CHAPTER 3.95. Seniors Nursing Home Disclosure [1599.85. - 1599.89.]

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 3.95.
in effect

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 1599.85. Section 1599.85.

Long-term health care facilities must prominently and clearly display the following notice on all contracts of admission, and all advertisements used to solicit consumers to enter into contracts of admission: “For more information about our facility, you may call the State Ombudsman’s Office at (insert toll-free number).”

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 1599.86. Section 1599.86.

“Contract of admission,” as used in this chapter, includes all documents which a resident or his or her representative must sign at the time of, or as a condition of, admission to a long-term care health facility as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1326.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 1599.87. Section 1599.87.

The Department of Health Services (the Department) shall compile a list of approximately twenty five % (25%) of the long-term health care facilities with the most serious records of violations of laws or regulations by virtue of proven or admitted Class AA and Class A citations. Those facilities on this list shall include this statement on all contracts of admission, and all advertisements used to solicit consumers to enter into contracts of admission: “This facility’s record of citations is posted at the facility, and a copy may be obtained from the Department of Health Services.”

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 1599.88. Section 1599.88.

The Department shall issue regulations to implement this Chapter, including permitting one disclosure to satisfy the requirements of Section 1599.85 for all advertisements on the same page.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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