Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of long-term health care facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes the department to issue citations for violations of those provisions that are classified according to the nature of the violation. Existing law authorizes a licensee to contest a citation or proposed assessment of a civil penalty under specified provisions. This bill would require a long-term health care facility to notify the local long-term care ombudsman if a resident is notified in writing of a facility-initiated transfer or discharge from the facility, as specified. The bill would provide that a failure to timely provide a copy of that notice would constitute a class B violation for purposes of a department-issued citation.
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This measure would recognize the month of September 2017 as Student Hunger Action Month.
This measure would recognize October 20, 2017, as Arirang Day and would celebrate the culture and contributions of Korean Americans to California.
This measure would proclaim October 13, 2017, as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, and would request the citizens of California, on that day, to become informed and aware of metastatic breast cancer.
This measure would remember and honor the millions of victims of the man-made Ukrainian Famine of 1932–1933, known as "Holodomor," and their descendants who are living throughout California. The measure would also designate November 25, 2017, as Holodomor Remembrance Day.
This measure would state that the Legislature respectfully disagrees with statements posted on Twitter by the President of the United States proposing to ban transgender Americans from military service, and would call upon the Governor of California to direct the Armed Forces of the state to take no action that discriminates against transgender service members on the basis of their gender identity or expression, unless superseded by federal law. The measure would also urge the United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis to allow transgender service members who are otherwise able to serve to remain in the United States Armed Forces and recommend to President Trump that transgender individuals who are otherwise able to serve be permitted to join the United States Armed Forces.
This measure would recognize the importance of promoting the leadership of California's tourism industry in continuing to welcome Chinese travelers and would commemorate the mission and success of the 2016 U.S.-China Tourism Year by encouraging continued travel and tourism between California and China, as well as between California and California's other domestic and international markets and partners.
This measure would declare the month of September 2017 as Kinship Care Month.
This measure would proclaim November 2, 2017, as National Latina Equal Pay Day in California in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all.
This measure would recognize the 3rd week of October 2017, and that week each year thereafter, as Digital Citizenship Week.