For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Adult protective services” means any of the following:

(1) The same meaning as defined in Section 15610.10.

(2) Activities performed, in accordance with tribal law or custom, on behalf of older adults and dependent adults who have come to the attention of a tribe, or tribal entity or agency, due to potential abuse or neglect.

(b) “Dependent adult” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 15750.

(c) “Older adult” means any of the following:

(1) The same meaning as “elder,” as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 15750.

(2) For individuals receiving services from a tribe, or tribal entity or agency, any person residing in this state within the age range established by tribal law or custom for tribal programs serving needy and vulnerable older adults.

(d) “Eligible individual” means an individual who, at a minimum, meets all of the following conditions:

(1) Is an adult protective services client, is in the process of intake to adult protective services, or is an individual who may be served through a tribe, or tribal entity or agency, who appears to be eligible for adult protective services.

(2) Is homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness as a result of elder or dependent abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or financial exploitation, as determined by the adult protective services agency or tribal agency.

(3) Voluntarily agrees to participate in the program.

(e) “Homeless or at risk of homelessness” means any of the following:

(1) A person who lacks a fixed or regular nighttime residence and either of the following apply:

(A) The person has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter, hotel, or motel, designed to provide temporary living accommodations.

(B) The person resides in a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

(2) A person who is in receipt of a judgment for eviction, as ordered by the court.

(3) A person who has received a pay rent or quit notice or who will otherwise imminently lose their primary nighttime residence, which may include individuals who have not yet received an eviction notice, if all of the following are true:

(A) The right or permission to occupy their current housing or living situation will be, or there is credible evidence that it will be, terminated within 21 days after the date of application for assistance.

(B) A subsequent residence has not been identified or secured, including, but not limited to, an individual exiting a medical facility, long-term care facility, prison, or jail.

(C) The individual lacks the resources or support network, including, but not limited to, family, friends, or faith-based or other social network, needed to obtain other permanent housing.

(4) A person who has a primary nighttime residence or living situation that is either directly associated with a substantiated report of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation or that poses an imminent health and safety risk, and the person lacks the resources or support network needed to obtain other permanent housing.

(f) “Multidisciplinary personnel team” has the same meaning as defined in Section 15610.55.

(g) “Permanent housing” means a place to live without a predetermined limit on the length of stay subject to landlord-tenant laws pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1940) of Title 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.

(h) “Primary nighttime residence or living situation” includes housing that an individual owns, rents, lives in without paying rent, or is sharing with others, or rooms in hotels or motels used as temporary shelter.

(i) “Program” means the Home Safe Program established pursuant to this chapter.

(j) “Supportive housing” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of § 50675.14 of the Health and Safety Code, except that the program is not restricted to serving only projects with five or more units.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 69. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.)