CA SB582

Requires skilled nursing facilities to review their external disaster and mass casualty program plans annually, seek input from county/regional planning offices including the medical health operational area coordinator (MHOAC), and share updated plans with local emergency planning offices

Allows licensed health and care facilities (including community care facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, child daycare facilities, and alcohol/drug treatment programs) rendered nonoperational by a Governor-proclaimed emergency or federal disaster declaration to request inactive license status for up to two years if they intend to rebuild or reopen at the same location

Authorizes the State Department of Social Services to waive annual or biennial licensing fees, in whole or in part, for facilities with approved inactive license status that are being rebuilt for the same purpose

Requires Medi-Cal managed care plans to presume conditions are met for Emergency Remote Services in Community-Based Adult Services programs for the first 30 days following a disaster declaration, and waives in-person attendance requirements for childcare programs for 90 days

Beginning January 1, 2028, allows adult community care facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, and certain other facilities to request inactive license status for any period of inactivity, not just disaster-related closures