Ben Allen
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 24
Author
The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 requires a person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health to provide hospice services to an individual who is experiencing the last phase of life due to a terminal disease, as defined, and their family, except as provided. The act also provides for the renewal of a license. The act imposes criminal penalties on any person who violates any provision of the act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the act. This bill would impose, beginning on January 1, 2022, a moratorium on the department issuing a new license to provide hospice services, unless the department makes a written finding that an applicant for a new license, or with a license application pending on January 1, 2022, has shown a demonstrable need for hospice services in the area where the applicant proposes to operate based on the concentration of all existing hospice services in that area. The moratorium would end either 365 days from the date that the California State Auditor publishes a report on hospice licensure or when these provisions are repealed on January 1, 2027, whichever is soonest. The bill would prohibit these provisions from being deemed to modify the authority of the department to renew a license pursuant to the act.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 494, Statutes of 2021.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2587.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 2933.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 19).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 6).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 1379.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1199.) (May 20).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 20.
May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 10.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 956.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing April 21.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Read first time.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB664 | HTML |
| 02/19/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/10/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/08/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/13/21 - Enrolled | |
| 10/04/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/19/21- Senate Health | |
| 04/26/21- Senate Health | |
| 05/07/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/22/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/01/21- Assembly Health | |
| 08/16/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/25/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/08/21- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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