AB 448: California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act: nondesignated hospitals: loan repayment.

A new law would require short-term residential therapeutic programs for children and youth to meet certain conditions. These programs, which provide intensive care and supervision, would need to ensure that at least one parent or guardian is residing at a single address within the state during the child's or youth's treatment. The program would also need to allow the child or youth to make confidential phone calls to their parent or guardian and provide access to suitable footwear. These requirements would need to be posted on the program's website, and the program would be subject to civil penalties or license suspension or revocation if the requirements are not met.