California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

• Section 9710.
  There is within the department an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1,
• Section 9710.5.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(1) The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman has an extremely important role in protecting and advocating for the...
• Section 9711.
  (a) The office shall be under the direction of a chief executive officer who shall be known as the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. The State Ombudsman...
• Section 9712.
  (a) The office shall be headed by an individual, to be known as the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, who shall meet the qualifications established by the...
• Section 9712.5.
  The State Ombudsman shall, personally or through representatives of the office, do all of the following:(a) (1) Identify, investigate, and resolve complaints that are made by, or...
• Section 9713.
  (a) Upon request of the office, the Attorney General shall represent the office or the department and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the office,...
• Section 9714.
  The office shall solicit and receive funds, gifts, and contributions to support the operations and programs of the office. The office shall not solicit or...
• Section 9714.5.
  (a) The office may form a foundation eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions to support the operations and programs of the office and the operations of the...
• Section 9715.
  (a) No representative of the office shall be held liable for good faith performance of responsibilities under this chapter.(b) No discriminatory, disciplinary, or retaliatory action shall be...
• Section 9716.
  (a) The office shall be responsible for activities that promote the development, coordination, and utilization of resources to meet the long-term care needs of older individuals,...
• Section 9716.11.
  (a) The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall maintain an Internet Web presence.(b) The Internet Web site shall be easily found and prominent on the...
• Section 9717.
  (a) All advocacy programs and any programs similar in nature to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program that receive funding or official designation from the state shall...
• Section 9718.
  Every long-term care facility, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 9701, shall post in a conspicuous location a notice of the name, address, and...
• Section 9719.
  (a) (1) The office shall sponsor a training of representatives of approved organizations at least twice each year. The office shall provide training to these representatives as...
• Section 9719.5.
  (a) (1) The department shall allocate all federal and state funds for local ombudsman programs according to the following distribution, but shall not allocate less than thirty-five...

Last modified: October 22, 2018