SB-991 • 2026

Residential care facilities for the elderly: categorization of citations.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Menjivar
Last action: 2026-04-20
Official status: April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on when the bill will take effect or what practical changes it will bring to care facilities or residents.

Rules for Reporting Elderly Care Facility Violations

This law requires care facilities for older adults to categorize violations of residents' rights using specific definitions and makes this information public.

What This Bill Does

Requires the State Department of Social Services to use a set of abuse definitions from existing elder abuse laws when they find that a rule has been broken in elderly care facilities.
Makes sure that any violation affecting an elder's rights is listed on a public database maintained by the department.

Who It Names or Affects

Residents of elderly care facilities
Care facility staff and managers
The State Department of Social Services

Terms To Know

Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act: A law that sets rules for licensing, inspecting, and regulating care facilities for older adults.
Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act: A law that defines different types of abuse against elders and dependent adults and how to report it.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify when the new rules will start.
It is unclear what specific changes this will make in practice for care facilities or residents.

Bill History

2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-10 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-07 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2026-03-17 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 6.
2026-02-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2026-02-09 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
2026-02-05 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 991, as amended, Menjivar.
Residential care facilities for the elderly: categorization of citations.
Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act (act), requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined, and imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the act or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under the act. Existing law authorizes the department to also to impose civil penalties for violations of the act. Existing law gives residents of those facilities specified rights, including, but not limited to, the right to be free from neglect, financial exploitation, involuntary seclusion, and verbal, mental, or physical abuse.
Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes various procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder
and dependent adult abuse and defines various forms of abuse, such as abandonment, isolation, and financial abuse.
This bill would require the department, when it substantiates a violation of the act that constitutes abuse in violation of a resident’s rights, to categorize the type of abuse using the definitions from the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act. The bill would require that the category of abuse be listed on public-facing database maintained by the department.

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