Support Letters

As the sponsor of AB 279, we are writing in strong support of this vital bill, which ensures that residents of skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and Intermediate Care Facilities (“ICFs”) are not subject to forced transfer to new facilities during a period when COVID-19 pandemic visitation guidelines prevent them and their families from entering and inspecting their proposed new homes before transfer to ensure that they are safe.

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform strongly supports AB 849, a bill that will restore a critical tool for protecting the rights and well-being of nursing home residents. Nursing home residents have been living a nightmare of isolation and death and they are in dire need of the private right of enforcement that was lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) is in strong support of AB 470 (Carrillo), a bill that would eliminate the asset limit for Medi-Cal programs serving seniors and persons with disabilities.

SB 648 establishes the Enriched Care Adult Residential Facility pilot program for the purpose of promoting the sustainability of residential care facilities that serve recipients who receive Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program (SSI/SSP) benefits. 

The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing has been pioneered by municipalities and counties in California as a way for property owners to finance voluntary energy and water efficiency and clean energy improvements. As with any program, problems exist, and recent trends have shown that with PACE loans, there is great potential for abusive lending practices and fraud, particularly for loans made to older and low-income homeowners.

The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing has been pioneered by municipalities and counties in California as a way for property owners to finance voluntary energy and water efficiency and clean energy improvements. As with any program, problems exist, and recent trends have shown that with PACE loans, there is great potential for abusive lending practices and fraud, particularly for loans made to older and low-income homeowners.

If enacted, AB 447 would require the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation to expand the reporting information related to newly covered individuals. CANHR believes that the additional information that AB 447 mandates is common sense and will increase consumer protection.

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) is in strong support of AB 470 (Carrillo), a bill that would eliminate the asset limit for Medi-Cal programs serving seniors and persons with disabilities.

Assembly Member Muratsuchi’s Skilled Nursing Facility Ownership and Management Reform Act of 2021 addresses one of the gravest threats to the health and safety of nursing home residents: the proliferation of unsuitable, unapproved and unaccountable persons and entities owning and operating skilled nursing facilities in California. 

If submitting electronically, please copy the text below, and we encourage you to add your personal stories and perspective to it. If submitting by mail you can DOWNLOAD A WORD FILE to edit and print out. Assembly Member Jim Wood, Chair Assembly Health Committee State Capitol, Room 6005 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: AB 1502 (Muratsuchi) – Support Dear Chairman Wood: I urge you and the members of the Assembly Health Committee to support AB 1502 (Muratsuchi), The Skilled Nursing Facility Ownership and Management Reform Act of 2021.

This bill would increase the personal needs allowance (PNA) for the Medi-Cal program from $35 to $80 per month, and require an annual adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index.

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) supports SB 460, conceptually, as a necessary bill to adopt constitutionally mandated protections and improve the health care decisionmaking process for unrepresented California nursing home residents. 

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) is in strong support of AB 749, authored by Assemblyman Nazarian, relating to the qualifications of medical directors at skilled nursing facilities, also known as nursing homes.

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) is in support of SB 281, by Senator Dodd, regarding the California Community Transitions (CCT) Program.

As the sponsor of AB 279, we are writing in strong support of this vital bill, which ensures that residents of skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and Intermediate Care Facilities (“ICFs”) are not subject to forced transfer to new facilities during a period when COVID-19 pandemic visitation guidelines prevent them and their families from entering and inspecting their proposed new homes before transfer to ensure that they are safe.

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) is pleased to support SB 56 (Durazo), which would bring California one step closer to universal coverage by expanding full-scope Medi-Cal to income-eligible seniors ages 65+, regardless of immigration status.