CA SB280

Requires conservators to file a care plan with the court within 120 calendar days of appointment and no later than 10 days before a conservatorship continuation or termination hearing, effective January 1, 2025.

Care plan must include descriptions of the conservatee's living arrangement, level of care, health status and medications, visitation schedule, activities, special problems, financial needs, and healthcare providers.

Judicial Council must develop a mandatory care plan form by January 1, 2025, combining it with existing court submission requirements.

Care plans are confidential and limited to conservators, attorneys, the conservatee, and specified relatives, with the court having discretion to release to others if in the conservatee's best interest.

Courts may impose civil penalties up to $500, refer professional fiduciaries to the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau, or remove a conservator for failure to file a required care plan.