Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) Each new or renewal application for a license for a psychiatric health facility shall be accompanied by a fee credited to the State Department of Health Care Services for its costs incurred in the review of psychiatric health facility programs, in connection with the licensin…

The amount of three million two hundred four thousand three hundred seventy dollars ($3,204,370) is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Services, for a loan for use to support the operations of the Licensing and Certification Program. Repayment of…

(a) The annual Licensing and Certification Program fee for a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, general acute care hospital, acute psychiatric hospital, special hospital, chemical dependency recovery hospital, correctional treatment center, intermediate care fa…

(a) Whenever any entity required to pay fees pursuant to Section 1266 continues to operate beyond its license expiration date, without the Licensing and Certification Program annual license fees first having been paid as required by this division, those fees are delinquent. (b) A…

The annual Licensing and Certification Program fee for a congregate living health facility shall be set in accordance with Section 1266.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury the State Department of Public Health Licensing and Certification Program Fund. The revenue collected in accordance with Section 1266 shall be deposited in the State Department of Public Health Licensing and Certification Program Fund…

(a) (1) Each license issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire 12 months from the date of its issuance and each special permit shall expire on the expiration date of the license. Application for renewal of a license or special permit accompanied by the necessary fee shall be f…

Each intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative shall designate direct care staff persons to supervise the direct care services to clients for at least 56 hours per week. The hours of these supervisory staff persons shall be applied against the total number …

No person shall be admitted, or accepted for care, or discharged, by a congregate living health facility except upon the order of a physician and surgeon. Admission criteria shall be subject to review and approval by the state department. All persons admitted or accepted for care…

Pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) and subdivision (b) of Section 1265.7, this section shall be effective until the adoption of permanent regulations. Notwithstanding, the state department has authority to make reasonable accommodation for exceptions to the standards in…

(a) Congregate living health facilities shall be freestanding, but this does not preclude their location on the premises of a hospital. Congregate living health facilities shall be separately licensed. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), multiple congregate living health facilit…

(a) A congregate living health facility which serves six or fewer persons shall be considered a residential use of property for purposes of any zoning ordinance or law related to the residential use of property. This article does not forbid any city, county, or local public entit…

Each congregate living health facility shall conspicuously post the license, or a true copy thereof in a location accessible to public view.

Congregate living health facilities shall not be subject to architectural plan review by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. As part of the application for licensure, the prospective licensee shall submit evidence of compliance with local building code requir…

(a) (1) Each applicant for a license to operate a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall disclose to the state department the name and business address of each general partner if the applicant is a partnership, or each director and officer if the applicant i…

(a) At least 90 days prior to a finalization of the sale, transfer of operation, including management changes, assignment, lease, or other change or transfer of ownership interests, the licensee of a facility defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, excluding skilled nursing f…

(a) In the event of the sale, transfer of operation, including management changes, assignment, lease, or other change or transfer of ownership of a facility defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, excluding skilled nursing facilities that are operated as a distinct part of an…

The State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Developmental Services shall jointly develop and implement licensing and Medi-Cal regulations appropriate to intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative facilities. These regulations shall en…

(a) A licensee of an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 1250, or of an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 1250, for no more than six residents, excep…

(a) An intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative or an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled—nursing or a congregate living health facility shall meet the same fire safety standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Sections 13113,…

(a) The Legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of the state to prevent overconcentrations of intermediate care facilities/development ally disabled habilitative, intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled-nursing, congregate living health facilities, or pediat…

(a) Upon the filing of the application for licensure or for a special permit for special services and full compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations of the state department, the state department shall issue to the applicant the license or special permit applied f…

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1268 requiring full compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations of the state department as a condition to the issuance of a license or special permit, the state department may issue a provisional license to a health fac…

(a) Commencing October 1, 2011, as a requirement of initial licensure of an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative or an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing, the applicant or designee of the applicant shall attend a sixteen-hour o…

Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license or for a special permit for special services, the state department shall notify the applicant in writing. Within 20 days after the state department mails the notice, the applicant may present his written petition for a …

