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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals: family caregivers."
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description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate health facilities, defined to mean a facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, and treatment of human illness, as specified. Existing law requires hospitals, among other things, to have a written discharge planning policy and process that requires appropriate arrangements to be made for posthospital care. A violation of those provisions is a crime."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 675"
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citation: "California SB 675 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Hospitals: family caregivers."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2015-02-27"
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last_action: "2015-10-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8f4df57-b675-4b64-bd8e-eee82f7484a2"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB675"
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source_hash: "ed7aae829a17eb41245f89d0c24a40ab0ab4774ee692f8fef70b2698c3d1f12b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 675 (20152016) — Hospitals: family caregivers.
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Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate health facilities, defined to mean a facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, and treatment of human illness, as specified. Existing law requires hospitals, among other things, to have a written discharge planning policy and process that requires appropriate arrangements to be made for posthospital care. A violation of those provisions is a crime.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB675&version=20150SB67599INT)
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2. **04/21/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB675&version=20150SB67598AMD)
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3. **06/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB675&version=20150SB67597AMD)
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4. **07/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB675&version=20150SB67596AMD)
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5. **10/04/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB675&version=20150SB67594CHP)
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6. **SB675** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB675)
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7. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB675&version=20150SB67595ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 675 Liu Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent #9 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Liu — primary (person)
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- Wolk — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
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- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-15** Set for hearing April 29.
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- **2015-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 862.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2015-05-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1068.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-07** July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2638.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2379.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
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- **2015-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 494, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8f4df57-b675-4b64-bd8e-eee82f7484a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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