Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Any small and rural hospital may apply to the California Health Facilities Financing Authority for consideration under special eligibility programs if the hospital has successfully completed the assessment and developed an action plan. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effe…

(a) The department, after consultation with an organization of interest, shall select two strategically located, high-risk rural hospitals to plan and implement rural alternative hospital demonstration projects. To the extent possible, the department shall choose two demonstratio…

The department shall continue to provide regulatory relief when appropriate through program flexibility for such items as staffing, space, and physical plant requirements. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The department shall adopt regulations that will provide for an increase in reimbursement rates for outpatient services rendered to Medi-Cal patients by small and rural hospitals, as defined in Section 124840, over and above those reimbursement rates specified in Section 5150…

In any case in which this chapter requires that a permit be obtained from the State Fire Marshal, or in any case in which the public agency having local jurisdiction requires pursuant to this chapter that a permit be obtained, a licensee shall possess a valid permit before perfor…

A permit, as provided in this part, shall not be required of any person to transport, purchase at retail, or use safe and sane fireworks, or to purchase at retail, use, or transport registered emergency signaling devices. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1109.)

The effective period of the permit shall be defined in the permit and in no case shall the period of the permit exceed the valid period of the license. This section shall not prohibit the revocation of the permit by the issuing authority for just cause where a fire nuisance exist…

Any licensee desiring to do any act specified in Section 12640 shall first make written application for a permit to the chief of the fire department or the chief fire prevention officer of the city or county, or to such other issuing authority which may be designated by the gover…

The issuing authority shall not accept an application for a permit from any person who does not possess, and present at the time of application, evidence of a valid license to perform those acts specified on the application for the permit. When a license is not required for speci…

The officer to whom the application for a permit is made shall undertake an investigation and submit a report of his findings and his recommendation concerning the issuance of the permit, together with his reasons therefor, to the governing body of the city or county. The applica…

The governing body may grant or deny the permit, subject to such reasonable conditions, if any, as it shall prescribe. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1109.)

The governing body may delegate the power to grant or deny the permit to the issuing authority to whom the application is made. In such case, the governing body shall also provide for a hearing by the governing body by which an applicant may appeal a denial of the permit. The gov…

The officer to whom the application for a permit for a public display of fireworks is made shall make an investigation to determine whether such a display as proposed will be of such character or so located that it may be hazardous to property or dangerous to any person. He shall…

The applicant for a permit for any public display of fireworks shall, at the time of application, submit his license for inspection and furnish proof that he carries compensation insurance for his employees as provided by the laws of this state. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1109.)

When a permit for the public display of fireworks is granted, the sale, possession, transportation, and use of fireworks for the public display is lawful for that purpose only. The permit to hold a public display shall authorize the transportation of public display fireworks betw…

Any person holding a valid license for the manufacture, wholesale, or import and export of dangerous fireworks or pyrotechnic devices may transport any class of fireworks or pyrotechnic devices authorized by such license. Persons holding a special effects pyrotechnic operators li…

When traveling between the approved routes, as specified in Section 12651, and the point of destination the licensee shall possess a transportation permit from the local fire authority having jurisdiction over the boundaries in which the off-route travel occurs. A transportation …

The application for a transportation permit shall be submitted to the State Fire Marshal for the transportation of any quantity of fireworks where such transportation is outside the boundaries of the issuing authority having jurisdiction at the point of origin or such shipment or…

A transportation permit shall not be required by this part for public carriers or private carriers who each hold a valid license or permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Division 14 (commencing with Section 31600) of the Vehicle Code or Division 11 (commencing with Section …

For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Abortion” has the same meaning as defined in Section 123464. (b) “Contraception” means the services and contraceptive methods described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1367.25. (c) “Department” means the Department of Health Care …

(a) The California Reproductive Health Equity Fund is hereby established. (b) The primary purpose of the fund is to provide grant funding to safety net providers of abortion, contraception, or gender-affirming care services through the California Reproductive and TGI Health Equit…

In addition to the California Reproductive Health Equity Fund established in this chapter, the department may also use the money in the Abortion Access Fund established in Section 127641 to provide grant funding for abortion services to safety net providers of abortion services t…

