Calif. Nursing Homes Improving with AB1629
The Nursing Home Quality Care Act (AB 1629), passed in 2004, was landmark legislation designed to improve the quality of care for California's 110,000 nursing home residents. The bill, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, transformed Medi-Cal nursing home funding and increased funding accountability by basing reimbursement on a facility's actual cost of providing care. The new system took effect in late 2005, and California nursing homes are already seeing improvements.

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How We Did It:
The Nursing Home Quality Care Act
We needed an approach to funding nursing home care that would make it easier to improve care for seniors and people with disabilities, and improve working conditions for nursing home caregivers. The Nursing Home Quality Care Act (AB 1629) increased funding for quality nursing home care, without costing taxpayers more.

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