(a) The department shall, no later than July 1, 2017, develop a notice that does all of the following:

(1) Contains the telephone number to make a complaint regarding a community care facility or child care facility.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1522.09

  • Community care facility: means any facility, place, or building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult daycare, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children, and includes the following:

    California Health and Safety Code 1502

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20

(2) Includes information about the prohibition of impeding mandated reports.

(3) Includes information about the option to make a confidential complaint.

(b) The notice developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be posted conspicuously in a prominent area in all foster family agencies.

(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 850, Sec. 1. (AB 1001) Effective January 1, 2017.)