
practice in California.
(3) Have at least two years experience in California as an
administrator of a long-term health care facility that provides
services to persons with developmental disabilities within the last
eight years.
(d) If the licensee can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
department that the licensee, or a representative of the licensee,
has taken the orientation program any year prior to opening a new
facility, the licensee shall not be required to repeat the program to
open the facility.
(e) This section shall become operative on October 1, 2011.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because 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.
