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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Pérez</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Part 7 (commencing with Section 19998) to Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Involuntary residential facilities: health and safety inspections.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law requires the operator of a private detention facility, as defined, to comply with, and adhere to, the detention standards of care and confinement agreed upon in the facility’s contract for operations, as specified. Existing law requires a private detention facility operator to comply with, and adhere to, all local and state public health orders and occupational safety and health regulations.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill, the Involuntary Residential Facilities Health and Safety Act of 2026, would authorize the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the State Department of Public Health, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the Department of Industrial Relations, including the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“inspecting agencies”), to conduct periodic inspections of an involuntary residential facility, defined as a facility that houses more
than 50 individuals overnight, restricts residents’ ability to enter or leave, as specified, and provides specified onsite services, in order to evaluate compliance with applicable health, safety, building, environmental, and labor standards, as specified. The bill would authorize unnoticed inspections under specified conditions. The bill would authorize an inspection to include specified areas of the facility, including heating, ventilation, air, water, and electrical systems, and any physical space necessary to evaluate compliance with the standards described above. The bill would prohibit an inspecting agency from accessing residents for interviews, resident records, or areas used exclusively for security operations. The bill would require an inspecting agency, within 30 days of completing an inspection, to submit a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Health.</html:p>
<html:p>The bill would require the operator of a facility to provide reasonable access to an
inspecting agency for an inspection described above, to maintain all records necessary to demonstrate compliance with the above-described standards, to, on or before January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, submit reports documenting compliance with those standards to the State Department of Public Health and the inspecting agencies, and to correct any violation identified by an inspecting agency, as specified. The bill would make a violation of the above described requirements by an operator of a facility subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 per violation per day, as specified. The bill would authorize an inspecting agency to, consistent with existing statutory authority, suspend or revoke any state-issued permit or certification of the operator relating to the standards described above, and would authorize an inspecting agency to provide information to the operator regarding any city or county permits or approvals required for the operation of the facility, as specified.</html:p>
<html:p>The bill would authorize an inspecting agency to promulgate regulations for the implementation of the above-described provisions.</html:p>
<html:p>The bill would declare that its provisions are severable.</html:p>
<html:p>The bill would make related findings and declarations.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Part 7 (commencing with Section 19998) is added to Division 13 of the
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<html:p>This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Involuntary Residential Facilities Health and Safety Act of 2026.</html:p>
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<html:p>The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:</html:p>
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(a)
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The State of California has a compelling interest in protecting the health, safety, and welfare of individuals residing in involuntary residential environments.
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(b)
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Facilities that house large numbers of individuals in restricted settings present heightened risks related to fire safety, structural integrity, sanitation, infectious disease, environmental hazards, and worker safety.
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(c)
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The state has long exercised its police powers to regulate building safety, public health, environmental compliance, and professional licensing, and these powers apply to all facilities
operating within the state, regardless of ownership or contracting entity.
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(d)
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This part establishes neutral, generally applicable standards for health and safety inspections of involuntary residential facilities.
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(e)
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Nothing in this part is intended to regulate detention operations, security procedures, classification of residents, or any other function reserved to federal, state, or local governmental agencies.
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<html:p>For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:</html:p>
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(a)
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“City or county permit or approval” means any permit, license, certificate, or approval issued by a city, county, or city and county, and includes, but is not limited to, a zoning approval, conditional use permit, building permit, or certificate of occupancy.
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(b)
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“Inspecting agency” means any of the following:
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(1)
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The Office of the State Fire Marshal.
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(2)
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The State Department of Public Health.
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(3)
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The State Water Resources
Control Board.
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(4)
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The Department of Industrial Relations, including the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
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(c)
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(1)
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“Involuntary residential facility” means a facility that meets all of the following criteria:
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(A)
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Houses 50 or more individuals overnight.
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(B)
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Restricts residents’ ability to enter or leave the facility at will, regardless of the legal authority under which the individual is housed.
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(C)
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Provides onsite food service, medical care, mental health services, or residential supervision.
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(2)
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This definition is for health, safety, building, environmental, and labor regulation only and does
not relate to detention operations or security procedures.
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(d)
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“Operator” means any person, corporation, partnership, nonprofit organization, or other entity that owns, leases, manages, or operates an involuntary residential facility.
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(e)
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“Resident” means any individual housed in an involuntary residential facility, regardless of legal status, custody status, or reason for placement.
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(f)
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“State-issued permit or certification” means any permit, license, certificate, or approval issued by a state agency or a local agency acting under delegated state authority, including, but not limited to, fire safety, environmental, food service, health, water quality, hazardous materials, and occupational safety approvals.
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<html:p>An inspecting agency may conduct periodic inspections of an involuntary residential facility to evaluate compliance with applicable health, safety, building, environmental, and labor standards, including, but not limited to, fire safety, health and safety of persons, structural integrity, sanitation and food safety, infectious disease control, environmental compliance, and worker safety.</html:p>
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<html:p>An inspecting agency may enter a facility for any of the purposes described in Section 19998.3 without prior notice when either of the following conditions exists:</html:p>
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(a)
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There is reasonable cause to believe that the present conditions present an imminent threat to health or safety.
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(b)
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An outbreak, fire hazard, structural hazard, or environmental hazard has been reported.
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(a)
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Inspections made pursuant to this chapter may include examination of heating, ventilation, and air systems, water and wastewater systems, fire suppression systems, hazardous materials storage, worker safety conditions, structural and electrical systems, and any physical space necessary to evaluate compliance with the standards described in Section 19998.3.
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(b)
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Inspections shall not include access to residents for interviews, resident records, or areas used exclusively for security operations.
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<html:p>Within 30 days of completing an inspection pursuant to this chapter, an inspecting agency shall prepare a written report of its findings and shall transmit the report to the Assembly Committee on Health and the Senate Committee on Health.</html:p>
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(a)
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An operator shall provide reasonable access to an inspecting agency for an inspection authorized pursuant to this part.
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(b)
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An operator shall maintain all records necessary to demonstrate compliance with applicable health, safety, environmental, and labor standards and shall make those records available to an inspecting agency upon request.
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(c)
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(1)
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On or before January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, an operator shall submit reports documenting fire safety compliance, environmental compliance, worker injury and illness logs, and infectious disease prevention protocols.
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(2)
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An operator
shall submit a report required pursuant to this subdivision to the State Department of Public Health and shall provide copies to each inspecting agency.
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(d)
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An operator shall correct any violation identified by an inspecting agency within the timeframes established by that agency.
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(a)
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(1)
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An operator that violates any provision of this part or a regulation adopted pursuant to this part is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per violation.
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(2)
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Each day a violation remains uncorrected constitutes a separate violation.
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(b)
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An inspecting agency may, consistent with existing statutory authority, suspend or revoke any state-issued permit or certification of the operator relating to building, health, environmental, or labor standards, including, but not limited to, fire safety certificates, environmental permits, food service permits, and hazardous materials permits.
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(c)
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An inspecting agency may provide information to the operator regarding any city or county permits or approvals required for the operation of the facility, including zoning approvals, conditional use permits, building permits, and certificates of occupancy.
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<html:p>The provisions of this part are severable. If any provision or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.</html:p>
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