Bill Text: CA SB1292 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Senior affordable housing: nursing pilot program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-25 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1292 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB1292-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
March 25, 2020 |
Introduced by Senator Jackson |
February 21, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a nursing pilot program in a specified number of senior affordable housing developments in 5 counties for 5 years to require collaboration between an onsite nurse who provides necessary health care and onsite coordinators who facilitate other services that enable residents to remain living independently, and avoid costly and unnecessary hospitalizations and long-term care facility stays.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 50222) is added to Part 1 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:CHAPTER 7. Housing Plus Services Nursing Pilot Program
50222.
(a) The California Department of Aging shall establish and administer the Housing Plus Services Nursing Pilot Program. The department shall choose projects in the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, and Sonoma.50222.2.
(a) On or before January 1, 2025, the department shall provide to the Senate Committee on Health, the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, the Assembly Committee on Health, the California Health and Human Services Agency, and the Department of Housing and Community Development a report that contains, but is not limited to, all of the following:50222.4.
This chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act expressly for this purpose.50222.6.
This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a five-year nursing pilot program in a specified number of senior affordable housing developments in five counties that requires all of the following:
(a)Collaboration between an onsite nurse who provides necessary health care and onsite coordinators who facilitate other services that enable residents to remain living independently, and avoid costly and unnecessary hospitalizations and long-term care facility stays.
(b)Reporting to the Legislature, the California Health and Human Services Agency, and the
Department of Housing and Community Development on or before January 1, 2024.