Care facilities: change in health status: violations: notice.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities, including skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and congregate living health facilities. Existing law also provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law requires a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, congregate living health facility, or residential care facility for the elderly to make reasonable efforts to contact the person named in the resident's admission agreement as the resident's contact person, or the resident's responsible person, within 24 hours after a significant change in the resident's health or mental status. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this requirement.