{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-9726.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 9726.1","heading":"","body":"(a) The office and approved organizations may do any of the following:\n(1) Advise the public of any inspection report, statements of deficiency, and plans of correction, for any long-term care facilities within its service area.\n(2) Promote visitation programs to long-term care facilities within its service area.\n(3) Establish and assist in the development of resident, family, and friends’ councils.\n(4) Sponsor other community involvement in long-term care facilities.\n(5) Present community education and training programs to long-term care facilities, human service workers, families, and the general public, about long-term care and residents’ rights issues.\n(b) Those programs created under this section that are held in a facility shall be developed in consultation with the facility. If the facility and the ombudsman cannot agree on these programs, the State Ombudsman may assist in resolving the dispute.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 8.5. MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT [9000. - 9861.]","CHAPTER 11. State Ombudsman [9700. - 9745.]","ARTICLE 3. Investigation and Resolution of Complaints [9720.5. - 9726.1.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"d5b3f0daf4830bc75151b7499ccf020685d355762d0e81a7a413e04989d9adca","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-9726","next":"us-ca/wic-9730"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}