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Bill Text - AB-1863 Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act.
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AB-1863 Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act.(2013-2014)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Ian Calderon, Cooley, Hall, and Lowenthal)
An act to amend Sections 1796.12, 1796.14, 1796.17, 1796.22, 1796.29, 1796.32, 1796.33, 1796.34, 1796.35, 1796.36, 1796.37, 1796.38, 1796.39, 1796.41, 1796.42, 1796.43, 1796.44, 1796.45, 1796.51, 1796.52, 1796.53, 1796.55, 1796.61, and 1769.63 and 1796.55 of, to amend the heading of Article 8 (commencing with Section 1796.44) of Chapter 13 of Division 2 of, and to add Sections 1796.40 and Section 1796.50 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
AB 1863, as amended, Jones. Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act.
Existing law establishes the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act (the act), which provides, on and after January 1, 2015, 2016, for the licensure and regulation of home care organizations, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services, and for the registration of home care aides. Violation of the act is a misdemeanor. Existing law requires background clearances for home care aides and home care organizations, as specified. Existing law authorizes any individual that possesses, among other things, a valid Alien Registration Card, and who has submitted an application, to initiate a background examination to be either a registered home care aide or to be a licensed home care organization.
This bill, commencing January 1, 2016, would make the provisions of the act applicable to domestic home care aide referral organizations, as defined, including licensure, fees, enforcement and fines, and regulation of registered home care aides having agreements with those organizations. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require a domestic home care aide referral organization to provide specified information to a person to whom a home care aide is referred, including specified information about the person’s potential employer responsibilities. The bill would authorize any individual that possesses either a valid Alien Registration Receipt Card or valid Permanent Resident Card to initiate a background examination to be either a registered home care aide or to be a licensed home care organization or a domestic home care aide referral organization.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to post any proposed regulations promulgated for purposes of implementing the act on its public Internet Web site no earlier than 10 calendar days prior to the effective date of the proposed rule, as specified.
This bill would instead require the State Department of Social Services to post any proposed regulations promulgated on its public Internet Web site no later than 90 calendar days prior to the effective date of the proposed rule, as specified.
(f) “Domestic home care aide referral organization” means an employment agency, as defined in Section 1812.5095 of the Civil Code that offers, refers, provides, or attempts to provide work for an independent home care aide who is providing home care services and is licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(g) “Domestic home care aide referral organization applicant” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, or a firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other entity that is requesting to become a domestic home care aide referral organization licensee and the department has received and is processing the complete domestic home care aide referral organization application and nonrefundable application fee.
(h) “Domestic home care aide referral organization application” means the official form, designated by the department, to request to become a licensed domestic home care aide referral organization.
(i) “Domestic home care aide referral organization licensee” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other entity having the authority and responsibility for the operation of a licensed domestic home care aide referral organization.
(j) “Family member” means any spouse, by marriage or otherwise, domestic partner, child or stepchild, by natural birth or by adoption, parent, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, half brother, half sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first cousin, or any person denoted by the prefix “grand” or “great,” or the spouse of any of these persons, even if the marriage has been terminated by death or dissolution.
(k) “Home care aide applicant” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, who is requesting to become a registered home care aide and the department has received and is processing the individual’s complete home care aide application and nonrefundable application fee.
(l) “Home care aide application” means the official form, designated by the department, to request to become a registered home care aide.
(m) “Home care aide registry” means a department-established and department-maintained Internet Web site of registered home care aides and home care aide applicants, which includes all of the following: the individual’s name, registration number, registration status, registration expiration date, and, if applicable, the home care organization to which the affiliated home care aide or affiliated home care aide applicant is associated. either or both of the following:
(2) The domestic home care aide referral organization or organizations with which a registered home care aide is associated.
(o)“Registered home care aide” means an affiliated home care aide or independent home care aide, 18 years of age or older, who is listed on the home care aide registry.
(t) “Registered home care aide” means an affiliated home care aide or independent home care aide, 18 years of age or older, who is listed on the home care aide registry.
SECTION 1.Section 1796.12 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)“Affiliated home care aide” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, who is employed by a home care organization to provide home care services to a client and is listed on the home care aide registry.
(b)“Child” or “children” means an individual or individuals under 18 years of age.
(c)“Client” means an individual who receives home care services from a registered home care aide.
(d)“Department” means the State Department of Social Services.
(e)“Director” means the Director of Social Services.
(f)“Domestic home care aide referral organization” means an employment agency, as defined in Section 1812.5095 of the Civil Code that offers, refers, provides, or attempts to provide work for an independent home care aide who is providing home care services and is licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(g)“Domestic home care aide referral organization applicant” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, or a firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other entity that is requesting to become a domestic home care aide referral organization licensee and the department has received and is processing the complete domestic home care aide referral organization application and nonrefundable application fee.
(h)“Domestic home care aide referral organization application” means the official form, designated by the department, to request to become a licensed domestic home care aide referral organization.
(i)“Domestic home care aide referral organization licensee” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other entity having the authority and responsibility for the operation of a licensed domestic home care aide referral organization.
(j)“Family member” means any spouse, by marriage or otherwise, child or stepchild, by natural birth or by adoption, parent, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first cousin, or any person denoted by the prefix “grand” or “great,” or the spouse of any of these persons, even if the marriage has been terminated by death or dissolution.
