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\nThe Keep Our Seniors Safe Act strengthens the Health and Safety Code by adding safe gun storage requirements for firearms retained by residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE \u2013 also known as assisted living facilities).<\/p>\n
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 18, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) announces that California Governor Newsom signed the Keep Our Seniors Safe Act, a part of SB 172 (Portantino) which was signed into law on 12 October, 2019.<\/p>\n
\nThe Keep Our Seniors Safe Act strengthens the Health and Safety Code by adding safe gun storage requirements for firearms retained by residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE \u2013 also known as assisted living facilities).<\/p>\n
CARR sponsored this common-sense safe gun storage legislation in recognition that an estimated 70% of assisted living residents have a diagnosis of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease or related dementias (ADRD). Dementia is a primary reason families seek an assisted living placement for a family member.<\/p>\n
Many assisted living facilities are licensed to accept and retain residents having mild to severe cognitive impairment. Common characteristics include disorientation, confusion, changes in mood or personality and impaired judgment. CARR\u2019s public records\u2019 research evidenced that some assisted living facilities were storing firearms in unlocked desk drawers, or allowing residents to retain weapons in their rooms.<\/p>\n
The characteristics and associated behaviors of a resident with cognitive impairment, coupled with unsecured weapons inside an RCFE posed an unreasonable risk of harm to residents, families and any third party working in or visiting an assisted living facility.<\/p>\n
The Keep Our Seniors Safe Act fills the statutory and regulatory gaps concerning firearm storage by requiring weapons to be centrally stored in the facility, in a locked gun safe meeting the regulatory standards established by the California Department of Justice.<\/p>\n
The statute advances CARR\u2019s consumer-driven agenda focused on reducing health and safety risks to residents living in California\u2019s licensed assisted living facilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis legislation (Chapter 840) gives the state\u2019s agency (Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division DSS\/CCLD) responsible for licensing assisted living facilities definitive and unequivocal standards for determining compliant gun storage,\u201d said CARR\u2019s President, Christine Murphy.<\/p>\n
This is CARR\u2019s second piece of legislation to become law; the first was AB 1523 (Atkins) requiring assisted living facilities to carry liability insurance.<\/p>\n
Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) is a San Diego-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization promoting transparency and accountability for consumers using assisted living services, and specializing in public document research on assisted living facilities, and the state\u2019s oversight of the industry. Learn more at: https:\/\/rcfereform.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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