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25 | On today’s date, Regional Manager (RM) Marina Stanic, Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Luz Adams, and Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Sean Haddad conducted a virtual informal meeting via Microsoft Teams with Licensee and Administrator (LE) Romel Bisda and manager Joseph Laxamana. The purpose of the meeting was to follow up on the relationship between LE and manager Joseph Laxamana and the incident which occurred on 02/28/23 during which Joseph Laxamana and his partner Mary Joy Garcia arrived at the facility, were not trained or knowledgeable about the residents in care, claimed to be the new owners, attempted to terminate the current staff who were knowledgeable about the residents in care, the police were called, RM intervened via telephone, and LE agreed to keep the current staff in place and remove Joseph Laxamana and Mary Joy Garcia from the facility.
During the meeting, the following items were discussed:
• LE admitted the facts of the above incident which occurred on 02/28/23, apologized, and stated the events should not have occurred as they did.
• Joseph Laxamana admitted the facts of the above incident which occurred on 02/28/23, apologized, and stated the events should not have occurred as they did.
• LE and Joseph Laxamana explained that LE is in the process of selling the business to Joseph Laxamana, that Joseph Laxamana will work at the facility as an employee house manager until the sale is finalized, and that Joseph Laxamana will submit an application for change of ownership, but that LE is still the owner of and in control of the facility.
• Non-transferability of the license.
• Care and supervision for residents in care pending any changes in the facility.
• The procedures for changes of ownership and adding a management company to the license.
• The Business Purchase Agreement dated 02/06/2023 and Management Services Agreement dated 03/01/23. |