(k)“Home care aide applicant” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, who is requesting to become an registered home care aide and the department has received and is processing the individual’s complete home care aide application and fees.
(l)“Home care aide application” means the official form, designated by the department, to request to become a registered home care aide.
(m)“Home care aide registry” means a department-established and department-maintained Internet Web site of registered home care aides and home care aide applicants, which includes all of the following: the individual’s name, registration number, registration status, registration expiration date, and, if applicable, either or both of the following:
(1)The home care organization or organizations with which the affiliated home care aide or affiliated home care aide applicant is associated.
(2)The domestic home care aide referral organization or organizations with which a registered home care aide is associated.
(n)“Home care organization” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other entity that arranges for home care services by an affiliated home care aide to a client, and is licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(o)“Home care organization application” means the official form, designated by the department, to request to become a licensed home care organization.
(p)“Home care organization licensee” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other entity having the authority and responsibility for the operation of a licensed home care organization.
(q)“Home care services” means nonmedical services and assistance provided by a registered home care aide to a client who, because of advanced age or physical or mental disability, cannot perform these services. These services enable the client to remain in his or her residence and include, but are not limited to, assistance with the following: bathing, dressing, feeding, exercising, personal hygiene and grooming, transferring, ambulating, positioning, toileting and incontinence care, assisting with medication that the client self-administers, housekeeping, meal planning and preparation, laundry, transportation, correspondence, making telephone calls, shopping for personal care items or groceries, and companionship. This subdivision shall not authorize a registered home care aide to assist with medication that the client self-administers that would otherwise require administration or oversight by a licensed health care professional.
(r)“Independent home care aide” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, who is not employed by a home care organization, but who is listed on the home care aide registry and is providing home care services through a direct agreement with a client.
(s)“Registered home care aide” means an affiliated home care aide or independent home care aide, 18 years of age or older, who is listed on the home care aide registry. A registered home care aide may work as an affiliated home care aide and as an independent home care aide.
(a) Individuals who are not employed by a home care organization or referred by a domestic home care referral organization but who provide home care services to a client may be listed on the home care aide registry.
(b) An affiliated home care aide shall be listed on the home care aide registry prior to providing home care services to a client through a home care organization. An independent home care aide shall be listed on the registry prior to being referred by a home care referral organization to a client.
SEC. 2.Section 1796.14 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)Individuals who are not employed by a home care organization or referred by a domestic home care referral organization but who provide home care services to a client may be listed on the home care aide registry.
(b)An affiliated home care aide shall be listed on the home care aide registry prior to providing home care services to a client through a home care organization. An independent home care aide shall be listed on the registry prior to being referred by a home care referral organization to a client.
(c)An individual providing home care services to a child is exempt from any requirement to be listed on the home care aide registry if the individual is one of the following:
(1)A family member of the child.
(2)A guardian of the child.
(3)A conservator of the child.
(4)A foster parent of the child, in a foster family home, as defined in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, or a certified family home, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1506.
(5)Nonrelative extended family member, as defined in Section 362.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(6)Providing home care services in a facility in which only Indian children who are eligible under the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) are placed and is one of the following:
(A)An extended family member of the Indian child, as defined in Section 1903 of Title 25 of the United States Code.
(B)A foster home that is licensed, approved, or specified by the Indian child’s tribe pursuant to Section 1915 of Title 25 of the United States Code.
(7)Providing home care services as part of his or her job duties through one of the following entities:
(A)A home health agency licensed under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 1725).
(B)A hospice licensed under Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 1745).
(C)A health facility licensed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250).
(D)Any clinic licensed under Sections 1204 or 1204.1.
(E)A county providing in-home supportive services pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, without regard to whether the county provides these services as a public authority or through a nonprofit consortium established pursuant to Section 12301.6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(F)A home medical device retail facility licensed under Section 111656.
(G)An organization vendored or contracted through a regional center or the State Department of Developmental Services pursuant to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and the California Early Intervention Services Act (Title 14 (commencing with Section 95000) of the Government Code) to provide services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities, as defined in Section 4512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, when funding for those services is provided through the State Department of Developmental Services and more than 50 percent of the recipients of the home care services provided by the organization are persons with developmental disabilities.
(H)A community care facility as licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500), a residential care facility for persons with special health care needs licensed under Chapter 3.01 (commencing with Section 1568.01), a residential care facility for the elderly licensed under Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 1569), or a child day care licensed under Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70).
(I)Any alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility as defined by Section 11834.02.
(J)Any other entity providing services similar to those described in this paragraph, as determined by the director.
(8)Providing services authorized pursuant to Section 2731 of the Business and Professions Code.
(d)(1)Home care aides shall not include individuals who are providing home care services as part of their job duties through one of the following entities:
(A)Services authorized to be provided by a licensed home health agency under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 1725).
(B)Services authorized to be provided by a licensed hospice pursuant to Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 1745).
(C)Services authorized to be provided by a licensed health facility pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250).
(D)In-home supportive services provided pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(E)Services authorized to be provided by one of the following:
(i)A licensed residential care facility for the elderly pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 1569).
(ii)A licensed community care facility pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500).
(iii)A licensed residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness pursuant to Chapter 3.01 (commencing with Section 1568.01).
