Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) Claims approved by the Department of General Services pursuant to this chapter shall be paid from the state account. (b) The Legislature may appropriate up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) annually from the state account to be used by the Department of General Services for…

The Department of General Services may expend from the state account those sums of money as are reasonably necessary to administer and carry out this chapter.

Any person may apply to the Department of General Services, pursuant to Section 80925, for compensation of a loss caused by the release, in California, of a hazardous substance if any of the following conditions are met: (a) The source of the release of the hazardous substance, o…

(a) The Department of General Services shall prescribe appropriate forms and procedures for claims filed pursuant to this chapter, which shall include, as a minimum, all of the following: (1) A provision requiring the claimant to make a sworn verification of the claim to the best…

No claim may be presented to the Department of General Services pursuant to this chapter later than three years from the date of discovery of the loss or from January 1, 1982, whichever is later.

If the Department of General Services makes the determination, specified in Section 80945, that losses resulted from the claimant’s damages, injury, or disease, only the following losses are compensable pursuant to this chapter: (a) One hundred percent of uninsured, out-of-pocket…

A loss specified in Section 80940 is compensable if the Department of General Services makes all of the following findings, based upon a preponderance of the evidence: (a) A release of a hazardous substance occurred. (b) The claimant or the claimant’s property was exposed to the …

No money shall be used for the payment of any claim authorized by this part, where the claim is the result of long-term exposure to ambient concentrations of air pollutants.

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the procedures specified in Article 8 (commencing with Section 11435.05) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, and in Section 11513 of, the Government Code apply to the proceedings conducted by the Department of General …

(a) All decisions rendered by the Department of General Services shall be in writing, with notification to all appropriate parties, and shall be rendered within 90 days of submission of a claim to the Department of General Services unless all the parties to the claim agree in wri…

Nothing in this chapter shall require, or be deemed to require, pursuit of any claim against the Department of General Services as a condition precedent to any other remedy.

(a) Compensation of any loss pursuant to this chapter shall preclude indemnification or reimbursement from any other source for the identical loss, and indemnification or reimbursement from any other source shall preclude compensation pursuant to this chapter. (b) If a claimant r…

(a) The following evidence is not admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding, including a subrogation action by the state pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 81030), to establish the liability of any person for any damages alleged to have been caused by…

Compensation of any loss pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the state’s acquiring, by subrogation, all rights of the claimant to recover the loss from the party determined to be liable for the loss.

Upon the request of the Department of General Services, the Attorney General shall commence an action in the name of the people of the State of California to recover any amount paid in compensation for any loss pursuant to this chapter against any party who is liable to the claim…

Moneys recovered pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the state account.

The Department of General Services shall, in consultation with the department, adopt, and revise when appropriate, all rules and regulations necessary to implement this chapter, including methods that provide for establishing that a claimant has exercised reasonable diligence in …