(a) The California Reproductive and TGI Health Equity Program is hereby established within the department. (b) The purpose of the program is to ensure abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming care are affordable for and accessible to all patients, regardless of their ability…

(a) A Medi-Cal enrolled provider, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services, may apply for a grant, and a continuation award after the initial grant, under this chapter if they agree to provide either, both abortion and contraception services, or gender-affirm…

(a) An application for a grant under this chapter shall be made on a form to be developed by the department. (b) An application shall include both of the following: (1) A justification of the amount of grant funds requested, including both of the following: (A) The cost of uncomp…

(a) Within the limits of funds available, the department may award grants that, in the department’s judgment, best promote the purposes described in Section 127632, taking into account all of the following: (1) The extent to which abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming car…

(a) An application for a continuation award under this chapter shall be made on a form to be developed by the department. (b) Decisions regarding continuation awards and the funding level of those awards shall be made after consideration of factors that include the recipient’s an…

Funds awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be expended solely for the purpose for which the funds were awarded, in accordance with the approved application and budget, implementation guidance issued by the department, and the terms and conditions of the grant or continuation aw…

In implementing the program, the department shall consult with interested parties, including the State Department of Health Care Services, the Department of Managed Health Care, the Department of Insurance, abortion and contraception providers, gender-affirming care providers, co…

The department shall conduct an evaluation of the program and shall report its findings to the Legislature by no later than July 1, 2024, and on an annual basis no later than each July 1 thereafter. The department may use funds in the fund for the evaluation of the program. The r…

(a) Subject to appropriation or upon availability of funds, the department, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall implement a capacity data solution. The development of the capacity data solution shall be subject to state information technology…

(a) Subject to appropriation or upon availability of funds, the department, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall designate and administer a capacity data solution to which the specified entities shall submit data. (b) The department, in collab…

The county and the local initiative shall together evaluate the pilot program after three years, including all of the following: the number of individuals served, the demographics of the individuals served, the number of employees turned away due to the limitation on enrollment i…

Except as otherwise provided in this part, districts are subject to the Uniform District Election Law, Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 137. Effective January 1, 1995.)

A district board may require that its election of district board members be held on the same day as the statewide general election pursuant to Section 10404 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 138. Effective January 1, 1995.)

The expense of an election on the question of the formation of a district shall be paid by the county if the proposition fails. If the formation is approved, the expense shall be a charge against the district and repaid to the county from the first moneys collected by the distric…

The governing body of a city, county, city and county or school district may employ one or more school audiometrists, each of whom shall be registered with the State Department of Health Services and possess such qualifications as may at the date of registration be prescribed by …

The State Department of Health Services shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1685, issue certificates of registration to school audiometrists and to qualified supervisors of health, pursuant to Sections 11751 and 11823 of the Education Code. The department shall prescribe …

(a) Any employee housing which does not conform to this part, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to employee housing, the other regulations adopted pursuant to this part, or conditions of the permit, is a public nuisance and, if not made to…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the operator of employee housing shall provide a resident of every unit in the employee housing with a written copy in English and Spanish of every order or notice of violation issued by an enforcement agency accompanied by an expla…

(a) The sale or other transfer of property to a third party shall not render moot an action or proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter and instituted by an enforcement agency against the owner of record on the date a citation for a violation of this part was issued. (b) Any p…

(a) Any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, any provision of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or both, for each violation of this part, prov…

(a) Any person who is convicted pursuant to Section 17061 for a second or subsequent time within a five-year period or is convicted pursuant to subdivision (d) for a first or subsequent time within a five-year period after issuance of an injunction enforcing this chapter shall be…

(a) Any person found in contempt of a court order or injunction pursuant to Section 17060, or who is convicted pursuant to Section 17061, for a second or subsequent time within a five-year period after a prior finding of contempt, after a prior conviction, or after the prior issu…

(a) In addition to other remedies provided in this part, the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development or his or her designee or an employee authorized by a local enforcement agency which has assumed jurisdiction pursuant to Section 17050, may issue a citati…

(a) Any state or local agency which participated in the investigation and enforcement pursuant to this part shall be reimbursed for its investigative and legal costs prior to and subsequent to the judgment. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon motion by the enforc…