(iv)A licensed facility, pursuant to the California Child Day Care Act (Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70)), which includes day care centers under Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90) and family day care homes under to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30).
(2)Home care aides shall not include individuals providing services authorized to be provided pursuant to Section 2731 of the Business and Professions Code.
(a) Each home care organization or a domestic home care aide referral organization shall be separately licensed. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a licensee from obtaining more than one home care organization license or obtaining a home care organization license in addition to other licenses issued by the department, or both.
(b) A home care organization shall not include the following:
(7) An employment agency, as defined in Section 1812.5095 of the Civil Code, that procures, offers, refers, provides, or attempts to provide an independent a domestic worker, except an employment agency meeting the definition of a domestic home care aide who provides home care services clients referral organization in subdivision (f) of Section 1796.12.
SEC. 3.Section 1796.17 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
A home care organization or a domestic home care aide referral organization shall not include the following:
(d)A county providing in-home supportive services pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, without regard to whether the county provides these services as a public authority or through a nonprofit consortium established pursuant to Section 12301.6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(e)A home medical device retail facility licensed under Section 111656.
(f)An organization vendored or contracted through a regional center or the State Department of Developmental Services pursuant to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and the California Early Intervention Services Act (Title 14 (commencing with Section 95000) of the Government Code) to provide services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities, as defined in Section 4512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, when funding for those services is provided through the State Department of Developmental Services and more than 50 percent of the recipients of the home care services provided by the organization are persons with developmental disabilities.
(g)An employment agency, as defined in Section 1812.5095 of the Civil Code, that procures, offers, refers, provides, or attempts to provide a domestic worker, except an employment agency meeting the definition of a domestic home care aide referral organization in subdivision (f) of Section 1796.12.
(h)A residential care facility for the elderly licensed under Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 1569).
(i)A community care facility licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500), or a residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness licensed under Chapter 3.01 (commencing with Section 1568.01).
(j)An person or organization performing activities that fall under the jurisdiction of a child day care facility licensed under Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70), a day care center licensed under Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.60), or a family day care home licensed under Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30).
SEC. 4.Section 1796.22 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)A valid California driver’s license.
(b)A valid identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(c)A valid Alien Registration Receipt Card or valid Permanent Resident Card.
(d)In the case of a person living in a state other than California, a valid numbered photo identification card issued by an agency of the state other than California.
(1) To expedite the ability of a consumer to search and locate a registered home care aide or home care aide applicant, the Internet Web site shall enable consumers to look up the registration status by providing the registered home care aide’s or home care aide applicant’s name, registration number, registration status, registration expiration date, and, if applicable, the home care organization with which the affiliated home care aide is associated.
(3) The Internet Web site shall distinguish between an affiliated and independent home care aide for purposes of informing potential consumers and the public of the differences between the two classifications.
(b) Update the home care registry upon receiving notification from a home care organization that an affiliated or a domestic home care aide referral organization that the home care aide is no longer employed by the home care by or associated with the organization.
SEC. 5.Section 1796.29 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)Establish and maintain on the department’s Internet Web site the registry of registered home care aides and home care aide applicants.
(1)To expedite the ability of a consumer to search and locate a registered home care aide or home care aide applicant, the Internet Web site shall enable consumers to look up the registration status by providing the registered home care aide’s or home care aide applicant’s name, registration number, registration status, and registration expiration date.
(2)The Internet Web site shall not provide any additional, individually identifiable information about a registered home care aide or home care aide applicant. The department may request and may maintain additional information for registered home care aides or home care aide applicants, as necessary for the administration of this chapter, which shall not be publicly available on the home care aide registry.
(3)The Internet Web site shall distinguish between an affiliated and independent home care aide for purposes of informing potential consumers and the public of the differences between the two classifications.
(b)Update the home care registry upon receiving notification from a home care organization or a domestic home care aide referral organization that the home care aide is no longer employed by or associated with the organization.
Any An individual who has submitted an application and who possesses any one of the following identification cards may initiate a background examination to be a licensed home care organization or a licensed domestic home care aide referral organization:
SEC. 6.Section 1796.33 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
An individual who has submitted an application and who possesses any one of the following identification cards may initiate a background examination to be a licensed home care organization or a licensed domestic home care aide referral organization:
(a) In order to obtain a home care organization license or a domestic home care aide referral organization license, the following individual or individuals shall consent to the background examination described in Section 1796.23:
(1) The owner of the home care organization applicant, if the owner is an individual.
(2) If the owner of a home care organization the applicant is a corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other entity, an individual having a 10-percent or greater ownership in that entity and the chief executive officer or other person serving in a similar capacity. The department shall not issue a provisional license or license to any corporate home care organization applicant that has a member of the board of directors, executive director, or officer who is not eligible for licensure pursuant to Sections 1796.40 and 1796.41.
(b) A person who is a current licensee or employee in a facility licensed by the department, a certified foster parent, a certified administrator, or a registered TrustLine provider may transfer his or her current criminal record clearance or exemption for purposes of licensure under this chapter pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1522. The person shall, instead, submit to the department, along with the person’s application, a copy of his or her identification card, as required pursuant to Section 1796.33, and a declaration verifying the person’s identity that is signed under penalty of perjury.
