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Energy Law

Sep. 14, 2006

Judge Puts Deadline on State Over Nursing Home Complaints

SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge Tuesday gave the state Department of Health Services eight months to clear up a backlog of nearly 1,000 complaints about nursing homes, noting that the agency has not complied for "a very long time" with a law requiring response within 10 days.

By Donna Domino
 Daily Journal Staff Writer
     
SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge Tuesday gave the state Department of Health Services eight months to clear up a backlog of nearly 1,000 complaints about nursing homes, noting that the agency has not complied for "a very long time" with a law requiring response within 10 days.
      "I don't see a reason why it can't be done,"...

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