AB 1433 Summary

• Defines "residential temporary relocation" as the relocation of residents from their units due to changes in use or major repairs/renovations, lasting at least 9 months but not exceeding 18 months without written resident agreement.

• Requires continuing care contracts to include procedures ensuring relocated residents receive comparable levels of care, services, and living accommodations as their original contracts specified.

• Grants residents the right to terminate their contract after 18 months of residential temporary relocation and establishes refund provisions for such terminations.

• Mandates providers give residents at least 60 days' notice before relocation, meet with residents 30 days in advance to discuss transfer details, and pay all moving and storage costs.

• Requires providers to arrange comparable replacement units within a 30-mile radius, limit resident payments to the lesser of their original monthly fee or the new facility's fee, and provide at least 60 days' notice before returning residents to their original or comparable permanent units.