Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) Each emergency physician shall have a written policy about when and under whose authority patient debt is advanced for collection. (b) Each emergency physician shall establish a written policy defining standards and practices for the collection of debt, and shall obtain a wri…

(a) The period described in Section 127455 shall be extended if the patient has a pending appeal for coverage of the services, until a final determination of that appeal is made, if the patient makes a reasonable effort to communicate with the emergency physician about the progre…

(a) After the period described in Section 127455, and upon the completion of appeals consistent with Section 127456, prior to commencing further collection activities against a patient, the emergency physician, any assignee of the emergency physician, or other owner of the patien…

The emergency physician shall reimburse the patient or patients any amount actually paid in excess of the amount due under this article, including interest. Interest owed by the emergency physician to the patient shall accrue at the rate set forth in Section 685.010 of the Code o…

The rights, remedies, and penalties established by this article are cumulative, and shall not supersede the rights, remedies, or penalties established under other laws. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 445, Sec. 4. (AB 1503) Effective January 1, 2011.)

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the emergency physician from uniformly imposing charges from its established charge schedule or published rates, nor shall this article preclude the recognition of an emergency physician’s established charge schedule or publi…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts paid by parties for services resulting from reduced or waived charges under an emergency physician’s discounted payment policy shall not constitute an emergency physician’s uniform, published, prevailing, or customary charge…

To the extent that any requirement of this article results in a federal determination that an emergency physician’s established charge schedule or published rates are not the physician and surgeon’s customary or prevailing charges for services, the requirement in question shall b…

The board of supervisors in each county may fix the rates to be charged patients admitted to any county hospital and may direct any county officer to collect the amounts due the county for hospitalization and medical care. In fixing and collecting hospital charges the board may e…

In collecting charges for care rendered under this chapter, the board may exercise all powers provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17400) of Part 5 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as enacted and as it may be amended thereafter. (Amended by Stats. 197…

Unless there exists a reciprocal agreement relating to the expense of medical care and treatment, it shall be the duty of every county to pay for the expense of treatment of its indigent residents furnished by the county hospital of any other county. As a condition of liability, …

(a) The Office of State Audits and Evaluation may conduct periodic audits to ensure that the annual allocation to individual programs is awarded by the department in a timely fashion consistent with the requirements of this chapter. (b) The department shall reimburse the Office o…

(a) The authority shall be governed by a board of trustees. The trustees shall reflect both the expertise necessary to maximize the quality and scope of care at the medical center and the other health care facility in a fiscally responsible manner and the communities of interest …

For purposes of this article: (a) “Covered drug” means a drug purchased by a covered entity that is subject to the federal pricing requirements set forth in Section 256b of Title 42 of the United States Code. (b) “Covered entity” means a provider defined as a covered entity in Se…

(a) A pharmacy benefit manager shall not impose any requirements, conditions, or exclusions that do either of the following: (1) Discriminate against a covered entity or a specified pharmacy in connection with dispensing covered drugs. (2) Prevent a covered entity from retaining …

(a) The authority, in addition to any other powers granted to the authority pursuant to this chapter, shall have the following powers: (1) To have the duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and limitations of a local unit of government within the state. (2) To have …

Pursuant to this section, the board of trustees may find and declare that the authority shall cease to exist. In that event, the board of trustees shall provide for the disposition of the authority’s assets, obligations, and liabilities. Absent written agreement, the county shall…

In addition to any examination performed without charge to a victim of rape or other sexual assault pursuant to Section 13823.95 of the Penal Code, a county hospital shall, without charge, provide the victim of rape, or other sexual assault, with testing for venereal disease and …

A county hospital shall provide persons examined or treated in connection with rape or other sexual assaults with information regarding assistance which may be provided pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 13959) of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Go…

As used in this article: (a) “Continuing education program” means educational programs designed to increase the knowledge and skills of health workers. (b) “Licensed health worker” means any person who works in a health profession that requires licensure under the laws of Califor…

Any county may conduct continuing education programs for non-county-employed licensed health workers or non-county-employed nonlicensed health workers as prescribed in this article. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 613.)

(a) Any county health facility, including, but not limited to, hospitals, mental health facilities, and other public health facilities, may utilize its county staff personnel to conduct continuing education programs for non-county-employed licensed health workers or non-county-em…

(a) Any county conducting continuing educational programs pursuant to this article shall charge and collect fees sufficient to defray the cost of such instruction and training. Such fees may be reduced to the extent of any federal funds obtained by the county for the purpose of p…

Any county conducting a continuing education program pursuant to this article shall maintain individual records of attendance and the number of continuing education units earned by participants, if any, in such program. Copies of such information shall be made available upon requ…

The definitions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 194. Effective January 1, 2005.)

It is the intent of the Legislature that the overdose information gathered pursuant to this chapter shall be used for the purpose of making decisions regarding the allocation of public health and educational resources to communities adversely impacted by the use of drugs that lea…

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Coroner” means a person whose responsibilities include those described in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 27460) of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code. (b) “Department” mea…

(a) A coroner or medical examiner who evaluates an individual who died, in the coroner or medical examiner’s expert opinion, as the result of an overdose as a contributing factor, shall report the incident to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program managed by the Washi…

(a) The department shall use best efforts to utilize all of its relevant data regarding overdoses in the state to monitor and identify current trends of fentanyl-related deaths of children zero to five years of age, inclusive. (b) The department shall develop guidance and spread …

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Health care provider” means any person licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code or a clinic or health facility licensed pursuant to Division…

(a) The fund provided for in this chapter shall be known as the Maddy Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fund. (b) (1) Each county may establish an emergency medical services fund, upon the adoption of a resolution by the board of supervisors. The moneys in the fund shall be availa…

(a) Each county establishing a fund, on January 1, 1989, and on each April 15 thereafter, shall report to the authority on the implementation and status of the Emergency Medical Services Fund. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the authority shall compile and…

(a) Physicians and surgeons wishing to be reimbursed shall submit their claims for emergency services provided to patients who do not make any payment for services and for whom no responsible third party makes any payment. (b) If, after receiving payment from the fund, a physicia…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a simplified, cost-efficient system of administration of this chapter be developed so that the maximum amount of funds may be utilized to reimburse physicians and surgeons and for other emergency medical services purposes. The administ…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an emergency physician and surgeon, or an emergency physician group, with a gross billings arrangement with a hospital shall be entitled to receive reimbursement from the Emergency Medical Services Fund for services provided in…

The moneys contained in an Emergency Medical Services Fund, other than moneys contained in a Physician Services Account within the fund pursuant to Section 16952 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, shall not be subject to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 16951) of Chapter 5…

(a) If the State Department of Health Services believes that the air monitoring standard for asbestos in public school buildings as specified in Section 49410.7 of the Education Code should be revised, it shall promulgate a regulation to that effect. (b) The department shall prov…

(a) The state board shall adopt the nonattainment area plan approved by a designated air quality planning agency as part of the state implementation plan, unless the state board finds, after a public hearing, that the nonattainment area plan will not meet the requirements of the …

In addition to any other statutory requirements, at the public hearing held pursuant to Section 41650, the districts included, in whole or in part, within the nonattainment area, the designated air quality planning agency, and members of the public shall have the opportunity to p…

If, after the public hearing, the state board finds that the nonattainment area plan approved by the designated air quality planning agencies does not comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.), the state board may adopt such revisions as nece…