SEC. 7.Section 1796.34 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)In order to obtain a home care organization license or a domestic home care aide referral organization license, the following individual or individuals shall consent to the background examination described in Section 1796.23:
(1)The owner or owners of the applicant, if the owners are individuals.
(2)If the owner of the applicant is a corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, or other entity, an individual having a 10-percent or greater interest in that entity.
(b)A person who is a current licensee or employee in a facility licensed by the department, a certified foster parent, a certified administrator, or a registered TrustLine provider may transfer his or her current criminal record clearance or exemption for purposes of licensure under this chapter pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1522. The person shall, instead, submit to the department, along with the person’s application, a copy of his or her identification card, as required pursuant to Section 1796.33, and a declaration verifying the person’s identity that is signed under penalty of perjury.
(a) A person or a private or public organization, with the exception of any person who performs in-home supportive services through the In-Home Supportive Services program pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or Section 14132.95, 14132.952, or 14132.956 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the exceptions provided for in subdivision (b) (c), shall not do any of the following, unless it is a licensed home care organization licensed pursuant to this chapter:
(1) Own, manage, or represent himself, herself or itself to be a home care organization by name, advertising, soliciting, or any other presentments to the public, or in the context of services within the scope of this chapter, imply that he, she, or it is licensed to provide those services or to make any reference to employee bonding in relation to those services.
(b)This section does not apply to either of the following:
(b) A person or a private or public organization, with the exception of a county providing in-home supportive services pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the exceptions provided for in subdivision (c), shall not do any of the following, unless it is a licensed domestic home care aide referral organization under this chapter:
(1) Represent himself, herself, or itself to be a domestic home care aide referral organization by name, advertising, soliciting, or any other presentment to the public, or in the context of services within the scope of this chapter, imply that he, she, or it is licensed to provide those services or to make any reference to employment agency or bonding in relation to those services.
(2) Use the terms “domestic home care aide referral organization,” “home care organization,” “home care,” “in-home care,” or any combination of those terms, within its name.
(2)An employment agency, as defined in Section 1812.5095 of the Civil Code, that procures, offers, refers, provides, or attempts to provide an independent
(2) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a domestic home care aide who provides home care to clients referral organization.
SEC. 8.Section 1796.35 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)A person or a private or public organization, with the exception of a county providing in-home supportive services pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the exceptions provided for in subdivision (c), shall not do any of the following, unless it is a licensed home care organization under this chapter:
(1)Represent himself, herself or itself to be a home care organization by name, advertising, soliciting, or any other presentments to the public, or in the context of services within the scope of this chapter, imply that he, she, or it is licensed to provide those services or to make any reference to employee bonding in relation to those services.
(2)Use the terms “home care organization,” “home care,” “in-home care,” or any combination of those terms, within its name.
(b)A person or a private or public organization, with the exception of a county providing in-home supportive services pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the exceptions provided for in subdivision (c), shall not do any of the following, unless it is a licensed domestic home care aide referral organization under this chapter:
(1)Represent himself, herself, or itself to be a domestic home care aide referral organization by name, advertising, soliciting, or any other presentment to the public, or in the context of services within the scope of this chapter, imply that he, she, or it is licensed to provide those services or to make any reference to employment agency or bonding in relation to those services.
(2)Use the terms “domestic home care aide referral organization,” “home care organization,” “home care,” “in-home care,” or any combination of those terms, within its name.
(c)(1)This section does not apply to a county providing in-home supportive services pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2)Subdivision (a) does not apply to a domestic home care aide referral organization.
(3)Subdivision (b) does not apply to a home care organization.
(a) A home care organization or a domestic home care aide referral organization that has its principal place of business in another state, in addition to the other requirements of this chapter, before arranging for home care services provided by an affiliated a registered home care aide to a client in the state, shall comply with all of the following:
(b) If the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization is a foreign corporation, foreign limited liability company, foreign limited partnership, foreign association, or a foreign limited liability partnership, as defined in Sections 170, 171, 171.03, 171.05, and 16101 of the Corporations Code, before arranging for home care services provided by an affiliated a registered home care aide to a client in the state, the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization shall have an office in California and shall comply with both of the following:
SEC. 9.Section 1796.37 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)A home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization that has its principal place of business in another state, in addition to the other requirements of this chapter, before arranging for home care services provided by a registered home care aide to a client in the state, shall comply with all of the following:
(1)Have an office in California.
(2)Maintain all pertinent records of the operation in California at the California office. All records shall be available to review, copy, audit, and inspect by the licensing agency.
(b)If the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization is a foreign corporation, foreign limited liability company, foreign limited partnership, foreign association, or a foreign limited liability partnership, as defined in Sections 170, 171, 171.03, 171.05, and 16101 of the Corporations Code, before arranging for home care services provided by a registered home care aide to a client in the state, the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization shall have an office in California and shall comply with both of the following:
(1)Register with the Secretary of State to conduct intrastate business in California.
(a) The department may shall issue a home care organization license to a home care organization applicant that satisfies the requirements set forth in this chapter, including all of the following:
(9) Discloses prior or present service as an administrator, general partner, corporate officer or director of, or discloses that he or she has held or holds a beneficial ownership of 10 percent or more in, any of the following:
(13) Cooperates with the department in the completion of the home care organization license application process. Failure of the home care organization licensee to cooperate may result in the withdrawal of the home care organization license application. “Failure to cooperate” means that the information described in this chapter and in any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter has not been provided, or not provided in the form requested by the department, or both.
