BILL NUMBER: AB 1372INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Feuer FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act relating to health facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1372, as introduced, Feuer. Long-term health care facilities: ratings. Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates health facilities, including long-term health care facilities. Violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Department of Public Health to institute a facility rating guide for long-term health care facilities and to post the ratings in the facilities and on the department's Internet Web site. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. AB 1372, as introduced, Feuer. Long-term health care facilities: ratings. Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates health facilities, including long-term health care facilities. Violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Department of Public Health to institute a facility rating guide for long-term health care facilities and to post the ratings in the facilities and on the department's Internet Web site. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Department of Public Health to institute a facility rating guide for long-term health care facilities and to post the ratings in the facilities and on the department's Internet Web site. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Department of Public Health to institute a facility rating guide for long-term health care facilities and to post the ratings in the facilities and on the department's Internet Web site.