Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Every person should be entitled to dignity and respect during and after pregnancy and childbirth. Patients should receive the best care possible regardless of their race, gender, age, class, sexual orientation, g…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Pregnancy-related death” is the death of a person while pregnant or within 365 days of the end of a pregnancy, irrespective of the duration or site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to,…

(a) A hospital as defined in subdivision (a) or (f) of Section 1250 that provides perinatal care, and an alternative birth center or primary care clinic subject to Section 1204.3, shall implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in th…

(a) The State Department of Public Health shall track data on severe maternal morbidity, including, but not limited to, all of the following health conditions: (1) Obstetric hemorrhage. (2) Hypertension. (3) Preeclampsia and eclampsia. (4) Venous thromboembolism. (5) Sepsis. (6) …

(a) A hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, shall implement an evidence-based implicit bias program, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 123630.3, as part of its new graduate training program that hires and trains new nursing program graduates. (b) If th…

The Attorney General may publish a report outlining compliance data related to this article on a biennial basis. The report may be posted on the Attorney General’s internet website.

If any provision of the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, to the extent it can be given effec…

For the purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (a) “Maternal mortality” or “maternal death” means the death of a person during pregnancy or within a year from the end of pregnancy, and related to, or aggravated by, the pregnancy or birth, including, but not limited …

(a) The California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee is hereby established under the State Department of Public Health to continuously engage in the comprehensive, regular, and uniform review and reporting of maternal deaths throughout the state. The department, in collaborat…

This article is operative on August 1, 2022.

(a) A licensed health care practitioner who provides prenatal, postpartum, or interpregnancy care for a patient shall ensure that the mother is offered screening or is appropriately screened for maternal mental health conditions. (b) This section shall not apply to a licensed hea…

(a) (1) Of the amounts appropriated in Schedule (3) of Item 4260-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2022 for this purpose, twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is available for encumbrance and expenditure until June 30, 2028, to establish the Los Angeles County Abortion Access Safe Ha…

(a) (1) Commencing January 1, 2026, until January 1, 2029, San Diego County may establish a pilot program for pelvic floor and core conditioning group classes. (2) The classes shall be a combination of yoga and pilates exercises that strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. The class…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Clinics are valuable partners in the state’s efforts to improve access to health services. (b) Clinics have an established record of providing quality health services to medically uninsured persons at a reasonable cost.…

As used in this chapter, “clinic” means a primary care clinic as defined in Section 1200.

(a) The department shall prepare and transmit to the Legislature a report of the department’s activities relating to the utilization of clinics to provide comprehensive health services pursuant to the following programs: (1) Health of seasonal agricultural and migratory workers a…

The Clinic Revolving Fund of the department is hereby established for the purpose of expediting preliminary advance payments as authorized pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 124525) and to reimburse clinics that are grantees or contractors for services rendered under …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 16400 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the department may, to the extent local assistance appropriations are made by the Legislature for programs set forth in this part, without at the time furnishing vouchers or itemized statement…

In lieu of actually withdrawing revolving fund moneys from the State Treasury, the Controller, upon the request of the department, shall apply and credit the amount of the Clinic Revolving Fund, or any portion thereof, as repayment and return of any existing funds in the revolvin…

The department shall remain fully accountable for the Clinic Revolving Fund. All disbursements shall be substantiated by vouchers filed with the Controller. Disbursements may be reported, substantiated by vouchers, from time to time to the Controller in connection with claims for…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department may, to the extent funds are available, provide for advance payments for services to be performed under pending grant agreements or contracts with clinics pursuant to the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27), …

As used in this chapter, “health facility” means a facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, and treatment of human illness, physical or mental, including convalescence and rehabilitation and including care durin…

Article 9 (commencing with Section 70901) of Chapter 1 of Division 5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, as adopted to implement the requirements of Section 2 of Chapter 67 of the Statutes of 1988, shall apply to a rural general acute care hospital as defined in Se…

A rural general acute care hospital that does not provide surgical and anesthesia services shall maintain written transfer agreements with one or more general acute care hospitals that provide surgical and anesthesia services.

