Bill Text: CA SB1259 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Licensed adult residential facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly: SSI/SSP recipients: report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-08-20 - August 20 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1259 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB1259-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1259

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Introduced by Senator Hurtado

February 21, 2020

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An act to amend Section 1524.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to care facilities.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1259, as introduced, Hurtado. Residential care facilities.

Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to provide a residential care facility with a form that includes specific information relating to services and equipment a resident is entitled to obtain from the telephone company. Existing law further requires a residential care facility to attach the form to each resident admission agreement.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to use gender-neutral language.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 1524.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

1524.7.

 The State Department of Social Services shall provide to residential care facilities a form, which the residential care facility shall attach to each resident admission agreement, notifying the resident that he or she is they are entitled to obtain services and equipment from the telephone company. The form shall include the following information:

“Any hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled resident of any residential care facility is entitled to equipment and service by the telephone company, pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, to improve the quality of their telecommunications. Any resident who has a declaration from a licensed professional or a state or federal agency pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code that he or she is they are hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled should contact the local telephone company and ask for assistance in obtaining this equipment and service.”

This section shall not be construed to require, in any way, the licensee to provide a separate telephone line for any resident.