(d) The department shall issue a domestic home care aide referral organization license to a domestic home care aide referral organization applicant that satisfies the requirements set forth in this chapter, including all of the following:
(1) Files a complete domestic home care aide referral organization application, including the fees required pursuant to Section 1796.50.
(4) Provides the department, upon request, with a list of independent home care aides and proof that each satisfies the requirements of Section 1796.23.
(5) The owner or owners of the domestic home care aide referral organization pass a background examination, as required pursuant to Section 1796.34.
(6) The applicant does not have any outstanding fees or civil penalties due to the department.
(e) A domestic home care aide referral organization shall be separately licensed.
(f) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a licensee from obtaining more than one domestic home care aide referral organization license or obtaining a domestic home care aide referral organization license in addition to other licenses issued by the department, or both.
SEC. 10.Section 1796.38 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)The department shall issue a home care organization license to an individual or other entity that satisfies all of the requirements set forth in this chapter, including all of the following:
(1)Files a home care organization application, including the fees required pursuant to Section 1796.49.
(2)Submits proof of general and professional liability insurance in the amount of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the aggregate.
(3)Submits proof of a valid workers’ compensation policy covering its affiliated home care aides. The proof shall consist of the policy number, the effective and expiration dates of the policy, and the name and address of the policy carrier.
(4)Provides the department, upon request, with a complete list of its affiliated home care aides, and proof that each satisfies the requirements of Section 1796.23.
(5)The owner or owners of the home care organization pass a background examination, as required pursuant to Section 1796.34.
(6)The applicant does not have any outstanding fees or civil penalties due to the department.
(b)The department shall issue a domestic home care aide referral organization license to a domestic home care aide referral organization applicant that satisfies the requirements set forth in this chapter, including all of the following:
(1)Files a complete domestic home care aide referral organization application, including the fees required pursuant to Section 1796.50.
(3)Submits evidence of compliance with the bond requirements, in accordance with Section 1812.503 of the Civil Code.
(4)Provides the department, upon request, with a list of independent home care aides and proof that each satisfies the requirements of Section 1796.23.
(5)The owner or owners of the domestic home care aide referral organization pass a background examination, as required pursuant to Section 1796.34.
SEC. 11.Section 1796.39 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)A licensee shall renew the home care organization license or domestic home care aide referral organization license every two years.
(b)Renewal shall be conditioned upon the licensee doing both of the following:
(1)Submitting a complete renewal application form and payment of fees, both of which shall be postmarked on or before the expiration of the license.
(2)Continuing to satisfy the requirements set forth in this chapter, and cooperating with the department in the completion of the renewal process.
(c)Failure of the licensee to cooperate may result in the withdrawal of the license renewal application. “Failure to cooperate” means that the information described in this chapter and in any rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter has not been provided, or not provided in the form requested by the department, or both.
SEC. 12.Section 1796.40 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1796.39, to read:
(a)A domestic home care aide referral organization shall be separately licensed.
(b)Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a licensee from obtaining more than one domestic home care aide referral organization license or obtaining a domestic home care aide referral organization license in addition to other licenses issued by the department, or both.
SEC. 13.Section 1796.41 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)A home care organization licensee and a domestic home care aide referral organization licensee shall do all of the following:
(1)Post its license and business hours in its place of business in a conspicuous location, visible both to clients and registered home care aides.
(2)Report any suspected or known adult abuse as required by Section 15630 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and suspected or known child abuse as required by Sections 11164 to 11174.3, inclusive, of the Penal Code. A copy of each suspected abuse report shall be maintained and available for review by the department during normal business hours.
(3)Provide clients with written information regarding the types and hours of available services and the fees associated with those services and a disclosure that services may or may not be a covered benefit through Medicare or Medi-Cal.
(b)In addition to the requirements of subdivision (a), a home care organization licensee shall do both of the following:
(1)Maintain and abide by a valid workers’ compensation policy covering its affiliated home care aides.
(2)Maintain and abide by an employee dishonesty bond, including third-party coverage, with a minimum limit of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(c)In addition to the requirements of subdivision (a), a domestic home care aide referral organization referring an independent home care aide shall do all of the following:
(1)Comply with the bond requirements included in Section 1812.503 of the Civil Code.
(2)Orally communicate to the person seeking home care aide services the disclosure set forth in this paragraph prior to the referral of the home care aide:
“(Name of the referral organization) is not the employer of the domestic worker that it referred to you. Depending on your arrangement with the domestic worker, you may have the responsibilities of an employer. A written disclosure with additional information is being mailed to you.”
(3)Within three business days after the domestic home care aide referral organization refers a registered home care aide to the person seeking home care aide services, mail the following statement, printed in not less than 10-point type and in bold or italic, to the person seeking domestic services:
“(Name of the referral organization) is not the employer of the domestic worker it referred to you. The domestic worker may be your employee or an independent contractor depending on the relationship you have with him or her. If you direct and control the manner and means by which the domestic worker performs his or her work, you may have the responsibilities of an employer, including employment taxes and workers’ compensation, under state and federal law. For additional information contact your local Employment Development Department and the Internal Revenue Service. (Name of referral organization) is a referral agency and does not employ, control, or train any home care aide it refers.”
