RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SB 489 (STEINBERG), CONTINUING CARE CONTRACTS: RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES: CLOSURE

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, Continuing care retirement communities provide elderly consumers with independent housing, residential care, skilled nursing care and other health related services in a single location, usually in incremental higher levels of care for the lifetime of the resident; and

WHEREAS, California has 78 continuing care retirement communities and provide life-long care and services to close to 20,000 seniors; and

WHEREAS, In San Mateo County, there are three such facilities providing care to approximately 512 individual seniors; and

WHEREAS, many residents make a major financial commitment to reside in these facilities with over $1 billion in entrance fees entrusted to continuing care retirement communities; and

WHEREAS, there are limited legal protections for consumers when facilities close, which can create financial problems for residents as well as physical and psychological harm, such as transfer trauma; and

WHEREAS, SB 489 would increase protections for continuing care retirement community residents by requiring continuing care retirement communities to create closure and relocation plans, to assess the condition and needs of residents to minimize transfer stress and trauma, and to offer comparable replacement accommodations and care;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors by adoption of this resolution supports SB 489 (Steinberg), continuing care contracts: retirement communities: closure.

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