Health facilities: citations: notifications.

Under existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973, the State Department of Public Health administers various requirements pertaining to long-term health care facilities. Violation of these provisions is punishable by various classes of administrative citations with corresponding administrative penalties. Existing law contains posting and retention requirements applicable to facilities receiving class "AA," class "A," and class "B" violations. The bill would revise requirements relating to the posting and retention by a facility of citations for class "AA" and class "A" violations. It would provide that violation of these class "AA," class "A," and class "B" posting and retention requirements would constitute a class "B" violation, subject to a specified civil penalty, and would require the civil penalty to be deposited into the existing State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account.