Aisha Wahab
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 10
Author
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including, but not limited to, skilled nursing facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) , a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973. The act requires the governing board or other governing authority of a hospital, before adopting plans for the hospital building, as defined, to submit to HCAI an application for approval, accompanied by the plans, as prescribed. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) , and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law authorizes DHCS to adopt regulations to certify providers enrolled in the Medi-Cal program, and applicants for enrollment as providers, including providers and applicants licensed as health care facilities. This bill would require a licensed skilled nursing facility that proposes to provide therapeutic behavioral health programs in an identifiable and physically separate unit of a skilled nursing facility, and that is required to submit an application and receive approvals from multiple departments, as specified above, to apply simultaneously to those departments for review and approval of application materials. The bill, when an applicant for approval from one of the specified departments is unable to complete the approval process because the applicant has not obtained required approvals and documentation from one or both of the other departments, would authorize the applicant to submit all available forms and supporting documentation, along with a letter estimating when the remaining materials will be submitted. The bill would require the receiving department to initiate review of the application, and would require final approval of the application to be granted only when all required documentation has been submitted by the applicant to each department from which approval is required. The bill would require the departments to work jointly to develop processes to allow applications to be reviewed simultaneously and in a coordinated manner, as specified.
July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4133.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3979.) (May 16).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Set for hearing May 16.
April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 22.
Withdrawn from committee.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3562.) (April 10).
Set for hearing April 10.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1319 | HTML |
| 02/16/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/15/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/16/24 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/08/24- Senate Health | |
| 04/19/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/16/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/18/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/14/24- Assembly Health | |
| 06/28/24- Assembly Appropriations |
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