Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

The department shall, in consultation with the California Department of Aging, do all of the following in the establishment of the program: (a) Promote public awareness concerning the causes and nature of, the personal risk factors for, the value of prevention of, and the options…

In consultation with the advisory panel convened pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 125703, the department shall develop effective protocols for the prevention of falls and fractures and establish these protocols in community practice to improve the prevention and management …

The director shall seek private sector financial support, grants, and other appropriate moneys to support the California Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 819, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)

There is in the state government, in the Health and Welfare Agency, the Department of Health Care Access and Information. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 30. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)

Any reference to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development shall be deemed a reference to the Department of Health Care Access and Information. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 31. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)

The department is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The Director s…

The director of the department shall have the powers of a head of the department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 33. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)

(a) Pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice for all employees, prospective emplo…

(a) Every health facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2, except a health facility owned and operated by the state, shall each year be charged a fee established by the department consistent with the requirements of this section. (b) Co…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) of the moneys collected pursuant to Section 127280 may be used by the State Department of Health Services for data collection on, analysis of, and reporting on, maternal and perinatal outcom…

(a) Health facilities and clinics, except for chronic dialysis clinics as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1204, shall annually report to the department all of the following information on forms supplied by the department: (1) A current inventory of beds and services. (2) Ut…

(a) Commencing on January 1, 2027, health facilities, clinics, home health agencies, and hospices shall annually report to the department, on forms supplied by the department, whether all of their health care employees eligible for employer-sponsored health care coverage are elig…

For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Flamethrowing device” means any nonstationary and transportable device designed or intended to emit or propel a burning stream of combustible or flammable liquid a distance of at least 10 feet. (b) “Permithold…

This part shall not apply to the sale, purchase, possession, transportation, storage, or use of a flamethrowing device by a person if all of the following apply: (a) The person is regularly employed by or a paid officer, employee, or member of a fire department, fire protection d…

This chapter shall be known as the Health Data and Advisory Council Consolidation Act. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Significant changes have taken place in recent years in the health care marketplace and in the manner of reimbursement to health facilities by government and private third-party payers for the services they provide. (b) These ch…

Intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled-habilitative, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 1250, are not subject to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled—nursing, as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 1250, and intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled-continuous nursing, as defined in subdivision (m) of Section 1250, are not subject to this chapter. (Amended by …

As used in this chapter, the following terms mean: (a) “Ambulatory surgery procedures” mean those procedures performed on an outpatient basis in the general operating rooms, ambulatory surgery rooms, endoscopy units, or cardiac catheterization laboratories of a hospital or a free…

On and after January 1, 1986, any reference in this code to the Advisory Health Council or the California Health Policy and Data Advisory Commission shall be deemed a reference to the department. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 197. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)

(a) Effective January 1, 1986, the department shall be the single state agency designated to collect the following health facility or clinic data for use by all state agencies: (1) Data required by the department pursuant to Section 127285. (2) Data required in the Medi-Cal cost …

(a) Each organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a skilled nursing facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1250 shall file with the department as part of the information required in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 128735, whether t…

(a) (1) Commencing with fiscal years ending December 31, 2023, an organization that operates, conducts, owns, manages, or maintains a skilled nursing facility or facilities licensed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1250 shall prepare and file with the office, at the times a…

An organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, and the officers thereof, shall make and file with the department, at the times as the department shall require, all of the following reports on forms specified by the department that are in accord, if…

(a) Each hospital shall file an Emergency Care Data Record for each patient encounter in a hospital emergency department. The Emergency Care Data Record shall include all of the following: (1) Date of birth. (2) Sex. (3) Race. (4) Ethnicity. (5) Preferred language spoken. (6) ZIP…

(a) Each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic shall file an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record for each patient encounter during which at least one ambulatory surgery procedure is performed. The Ambulatory Surgery Data Record shall include all of the…

(a) The department shall allow and provide for, in accordance with appropriate regulations, additions or deletions to the patient level data elements listed in subdivision (g) of Section 128735, Section 128736, and Section 128737, to meet the purposes of this chapter. (b) Prior t…

(a) The following summary financial and utilization data shall be reported to the department by a hospital within 45 days of the end of a calendar quarter. Adjusted reports reflecting changes as a result of audited financial statements may be filed within four months of the close…

(a) Commencing July 1993, and annually thereafter, the department shall publish risk-adjusted outcome reports in accordance with the following schedule: Procedures and Publication Period Conditions Date Covered Covered July 1993 1988–90 3 July 1994 1989–91 6 July 1995 1990–92 9 R…

Commencing July 1, 2002, and biennially thereafter, the department shall evaluate the impact of the department’s published risk-adjusted outcome reports required by Section 128745 on mortality rates in California and on any other measure of quality the department deems appropriat…

(a) This section shall apply to any risk-adjusted outcome report under Section 128745. (b) This subdivision applies to risk-adjusted outcome reports under subdivision (c) of Section 128745. (1) The department shall obtain data necessary to complete a risk-adjusted outcome report …

(a) Prior to the public release of the annual outcome reports, the department shall furnish a preliminary report to each hospital that is included in the report. The department shall allow the hospital and chief of staff 60 days to review the outcome scores and compare the scores…

(a) (1) Hospitals shall file the reports required by subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 128735 with the department within four months after the close of the hospital’s fiscal year except as provided in paragraph (2). (2) If a licensee relinquishes the facility license…

(a) On and after January 1, 1986, the systems of health facility accounting and auditing formerly approved by the California Health Facilities Commission shall remain in full force and effect for use by health facilities, but shall be maintained by the department. (b) The departm…

(a) The department shall maintain a file of all the reports filed under this chapter at its Sacramento office. Subject to any rules the department may prescribe, these reports shall be produced and made available for inspection upon the demand of any person, and shall also be pos…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 128765 or any other provision of law, the department, upon request, shall disclose information collected pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 128735 and Sections 128736 and 128737, to any California hospital and any local health department or local h…

(a) Any health facility or freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic that does not file any report as required by this chapter with the department is liable for a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) a day for each day the filing of any report is delayed. No penalty shall be …

(a) Any health facility or freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic affected by any determination made under this part by the department may petition the department for review of the decision. This petition shall be filed with the department within 15 business days, or within a gre…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the disclosure aspects of this chapter shall be deemed complete with respect to district hospitals, and no district hospital shall be required to report or disclose any additional financial or utilization data to any person or other ent…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of a small and rural hospital, as defined in Section 124840, the department shall do all of the following: (a) If the hospital did not file financial reports with the department by electronic media as of January 1, 1993…

On January 1, 1986, all regulations previously adopted by the California Health Facilities Commission that relate to functions vested in the department and that are in effect on that date, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable to the extent that they are consisten…

Pursuant to Section 16304.9 of the Government Code, the Controller shall transfer to the department the unexpended balance of funds as of January 1, 1986, in the California Health Facilities Commission Fund, available for use in connection with the performance of the functions of…

All officers and employees of the California Health Facilities Commission who, on December 31, 1985, are serving the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function vested in the department by this chapter shall be transferred …

The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, or other property, real or personal, held for the benefit or use of the California Health Facilities Commission for the performance of funct…

The department may enter into agreements and contracts with any person, department, agency, corporation, or legal entity as are necessary to carry out the functions vested in the department by this chapter or any other law. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 220. (AB 133) Eff…

The department shall administer this chapter and shall make all regulations necessary to implement the provisions and achieve the purposes stated herein. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 221. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)