CA SB895

Requires residential care facilities for the elderly to remedy deficiencies within 10 days of department notification, with limited exceptions.

Mandates annual unannounced inspections of at least 20 percent of facilities not otherwise subject to evaluation, using random sampling methodology.

Requires the department to design and facilities to post a poster in their main entryway with information on appropriate reporting agencies for complaints or emergencies.

Directs the department to post information on its website about obtaining inspection reports, with legislative intent to make inspection reports available online by January 1, 2020.

Requires the State Department of Social Services to report projected costs of conducting annual inspections of residential care facilities for the elderly beginning January 1, 2018.