California Health and Safety Code
§ 1569.158
HSC § 1569.158 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 2 · Ch. 3.2 · Art. 2
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)A residential care facility for the elderly shall not prohibit the formation of a family council. If requested by a member of the resident’s family or the resident representative, the family council shall be allowed to meet in a common meeting room of the facility during mutually agreed-upon hours. A family council shall also be allowed to meet virtually or at an offsite location at its discretion.
(b)Facility policies on family councils shall in no way limit the right of residents and participants in a family council to meet independently with outside persons, including members of nonprofit or governmental organizations or with facility personnel during nonworking hours.
(c)For purposes of this section, “family council” means a meeting of family members, friends, or representatives of two or more residents to confer in private without facility staff.
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Legislative history
Repealed and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 821, Sec. 5. (AB 979) Effective January 1, 2024.