Bill > A1003

Introduced Session

This bill requires the use of standby emergency power generators in assisted living residences and boarding homes, including residential health care facilities, which are licensed by the Departments of Health (DOH) and Community Affairs (DCA), respectively, and in other facilities that are sponsored by the Departments of Children and Families (DCF) and Human Services (DHS). Specifically, the bill provides that assisted living residences and boarding homes, including residential health care facilities, licensed after the effective date of the bill are to be equipped with a standby emergency power generator in the event of a power outage. For existing assisted living residences and, boarding homes, including residential health care facilities, the bill requires that they be equipped with the generators within 90 days of the effective date. For facilities sponsored by DCF and DHS, the bill similarly requires that facilities sponsored on or after the effective date of the bill be equipped with emergency standby generators, and also provides a 90-day period for existing facilities to comply with the requirement. The bill lists the following facilities in DCF: a psychiatric community home for children; residential child care facility; and any other residential facility in the State sponsored by DCF to provide residential services to persons under 21 years of age with special needs (which is defined as a physical or mental disability or medical care need), and also lists the following facilities in DHS: community residences for the developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and persons with head injuries; State psychiatric facilities; facilities (which are defined in current law as facilities operated by any public or private agency, organization or institution for the provision of services for persons with developmental disabilities); and any other residential facility in the State providing diagnosis, care, or treatment of persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities. In addition, the bill requires that the standby emergency power generators be checked, tested, and serviced in accordance with generally accepted engineering practices as prescribed by regulations of DOH, DCA, DCF, and DHS. Lastly, the bill has a delayed effective date of the first day of the fourth month following enactment, and provides for administrative action to be taken in advance of that date.

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Nancy Muñoz (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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