Existing law provides for the licensure of long-term health care facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973, the department may assess penalties for violation of prescribed state and federal requirements. Moneys collected as a result of the penalties imposed pursuant to these provisions are required to be deposited into either the State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account or the Federal Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account, and used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the protection of health or property of residents of long-term health care facilities, including reimbursing residents for personal funds lost and costs associated with informational meetings.
California AB 392 (20092010) — Long-term health care facilities.
Existing law provides for the licensure of long-term health care facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973, the department may assess penalties for violation of prescribed state and federal requirements. Moneys collected as a result of the penalties imposed pursuant to these provisions are required to be deposited into either the State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account or the Federal Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account, and used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the protection of health or property of residents of long-term health care facilities, including reimbursing residents for personal funds lost and costs associated with informational meetings.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Feuer — primary (person)
Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
Bonnie Lowenthal — principal coauthor (person)
Brownley — coauthor (person)
Huffman — coauthor (person)
Jones — author (person)
Lieu — coauthor (person)
Monning — coauthor (person)
Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
Ruskin — coauthor (person)
Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2009-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2009-03-16 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-04-15 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2009-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-05-04 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-11 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1363.). reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-05-14 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1458.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-05-21 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-06-11 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-06-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2009-07-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-07-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-07-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 1757.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-07-16 In Assembly. To enrollment.
2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 102, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26392789-ede5-4a97-885e-e11983ce16a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).