AB 839 — Residential care facilities for the elderly: financing.

Summary

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs) by the State Department of Social Services. Under existing law, the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act, the California Health Facilities Financing Authority is authorized to make and fund loans through the issuance of revenue bonds, and award grants, to finance or refinance projects by participating health institutions, as defined. Under the act, projects include construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing, or equipping, or funding, financing, or refinancing of a health facility, as defined, or acquisition of a health facility to be financed or refinanced with funds provided in whole or in part pursuant to the act. Under the act, the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Fund is created, with moneys in the fund continuously appropriated to the authority for carrying out the purposes of the act. This bill would expand the above-described program to include RCFEs by adding an RCFE to the definition of "health facility" under the program. The bill would make conforming changes to related provisions. The bill would clarify that other provisions under existing law relating to health facilities would not be affected by the expanded definition, as specified. Under existing law, an RCFE is defined as a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons 60 years of age or over, or their authorized representative, where varying levels and intensities of care, supervision, and certain services are provided, and whereby persons under 60 years of age with compatible needs may be allowed to be admitted or retained in an RCFE, as specified. Under the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act, one of the types of health facilities is a multilevel facility, which is an institutional arrangement where an RCFE is operated as a part of, or in conjunction with, an intermediate care facility, a skilled nursing facility, or a general acute care hospital. Under that provision, "elderly" means a person 62 years of age or older. This bill would modify that definition of "elderly" to mean a person 60 years of age or older. By expanding the purpose for which the above-described continuously appropriated fund may be used, with regard to RCFE projects, the bill would make an appropriation from that fund. The bill would make legislative findings relating to the purpose of the bill.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/10/23 - Chaptered Current pdf October 10, 2023
• Enrolled 09/11/23 - Enrolled pdf September 11, 2023
• Amended 06/20/23 - Amended Senate pdf June 20, 2023
• Amended 03/30/23 - Amended Assembly pdf March 30, 2023
• Amended 03/20/23 - Amended Assembly pdf March 20, 2023
• Introduced 02/14/23 - Introduced pdf February 14, 2023
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Action History

1. October 10, 2023

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2023.

2. October 10, 2023

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 14, 2023

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

4. September 07, 2023

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3024.).

5. September 05, 2023

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. September 05, 2023

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2358.).

7. August 15, 2023

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. August 14, 2023

   From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

9. July 05, 2023

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

10. June 20, 2023

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

11. June 07, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

12. May 10, 2023

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUMAN S.

13. April 27, 2023

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

14. April 27, 2023

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1365.)

15. April 20, 2023

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

16. April 19, 2023

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19).

17. April 03, 2023

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

18. March 30, 2023

    Read second time and amended.

19. March 29, 2023

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 28).

20. March 21, 2023

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

21. March 20, 2023

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

22. February 23, 2023

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

23. February 15, 2023

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

24. February 14, 2023

    Read first time. To print.

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• Dawn Addis · Primary

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