(4)A domestic home care aide referral organization referring home care aides shall, in any paid advertising brochure or the domestic home care aide referral organization’s Internet Web site promoting the domestic home care aide referral organization’s services, insert the following statement, in no less than 10-point type and in a color that contrasts with the background so it is easily legible:
“(Name of the referral organization) is a referral agency.”
(5)Provide, upon receipt of a written request from a client for whom a registered home care aide provided the client services, a statement of payments made on behalf of the client to the registered home care aide through the domestic home care aide referral organization’s trust account.
(a) A home care organization licensee and a domestic home care aide referral organization shall do all of the following:
(1) Post its license, business hours, and any other information required by the department in its place of business in a conspicuous location, visible both to clients and affiliated home care aides.
(2) Report any suspected or known dependent adult or elder abuse as required by Section 15630 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and suspected or known child abuse as required by Sections 11164 to 11174.3, inclusive, of the Penal Code. A copy of each suspected abuse report shall be maintained and available for review by the department during normal business hours.
(3) Provide clients with written information regarding the types and hours of available services and the fees associated with those services and a disclosure that services may or may not be a covered benefit through Medicare or Medi-Cal.
(e)Report any suspected or known dependent adult or elder abuse as required by Section 15630 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and suspected or known child abuse as required by Sections 11164 to 11174.3, inclusive, of the Penal Code. A copy of each suspected abuse report shall be maintained and available for review by the department during normal business hours.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (a), a domestic home care aide referral organization referring an independent home care aide shall do all of the following:
(3) Within three business days after the domestic home care aide referral organization refers a registered home care aide to the person seeking home care aide services, mail the following statement, printed in not less than 10-point type and in bold or italic, to the person seeking domestic services:
“(Name of the referral organization) is not the employer of the domestic worker it referred to you. The domestic worker may be your employee or an independent contractor depending on the relationship you have with him or her. If you direct and control the manner and means by which the domestic worker performs his or her work, you may have the responsibilities of an employer, including employment taxes and workers’ compensation, under state and federal law. You may request, in writing, for (name of the organization) to provide you with a statement of payments made on your behalf to assist you. For additional information contact your local Employment Development Department and the Internal Revenue Service. (Name of referral organization) is a referral agency and does not employ, control, or train any home care aide it refers.”
(4) A domestic home care aide referral organization referring home care aides shall, in any paid advertising brochure or the domestic home care aide referral organization’s Internet Web site promoting the domestic home care aide referral organization’s services, insert the following statement, in no less than 10-point type and in a color that contrasts with the background so it is easily legible:
(5) Provide, upon receipt of a written request from a client for whom a registered home care aide provided the client services, a statement of payments made on behalf of the client to the registered home care aide through the domestic home care aide referral organization’s trust account.
SEC. 14.Section 1796.42 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)Home care organizations that employ affiliated home care aides and domestic home care aide referral organizations that refer registered home care aides shall ensure the home care aides are cleared on the home care aide registry before placing the individual in direct contact with clients. In addition, the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization shall do all of the following:
(1)Ensure any staff person, volunteer, or employee who has contact with clients, prospective clients, or confidential client information that may pose a risk to the clients’ health and safety has met the requirements of Section 1796.23 before being hired.
(2)Require home care aides to demonstrate that they are free of active tuberculosis disease, pursuant to Section 1796.45.
(3)A home care organization shall immediately notify the department when the home care organization no longer employs an individual as an affiliated home care aide. A domestic home care aide referral organization shall immediately notify the department when the domestic home care aide referral organization no longer has a relationship with an independent home care aide.
(b)This section shall not prevent a licensee from requiring a criminal record clearance of any individual exempt from the requirements of this section, provided that the individual has client contact.
(a) Home care organizations that employ affiliated home care aides and domestic home care aide referral organizations that refer home care aides shall ensure the affiliated home care aides are cleared on the home care aide registry before placing the individual in direct contact with clients. In addition, the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organizations shall do all of the following:
(1) Ensure any staff person, volunteer, or employee of a home care organization who has contact with clients, prospective clients, or confidential client information that may pose a risk to the clients’ health and safety has met the requirements of Sections 1796.23, 1796.24, 1796.25, 1796.26, and 1796.28 before there is contact with clients or prospective clients or access to confidential client information.
(3) Immediately A home care organization shall immediately notify the department when the home care organization no longer employs an individual as an affiliated home care aide. A domestic home care aide referral organization shall immediately notify the department when the domestic home care aide referral organization no longer has a relationship with an independent home care aide.
The heading of Article 8 (commencing with Section 1796.44) of Chapter 13 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
Article 8. Home Care Aides Provided by Licensed Organizations
(a) A licensee shall ensure that prior to providing home care services, an affiliated home care aide shall complete the training requirements specified in this section subdivisions (b) and (c). A domestic home care aide referral organization shall ensure, prior to that person being referred to a client, that a registered home care aide demonstrate proficiency as provided in subdivision (d).
(2) How Activities of daily living, including how to provide for and respond to a client’s daily living needs.
(3) How to detect, report, prevent, and detect and prevent abuse and neglect.
(4) How to assist Assisting a client with personal hygiene and other home care services. hygiene.
(5) If Safely transporting clients, if transportation services are provided, how to safely transport a client provided by the registered home care aide.