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following institutions: (a) Any facility conducted by and for the adherents of any well-recognized church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing facilities for the care or treatment of the sick who depend upon pra…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that uniform orientation and training are fundamental to ensuring a high level of competency of state personnel charged with enforcing state law regulating the licensure, certification, and inspection of long-term health care facilities. (b)…

(a) A health facility may place up to 50 percent of its licensed bed capacity in voluntary suspension for a period not exceeding three years, upon submitting written notification to the state department and to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. However, this…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Section 1271.1, a health facility may do any of the following: (1) (A) It may place all or a portion of its licensed bed capacity in voluntary suspension for the purposes of using the facilit…

(a) If a general acute care hospital or an acute psychiatric hospital submits a written application to the department’s centralized applications unit, the department shall do both of the following: (1) Complete its evaluation and approve or deny the application within 100 days of…

Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but shall receive the current per diem, subsistence, and travel reimbursement paid to state managers, supervisors, and confidential employees for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Private not-for-profit hospitals meet certain needs of their communities through the provision of essential health care and other services. Public recognition of their unique status has led to favorable tax treatment by…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Charity care” means free health services provided without expectation of payment to persons who meet the organization’s criteria for financial assistance and are unable to pay for all or a portion of t…

(a) The Department of Healthcare Access and Information may impose a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) on hospitals for failure to adopt, update, or submit community benefit plans consistent with Section 127350. (b) The department may grant a hospital an automatic…

Each hospital shall do all of the following: (a) By July 1, 1995, reaffirm its mission statement that requires its policies integrate and reflect the public interest in meeting its responsibilities as a not-for-profit organization. (b) By January 1, 1996, complete, either alone, …

The hospital shall include all of the following elements in its community benefits plan: (a) Mechanisms to evaluate the plan’s effectiveness including, but not limited to, a method for soliciting the views of the community served by the hospital and identification of community gr…

Nothing in this article shall be used to justify the tax-exempt status of a hospital under state law. Nothing in this article shall preclude the department from requiring hospitals to directly report their charity activities.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The COVID-19 health emergency has thrown into sharp relief longstanding health inequities along racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines. Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous people have been disproportionately affected durin…

As used in this article: (a) “Advisory committee” means the Health Care Equity Measures Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 127376. (b) “Disparity reduction” means a reduction in variation in disease occurrence, including communicable diseases and chronic condition…

(a) A hospital shall prepare an annual equity report. The equity report shall include an analysis of health status and access to care disparities for patients on the basis of age, sex, race, ethnicity, language, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and payor. (…

(a) A hospital shall do all of the following with respect to an equity report prepared pursuant to Section 127372: (1) Include in the equity report an explanation of the methodology used, written in plain English. (2) Annually submit the equity report to the Department of Health …

(a) The Department of Health Care Access and Information may impose a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) against a hospital that fails to adopt, update, or submit an equity report consistent with this article and any implementing regulations adopted by the departme…

The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall adopt any rules, regulations, or informal guidance necessary to further the objectives of this article.

(a) The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall convene a Health Care Equity Measures Advisory Committee, composed of at least one academic health care quality and measurement expert and at least six stakeholder representatives, including at least one representativ…

The committee shall meet on call of the director but no less than one time per year.

(a) (1) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13, any reasonable rules and regula…

(a) Notwithstanding any rules or regulations governing other health facilities, the regulations developed by the State Department of Health Care Services, or a predecessor, for psychiatric health facilities shall prevail. The regulations applying to psychiatric health facilities …

(a) Notwithstanding any rules or regulations governing other health facilities, the regulations adopted by the state department for chemical dependency recovery hospitals shall prevail. The regulations applying to chemical dependency recovery hospitals shall prescribe standards o…

(a) The State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Developmental Services shall jointly develop and implement licensing regulations appropriate for an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing and an intermediate care facility/developmentally …

(a) On or before January 1, 2017, each skilled nursing facility, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, shall adopt and implement an antimicrobial stewardship policy that is consistent with antimicrobial stewardship guidelines developed by the federal Centers for Disease …