SB 855 Summary

• Increases licensure and renewal fees for community care facilities, residential care facilities, and child day care facilities to support enhanced regulatory operations and inspections by the State Department of Social Services.

• Establishes temporary manager and receiver provisions allowing the department to appoint temporary operators for facilities facing closure or imminent danger to residents, with cost recovery mechanisms and emergency relocation procedures.

• Expands inspection requirements for foster family homes and residential care facilities, requiring announced inspections during annual recertifications and unannounced inspections under specified circumstances like probation status.

• Delays implementation of the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act from January 1, 2015 to January 1, 2016, and revises licensure requirements for home care organizations including insurance, bonding, and background clearance provisions.

• Creates the Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Program to provide training, prevention, intervention services, and supplemental foster care rates for children who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation, with required interagency protocols in participating counties.