(7) Basic safety precautions.
(d) (1) An independent home care aide who is being referred by a domestic home care aide referral organization shall do both of the following:
(A) Annually complete a proficiency exam that includes all of the following topics.
(i) Clients’ rights and safety.
(ii) Activities of daily living, including how to provide for and respond to a client’s daily needs.
(iii) How to detect, report, and prevent abuse and neglect.
(iv) Assisting clients with personal hygiene.
(vii) Basic safety precautions.
(2) An independent home care aide who does not complete the proficiency exam shall not be eligible for referral to prospective clients.
(3) The proficiency exam provided shall include department-approved, job-related topics described in this subdivision and may be provided via an online proficiency examination or a written proficiency examination administered by the domestic home care aide referral organization or their designee.
SEC. 16.Section 1796.44 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)A home care organization licensee shall ensure that, prior to providing home care services, an affiliated home care aide shall complete the training requirements specified in subdivisions (b) and (c). A domestic home care aide referral organization shall ensure, prior to that person being referred to a client, that a registered home care aide demonstrate proficiency as provided in subdivision (d).
(b)An affiliated home care aide shall complete a minimum of five hours of entry-level training prior to presence with a client, as follows:
(1)Two hours of orientation training regarding his or her role as caregiver and the applicable terms of employment.
(2)Three hours of safety training, including basic safety precautions, emergency procedures, and infection control.
(c)In addition to the requirements in subdivision (b), an affiliated home care aide shall complete a minimum of five hours of annual training. The annual training shall relate to core competencies and be population specific, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas:
(1)Clients’ rights and safety.
(2)Activities of daily living, including how to provide for and respond to a client’s daily needs.
(3)How to detect, report, and prevent abuse and neglect.
(4)Assisting a client with personal hygiene.
(5)Safely transporting clients, if transportation services are provided by the registered home care aide.
(6)Infection control.
(7)Basic safety precautions.
(d)(1)An independent home care aide who is being referred by a domestic home care aide referral organization shall do both of the following:
(A)Annually complete a proficiency exam that includes all of the following topics:
(i)Clients’ rights and safety.
(ii)Activities of daily living, including how to provide for and respond to a client’s daily needs.
(iii)How to detect, report, and prevent abuse and neglect.
(iv)Assisting clients with personal hygiene.
(v)Safely transporting clients, if transportation services are provided by the registered home care aide.
(vi)Infection control.
(vii)Basic safety precautions.
(B)Provide verifiable work references demonstrating that the home care aide has the necessary work experience to provide home care services.
(2)An independent home care aide who does not complete the proficiency exam shall not be eligible for referral to prospective clients.
(3)The proficiency exam provided shall include department-approved, job-related topics described in this subdivision and may be provided via an online proficiency examination or a written proficiency examination administered by the domestic home care aide referral organization or their designee.
(e)The entry-level training and annual training on department-approved job-related topics described in subdivisions (b) and (c) may be completed through an online training program.
(f)A registered home care aide who possesses a current and valid certification from the State Department of Public Health as a Certified Nurse Assistant or Certified Home Health Aide is exempt from the requirements of subdivisions (c) and (d).
(a) Affiliated home care aides hired on or after January 1, 2016, or a registered home care aide entering into an agreement with a domestic home care aide referral organization after January 1, 2016, shall submit to an examination 90 days prior to employment or the effective date of the agreement or within seven days after employment or the effective date of the agreement to determine that the individual is free of active tuberculosis disease.
(b) For purposes of this section, “examination” means a test for tuberculosis infection that is recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and that is licensed by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, if that test is positive, an X-ray of the lungs. The aide shall not work as an affiliated a registered home care aide unless the licensee obtains documentation from a licensed medical professional that there is no risk of spreading the disease.
(c) After submitting to an examination, an affiliated a home care aide whose test for tuberculosis infection is negative shall be required to undergo an examination at least once every two years. Once an affiliated a home care aide has a documented positive test for tuberculosis infection that has been followed by an X-ray, the examination is no longer required.
(d) After each examination, an affiliated a home care aide shall submit, and the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization shall keep on file, a certificate from the examining practitioner showing that the affiliated home care aide was examined and found free from active tuberculosis disease.
(e) The examination is a condition of initial and continuing employment with the home care organization. The examination is also a condition of a registered home care aide’s initial and continuing agreement with a domestic home care aide referral organization.
(f) An affiliated A home care aide who transfers employment from one home care organization to another or a registered home care aide entering into an agreement with a domestic home care aide referral organization shall be deemed to meet the requirements of subdivision (a) or (c) if the affiliated home care aide can produce a certificate showing that he or she submitted to the examination within the past two years and was found to be free of active tuberculosis disease, or if it is verified by the home care organization previously employing him or her that it or by the domestic home care aide referral organization that previously had an agreement with him or her that the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization has a certificate on file that contains that showing and a copy of the certificate is provided to the new home care organization prior to the affiliated home care aide beginning employment.
SEC. 17.Section 1796.45 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)An individual hired to be an affiliated home care aide on or after January 1, 2015, or a registered home care aide entering into an agreement with a domestic home care aide referral organization after January 1, 2016, shall be submitted to an examination 90 days prior to employment or the effective date of the agreement or within seven days after employment or the effective date of the agreement to determine that the individual is free of active tuberculosis disease.
