CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1259Introduced by Senator HurtadoFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 1524.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to care facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1259, as introduced, Hurtado. Residential care facilities.Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to provide a residential care facility with a form that includes specific information relating to services and equipment a resident is entitled to obtain from the telephone company. Existing law further requires a residential care facility to attach the form to each resident admission agreement.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to use gender-neutral language.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1524.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1524.7. The State Department of Social Services shall provide to residential care facilities a form, which the residential care facility shall attach to each resident admission agreement, notifying the resident that he or she is they are entitled to obtain services and equipment from the telephone company. The form shall include the following information:Any hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled resident of any residential care facility is entitled to equipment and service by the telephone company, pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, to improve the quality of their telecommunications. Any resident who has a declaration from a licensed professional or a state or federal agency pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code that he or she is they are hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled should contact the local telephone company and ask for assistance in obtaining this equipment and service.This section shall not be construed to require, in any way, the licensee to provide a separate telephone line for any resident.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1259Introduced by Senator HurtadoFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 1524.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to care facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1259, as introduced, Hurtado. Residential care facilities.Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to provide a residential care facility with a form that includes specific information relating to services and equipment a resident is entitled to obtain from the telephone company. Existing law further requires a residential care facility to attach the form to each resident admission agreement.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to use gender-neutral language.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1259
Introduced by Senator HurtadoFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Senator Hurtado
February 21, 2020
An act to amend Section 1524.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to care facilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1259, as introduced, Hurtado. Residential care facilities.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to provide a residential care facility with a form that includes specific information relating to services and equipment a resident is entitled to obtain from the telephone company. Existing law further requires a residential care facility to attach the form to each resident admission agreement.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to use gender-neutral language.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to provide a residential care facility with a form that includes specific information relating to services and equipment a resident is entitled to obtain from the telephone company. Existing law further requires a residential care facility to attach the form to each resident admission agreement.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to use gender-neutral language.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1524.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1524.7. The State Department of Social Services shall provide to residential care facilities a form, which the residential care facility shall attach to each resident admission agreement, notifying the resident that he or she is they are entitled to obtain services and equipment from the telephone company. The form shall include the following information:Any hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled resident of any residential care facility is entitled to equipment and service by the telephone company, pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, to improve the quality of their telecommunications. Any resident who has a declaration from a licensed professional or a state or federal agency pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code that he or she is they are hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled should contact the local telephone company and ask for assistance in obtaining this equipment and service.This section shall not be construed to require, in any way, the licensee to provide a separate telephone line for any resident.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1524.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1524.7. The State Department of Social Services shall provide to residential care facilities a form, which the residential care facility shall attach to each resident admission agreement, notifying the resident that he or she is they are entitled to obtain services and equipment from the telephone company. The form shall include the following information:Any hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled resident of any residential care facility is entitled to equipment and service by the telephone company, pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, to improve the quality of their telecommunications. Any resident who has a declaration from a licensed professional or a state or federal agency pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code that he or she is they are hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled should contact the local telephone company and ask for assistance in obtaining this equipment and service.This section shall not be construed to require, in any way, the licensee to provide a separate telephone line for any resident.
SECTION 1. Section 1524.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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1524.7. The State Department of Social Services shall provide to residential care facilities a form, which the residential care facility shall attach to each resident admission agreement, notifying the resident that he or she is they are entitled to obtain services and equipment from the telephone company. The form shall include the following information:Any hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled resident of any residential care facility is entitled to equipment and service by the telephone company, pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, to improve the quality of their telecommunications. Any resident who has a declaration from a licensed professional or a state or federal agency pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code that he or she is they are hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled should contact the local telephone company and ask for assistance in obtaining this equipment and service.This section shall not be construed to require, in any way, the licensee to provide a separate telephone line for any resident.
1524.7. The State Department of Social Services shall provide to residential care facilities a form, which the residential care facility shall attach to each resident admission agreement, notifying the resident that he or she is they are entitled to obtain services and equipment from the telephone company. The form shall include the following information:Any hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled resident of any residential care facility is entitled to equipment and service by the telephone company, pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, to improve the quality of their telecommunications. Any resident who has a declaration from a licensed professional or a state or federal agency pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code that he or she is they are hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled should contact the local telephone company and ask for assistance in obtaining this equipment and service.This section shall not be construed to require, in any way, the licensee to provide a separate telephone line for any resident.
1524.7. The State Department of Social Services shall provide to residential care facilities a form, which the residential care facility shall attach to each resident admission agreement, notifying the resident that he or she is they are entitled to obtain services and equipment from the telephone company. The form shall include the following information:Any hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled resident of any residential care facility is entitled to equipment and service by the telephone company, pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, to improve the quality of their telecommunications. Any resident who has a declaration from a licensed professional or a state or federal agency pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code that he or she is they are hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled should contact the local telephone company and ask for assistance in obtaining this equipment and service.This section shall not be construed to require, in any way, the licensee to provide a separate telephone line for any resident.
1524.7. The State Department of Social Services shall provide to residential care facilities a form, which the residential care facility shall attach to each resident admission agreement, notifying the resident that he or she is they are entitled to obtain services and equipment from the telephone company. The form shall include the following information:
Any hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled resident of any residential care facility is entitled to equipment and service by the telephone company, pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, to improve the quality of their telecommunications. Any resident who has a declaration from a licensed professional or a state or federal agency pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code that he or she is they are hearing or speech impaired, or otherwise disabled should contact the local telephone company and ask for assistance in obtaining this equipment and service.
This section shall not be construed to require, in any way, the licensee to provide a separate telephone line for any resident.