California Health and Safety Code

§ 1439.51

HSC § 1439.51 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 2 · Ch. 2.45

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), it shall be unlawful for a long-term care facility or facility staff to take any of the following actions wholly or partially on the basis of a person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status:

(1)Deny admission to a long-term care facility, transfer or refuse to transfer a resident within a facility or to another facility, or discharge or evict a resident from a facility.

(2)Deny a request by residents to share a room.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 483, Sec. 3. (SB 219) Effective January 1, 2018.