(b)For purposes of this section, “examination” means a test for tuberculosis infection that is recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and that is licensed by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, if that test is positive, an X-ray of the lungs. The aide shall not work as a registered home care aide unless he or she obtains documentation from a licensed medical professional that there is no risk of spreading the disease.
(c)An affiliated home care aide whose employment with a home care organization began before January 1, 2015, shall submit to the examination described in subdivision (a) before July 1, 2015.
(d)After submitting to an examination, a home care aide whose test for tuberculosis infection is negative shall be required to undergo an examination at least once every two years. Once a home care aide has a documented positive test for tuberculosis infection that has been followed by an X-ray, the examination is no longer required.
(e)After the examination, a home care aide shall submit, and the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization shall keep on file, a certificate from the examining practitioner showing that the home care aide was examined and found free from active tuberculosis disease.
(f)The examination is a condition of initial and continuing employment with the home care organization. The examination is also a condition of a registered home care aide’s initial and continuing agreement with a domestic home care aide referral organization. The home care aide shall pay the cost of the examination.
(g)A home care aide who transfers employment from one home care organization to another or a registered home care aide entering into an agreement with a domestic home care aide referral organization shall be deemed to meet the requirements of subdivision (a) or (c) if the home care aide can produce a certificate showing that he or she submitted to the examination within the past two years and was found to be free of active tuberculosis disease, or if it is verified by the home care organization previously employing him or her or by the domestic home care aide referral organization that previously had an agreement with him or her that the home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization has a certificate on file that contains that showing.
SEC. 18.SEC. 16.
Section 1796.50 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
1796.50.
(a) A domestic home care aide referral organization licensee shall pay the following fees:
(1) A 24-month initial license fee, as prescribed by the department in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable costs of administering the program, for a new domestic home care aide referral organization licensee not currently licensed to provide home care services in the state.
SEC. 19.SEC. 17.
In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the department may establish procedures for the receipt, investigation, and resolution of complaints against home care organizations and domestic home care aide referral organizations.
(a) The department may review and, if it determines necessary, investigate complaints filed against home care organizations or domestic home care aide referral organizations regarding violations of this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The department shall verify through random, unannounced inspections that a home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization meets the requirements of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
(c) An investigation or inspection conducted by the department pursuant to this chapter may include, but is not limited to, inspection of the books, records, or premises of a home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization. A home care An organization’s refusal to make records, books, or premises available shall constitute cause for the revocation of the home care organization’s license.
SEC. 20.Section 1796.52 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)The department may review and, if it determines necessary, investigate complaints filed against home care organizations or domestic home care aide referral organizations regarding violations of this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter.
(b)The department shall verify through random, unannounced inspections that a home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization meets the requirements of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.
(c)An investigation or inspection conducted by the department pursuant to this chapter may include, but is not limited to, inspection of the books, records, or premises of a home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization. An organization’s refusal to make records, books, or premises available shall constitute cause for the revocation of the organization’s license.
(d)Other than maintaining the home care registry, the department shall have no oversight responsibility regarding registered home care aides.
SEC. 21.SEC. 19.
Section 1796.53 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
A duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department may, upon presentation of proper identification, enter a home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization during posted business hours, with or without advance notice, to secure compliance with, or to prevent a violation of, any provision of this chapter or any provision promulgated under this chapter.
(a) A home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization that operates in violation of any requirement or obligation imposed by this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter may be subject to the fines levied or licensure action taken by the department as specified in this chapter.
(b) When the department determines that a home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization is in violation of this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, a notice of violation shall be served upon the licensee. Each notice of violation shall be prepared in writing and shall specify the nature of the violation and the statutory provision, rule, or regulation alleged to have been violated. The notice shall inform the licensee of any action the department may take pursuant to this chapter, including the requirement of a plan of correction, assessment of a penalty, or action to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of the license. The director or his or her designee shall also inform the licensee of rights to a hearing pursuant to this chapter.
SEC. 22.SEC. 21.
(a) A home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization that operates in violation of any requirement or obligation imposed by this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter may be subject to the fines levied or licensure action taken by the department as specified in this chapter.
(b) When the department determines that a home care organization or domestic home care aide referral organization is in violation of this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter, a notice of violation shall be served upon the licensee. Each notice of violation shall be prepared in writing and shall specify the nature of the violation and the statutory provision, rule, or regulation alleged to have been violated. The notice shall inform the licensee of any action the department may take under this chapter, including the requirement of a plan of correction, assessment of a penalty, or action to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of the license. The director or his or her designee shall also inform the licensee of rights to a hearing under this chapter.
SEC. 23.Section 1796.61 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
The provisions of this chapter that apply to home care aides, to home care organizations, and to domestic home care aide referral organizations shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
SEC. 24.Section 1796.63 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(a)The department shall post any proposed rules promulgated under this section on its public Internet Web site no later than 90 calendar days prior to the effective date of the proposed rule, which shall also include notification to the public regarding how members of the public may comment, including the date on which those comment must be received in order to be considered by the department.
(b)The department’s authority to implement and administer this section through written directives shall expire no later than 12 months after the written directives are promulgated and posted on a public Internet Web site, or upon the effective date of regulations promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), whichever occurs sooner.