CA AB1042

Authorizes the Department of Public Health to pursue legal action to collect unpaid penalties and quality assurance fees from a licensee's financial interest in related parties (5% or more ownership/control) when all appeals are exhausted, effective January 1, 2023.

Requires the department to provide written notice to licensees and related parties before taking legal action to collect unpaid penalties, unpaid quality assurance fees, or debts from temporary manager operations.

Requires the department to notify related parties when a citation is issued against a facility and inform them of potential penalties if violations are not remedied.

Mandates the department document and publicly disclose determinations that related parties are not financially viable or recovery is unlikely after two notification attempts.

Establishes that funds used from the Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account to operate a facility during temporary management constitute a debt to the state that may be collected from the licensee's financial interests in related parties.