CA Health & Safety Code Section 1776.3

(a)

The Continuing Care Contracts Branch of the department shall enter and review each continuing care retirement community in the state at least once every three years to augment the branch’s assessment of the provider’s financial soundness.

(b)

During its facility visits, the branch shall consider the condition of the facility, whether the facility is operating in compliance with applicable state law, and whether the provider is performing the services it has specified in its continuing care contracts.

(c)

The branch shall issue guidelines that require each provider to adopt a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan, update that plan at least every three years, submit a copy to the department, and make copies available to residents in a prominent location in each continuing care retirement community facility.

(d)

(1)The branch shall respond within 15 business days to residents’ rights, service-related, and financially related complaints by residents, and shall furnish to residents upon request and within 15 business days any document or report filed with the department by a continuing care provider, except documents protected by privacy laws.

(2)

The provider shall disclose any citation issued by the department pursuant to Section 1793.6 in its disclosure statement to residents as updated annually, and shall post a notice of the citation in a conspicuous location in the facility. The notice shall include a statement indicating that residents may obtain additional information regarding the citation from the provider and the department.