Mandatory training: employment laws.

(1) The California Community Care Facilities Act generally requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate community care facilities, defined to include, among others, any facility that provides nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult daycare, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults. A violation of the act or a willful or repeated violation of any rule or regulation promulgated under the act is a crime. The act generally requires licensees and employees of licensees to complete specified education and training requirements, including, among others, training on management and supervision of staff. This bill would require education and training on federal, state, and local jurisdiction employment laws for certain individuals who work in facilities licensed under the act, including, among others, a facility manager and direct childcare workers in a group home and crisis nursery and staff in adults residential care facilities. The bill would require the training to, among other things, be consistent with information in the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement Policies and Interpretations Manual governing residential facilities. (2) The California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act generally requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate residential care facilities for the elderly and imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the act or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under the act. The act generally requires licensees and employees of licensees to complete specified education and training requirements, including, among others, training on management and supervision of staff. This bill would require education and training on federal, state, and local jurisdiction employment laws, as described above, for employees that include, among others, an administrator of a facility licensed under the act. (3) The California Child Day Care Facilities Act generally requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate various types of child day care facilities, defined to include, among others, family daycare homes and day care centers. A person who willfully or repeatedly violates any provision of the act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the act is guilty of a crime. The act generally requires licensees and employees of licensees to complete specified education and training requirements, including, among others, health and safety training and pediatric first aid. This bill would require a facility director and direct care staff to complete education and training on federal, state, and local jurisdiction employment laws, as described above. (4) By expanding the duties under these acts, this bill would expand the crimes applicable to those acts, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.