Residential care facilities for the elderly: emergency and disaster plans.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law requires a facility to have an emergency plan that includes specified provisions and is available, upon request, to residents onsite and available to local emergency responders. Existing law exempts a facility that has obtained a certificate of authority to offer continuing care contracts from this requirement. A violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.
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AB 3098
California AB 3098 (20172018)
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Residential care facilities for the elderly: emergency and disaster plans.
California AB 3098 (20172018) — Residential care facilities for the elderly: emergency and disaster plans.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law requires a facility to have an emergency plan that includes specified provisions and is available, upon request, to residents onsite and available to local emergency responders. Existing law exempts a facility that has obtained a certificate of authority to offer continuing care contracts from this requirement. A violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB3098 Friedman By Wiener — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 3098 FRIEDMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
AB 3098 FRIEDMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Friedman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2018-03-12 Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and HUM. S. referral-committee
2018-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. referral-committee
2018-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5438.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-06-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-07-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5820.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6788.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2018-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 348, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba47b14e-aeea-44ca-9387-af837f5e3338. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).