(1) Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social Services. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law requires that every licensed residential care facility for the elderly be subject to unannounced visits by the department and requires the department to visit these facilities as often as necessary to ensure the quality of care provided, but no less often than once every 5 years. Existing law requires the department to notify the residential care facility for the elderly in writing of all deficiencies and to set a reasonable length of time for compliance by the facility. Existing law requires inspection reports, consultation reports, lists of deficiencies, and plans of correction to be open to public inspection.
California SB 895 (20132014) — Residential care facilities for the elderly.
(1) Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social Services. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law requires that every licensed residential care facility for the elderly be subject to unannounced visits by the department and requires the department to visit these facilities as often as necessary to ensure the quality of care provided, but no less often than once every 5 years. Existing law requires the department to notify the residential care facility for the elderly in writing of all deficiencies and to set a reasonable length of time for compliance by the facility. Existing law requires inspection reports, consultation reports, lists of deficiencies, and plans of correction to be open to public inspection.
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. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB895 Corbett Concurrence — 29–6 (pass) · upper
SB 895 Corbett Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — 61–11 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Corbett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-01-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2014-01-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 13.
2014-01-23 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2014-02-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-02-20 Set for hearing March 25.
2014-03-05 Hearing postponed by committee.
2014-03-06 Set for hearing April 8.
2014-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3119.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-11 Set for hearing April 28.
2014-04-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-04-28 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3704.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3649.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2014-06-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-06 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-22 Read third time and amended. (Page 6343.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2014-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 6494.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 4892.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2014-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 704, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a723155-2bd6-4d61-9278-95359495828c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).