ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA CONDITIONALLY APPROVES SALE OF ST. ELIZABETH CARE CENTER IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD, REQUIRING PROTECTIONS FOR RESIDENTS AND CONTINUED ACCESS TO CARE

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 2 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today conditionally approved (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/secc-ag-cond-consent.pdf) the sale of St. Elizabeth Care Center (St. Elizabeth), a 52-bed nonprofit skilled nursing facility in North Hollywood. The facility will be transferred from Providence Health System - Southern California to affiliates of The Ensign Group, Inc. (Ensign), a publicly traded, for-profit healthcare company. St. Elizabeth has served the community since 1964 and provides care to elderly residents, with Medi-Cal and Medicare beneficiaries accounting for a significant share of its residents. The approval includes...