Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, inspect, and regulate skilled nursing facilities, as defined, and prohibits a person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state from operating, establishing, managing, conducting, or maintaining a skilled nursing facility in this state, without first obtaining a license from the department. Existing law prohibits a person from acquiring a beneficial interest of 5% or more in any corporation or partnership licensed to operate a skilled nursing facility, or in any management company under contract with a licensee of a skilled nursing facility, or from becoming an officer or director of, or general partner in, a corporation, partnership, or management company without the prior written approval of the department. Existing law requires a licensee for a skilled nursing facility to provide written notice of a proposed change in licensee or management company to all residents of the facility and their representatives at least 90 days prior to a finalization of the sale, transfer of operation, or other change or transfer of ownership interests, except as specified. Existing law requires an applicant for a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility to submit certain information to the department, such as the name and address of a parent organization if the applicant is a subsidiary of another organization, and report any changes to that information within 30 days. Existing law imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the licensing and regulatory requirements imposed on skilled nursing facilities.
California AB 1502 (20212022) — Freestanding skilled nursing facilities.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, inspect, and regulate skilled nursing facilities, as defined, and prohibits a person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state from operating, establishing, managing, conducting, or maintaining a skilled nursing facility in this state, without first obtaining a license from the department. Existing law prohibits a person from acquiring a beneficial interest of 5% or more in any corporation or partnership licensed to operate a skilled nursing facility, or in any management company under contract with a licensee of a skilled nursing facility, or from becoming an officer or director of, or general partner in, a corporation, partnership, or management company without the prior written approval of the department. Existing law requires a licensee for a skilled nursing facility to provide written notice of a proposed change in licensee or management company to all residents of the facility and their representatives at least 90 days prior to a finalization of the sale, transfer of operation, or other change or transfer of ownership interests, except as specified. Existing law requires an applicant for a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility to submit certain information to the department, such as the name and address of a parent organization if the applicant is a subsidiary of another organization, and report any changes to that information within 30 days. Existing law imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the licensing and regulatory requirements imposed on skilled nursing facilities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1502 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 56–17 (pass) · lower
AB 1502 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading — 55–15 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1502 Muratsuchi et al. By Pan — 25–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Muratsuchi — primary (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
McCarty — coauthor (person)
Stern — principal coauthor (person)
Wood — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2021-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2021-03-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2021-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-01-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-01-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (January 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-01-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-01-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-01-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (January 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-01-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-01-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 15. Page 3430.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-02-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-04 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-28 Withdrawn from committee.
2022-06-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 5138.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 17.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 578, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8fcf6902-f3fb-49d3-85d2-b36ecce0b91c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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