(a) All general acute care hospitals licensed under this chapter shall maintain a medical records system, based upon current standards for medical record retrieval and storage, that organizes all medical records for each patient under a unique identifier. (b) This section shall n…

A licensed general acute care hospital, as defined pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1250, or an acute psychiatric hospital, as defined pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1250, shall adopt policies and procedures regarding the responsibility for ensuring proper methods o…

(a) The department shall adopt regulations that define all of the following bed classifications for health facilities: (1) General acute care. (2) Skilled nursing. (3) Intermediate care-developmental disabilities. (4) Intermediate care—other. (5) Acute psychiatric. (6) Specialize…

(a) (1) “Psychiatric residential treatment facility” means a health facility licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services, that is operated by a public agency or private nonprofit organization that provides inpatient psychiatric services, as described in Subpart D (co…

The State Department of Public Health shall develop written guidelines and regulations as necessary to minimize the risk of transmission of blood-borne infectious diseases from health care worker to patient, from patient to patient, and from patient to health care worker. In so d…

(a) (1) As defined in Section 1250, “health facility” includes a “psychiatric health facility,” defined to mean a health facility, licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services, that provides 24-hour inpatient care for people with mental health disorders, severe substa…

(a) (1) “Chemical dependency recovery hospital” means a health facility that provides 24-hour inpatient chemical dependency recovery services for persons who have a dependency on alcohol or other drugs, or both alcohol and other drugs. Each facility shall have a medical director …

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Department” means the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority. (2) “Communicable, contagious, or infectious disease” means any disease that is capable of being transmitted from person to person with or without contact a…

“Council” means the Advisory Health Council.

Any requirement placed upon, or reference to, a corporation in this chapter, shall also apply to a limited liability company.

(a) (1) With respect to each hospital designated by the department as a critical access hospital, and certified as such by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the federal Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, the department may …

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 127170, the department, upon application of a general acute care hospital that meets all the criteria of subdivision (b), and other applicable requirements of licensure, shall issue a single consolidated license to a general acute ca…

“License” means a basic permit to operate a health facility with an authorized number and classification of beds. A license shall not be transferable.

A health facility licensed as a general acute care hospital, providing alcohol recovery services, may convert its licensure category to an acute psychiatric hospital and it may reclassify all of its general acute care beds to acute psychiatric without first obtaining a certificat…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, upon application of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the department shall change the license category of a general acute care hospital licensed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to a correctional treatment cent…

A “special permit” is a permit issued in addition to a license, authorizing a health facility to offer one or more of the special services specified in Section 1255 when the state department has determined that the health facility has met the standards for quality of care establi…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Camp Fire in 2018 resulted in the destruction of most of the towns of the eastern part of the County of Butte, including the towns of Paradise, Magalia, and Concow, as well as Feather River Hospital in Paradise …

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Holden-Moscone-Garamendi Genetically Handicapped Persons Program.

(a) The Director of Health Care Services shall establish and administer a program for the medical care of persons with genetically handicapping conditions, including cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, sickle cell disease, Huntington’s disease, Friedreich’s Ataxia, Joseph’s disease, Von…

As used in this article, “genetically handicapping condition” shall mean a disease that is accepted as being genetic in origin by the American Society of Human Genetics.

The program established under this article shall include any or all of the following medical and social support services: (a) Initial intake and diagnostic evaluation. (b) The cost of blood transfusion and use of blood derivatives, or both. (c) Rehabilitation services, including …

The director shall establish the rate structure for reimbursement of physicians and supportive services. The rates shall not be less than the amounts paid for provider services under the Medi-Cal Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfar…

Reimbursement under this article shall not be made for any services that are available to the recipient under any other private, state, or federal programs or under other contractual or legal entitlements, except for those instances where the department determines that prolonged …

(a) Any person found eligible for services under this article whose employer-sponsored health coverage is later terminated or any person who applied for services provided under this article whose employer-sponsored health coverage was terminated during the six-month period prior …

(a) The department may require a client under this article to apply to enroll or otherwise participate in any other state or federal program or other contractual or legal entitlement that would provide services to the client that would otherwise be reimbursed pursuant to this art…

The department shall receive and expend all funds made available to it by the federal government, the state, its political subdivisions or from other sources for the purposes of this article. Payment for the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program shall be made by the department.