Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

Implementation of this article shall be consistent with federal rules and regulations in effect on January 1, 1979, and as adopted on or after such date. In keeping with the intent in enacting this article and to the extent permitted by federal law, each department within the Hea…

It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to designate certain general acute care hospitals as primary health service hospitals, which will facilitate the diversification of the small rural hospital. The designation shall apply only to those general acute care hospitals tha…

A Special Hospital: Hospice Pilot Project is hereby created. This pilot project shall be established and administered by the department, and shall consist of up to three pilot projects, one of which shall be located in San Diego. The department shall license facilities that are p…

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Hospice” means a specialized form of multidisciplinary health care which is designed to provide palliative care, alleviate the physical, emotional, social and spiritual discomforts of an individual who …

A special hospital: hospice shall be deemed to provide acute palliative care. All patients receiving inpatient care in a Special Hospital: Hospice Project shall be admitted by, and under the supervision of, a physician member of the organized medical staff.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in order to be licensed as a special hospital: hospice, each project facility shall meet the requirements of Sections 70101 to 70137, inclusive, 70201 to 70219, inclusive, 70241 to 70279, inclusive, 70701 to 70707, inclusive, and 70708…

(a) Each facility that is part of the project shall report to the Legislature at the end of each year of operation on all of the following factors: (1) Acuity levels of patients using the project facilities; relative cost-effectiveness of these facilities. (2) Quality of care in …

The project shall commence on January 1, 1990. However, the State Department of Health Services may establish an earlier commencement date for any one of the facilities if that facility has been licensed as a special hospital: hospice prior to January 1, 1990.

The fee for each new or renewal application for a license for a Special Hospital: Hospice Pilot Project facility shall be the annual fee as set forth for general acute care hospitals in subdivision (a) of Section 1266. If the annual fees do not cover the necessary costs which the…

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Bereavement services” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1746. (b) “Hospice care” means a specialized form of interdisciplinary health care that is designed to provide palliative ca…

(a) A person, governmental agency, or political subdivision of the state shall not be licensed as a hospice facility under this chapter unless the person or entity is a provider of hospice services licensed pursuant to Section 1751 and is certified as a hospice facility under Par…

(a) No private or public organization, including, but not limited to, any partnership, corporation, or political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state, shall do any of the following without a license issued pursuant to this chapter: (1) Represent…

(a) A hospice facility shall provide a home-like environment that is comfortable and accommodating to both the patient and patient’s visitors. (b) Building standards for hospice facilities adopted pursuant to this chapter relating to fire and panic safety, and other regulations f…

(a) A hospice facility shall provide, or make provision for, all of the following services and requirements: (1) (A) Medical direction and adequate staff. Minimum staffing standards that require at least one registered nurse to be on duty 24 hours per day and a maximum of six pat…

As used in this article, unless otherwise indicated: (a) “Health systems agency” means a health systems agency established pursuant to Public Law 93-641. (b) “Primary care mid-level health practitioner” means a physician assistant certified pursuant to Chapter 7.7 (commencing wit…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Payers’ Bill of Rights.

(a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2004, a hospital, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), shall make a written or electronic copy of its charge description master available, either by posting an electronic copy of the charge description master on the hospital’s Internet Web sit…

A hospital may not condition acceptance of a contract with a health care service plan or health insurer upon the health care service plan or health insurer waiving any provision of this article.

Any person may file a claim with the department alleging a violation of this article. The department shall investigate and inform the complaining person of its determination whether a violation has occurred and what action it will take.

(a) Beginning July 1, 2004, each hospital shall file a copy of its charge description master annually with the office, in a format determined by the office. (b) Each hospital shall calculate an estimate of the percentage increase in the hospital’s gross revenue due to any price i…

(a) Each hospital shall compile a list of 25 common outpatient procedures and shall submit annually to the office a list of its average charges for those procedures, in a method determined by the office. The office may develop a uniform reporting form for the purposes of this sub…

Any information provided by the office on its Internet Web site pursuant to Section 1339.56 or 1339.57 may inform persons where quality of care information about hospitals may be obtained, including hospital outcome studies available from the office and hospital survey informatio…

For a person without health coverage, a hospital shall provide the person with a written estimate of the amount the hospital will require the person to pay for the health care services, procedures, and supplies that are reasonably expected to be provided to the person by the hosp…

(a) A hospital shall be in violation of this article if it knowingly or negligently fails to comply with the requirements of this article. (b) A hospital that does not file with the office the information required by this article may be liable for civil penalties as specified in …

The state department shall administer the program authorized in this article. In administering the program, the state department shall do all of the following: (a) Verify hospital eligibility, pursuant to Section 1339.9, and designate those hospitals as primary health service hos…

The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development shall review and approve the number of swing beds that may be designated pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 1339.15, based upon community need and projected utilization and issue a certificate of need pu…

In order to be eligible for designation as a primary health service hospital, a hospital shall be licensed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1250 and meet one of the following criteria: (a) Be located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area, be located at least 1…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986.

It is the intent of the Legislature that essential services buildings, which shall be capable of providing essential services to the public after a disaster, shall be designed and constructed to minimize fire hazards and to resist, insofar as practical, the forces generated by ea…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Architect” means a person who is certified under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.

“Civil engineer” means a person who is registered as a civil engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.

“Construction or alteration” includes any construction of, addition to, reconstruction of, or alteration to any essential services building.

“Enforcement agency” means the agency of a city, city and county, or county responsible for building safety within its jurisdiction. The office of the State Architect is the enforcement agency for state-owned facilities or facilities leased by the state.

“Essential services building” means any building, including buildings designed and constructed, for public agencies used, or designed to be used, or any building a portion of which is used or designed to be used, as a fire station, police station, emergency operations center, Cal…

“Structural engineer” means a person who is authorized to use the title structural engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.

The appropriate enforcement agency which meets the requirements of Sections 16017 and 16018 shall review the design and inspect the construction of essential services buildings or the reconstruction, alteration, or addition to any essential services building to the extent it deem…

Essential services buildings of one-story Type V and Type II N construction that are 2,000 square feet or less in floor area are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.

Notwithstanding any other law, the inclusion of office space for or an emergency dispatch center of the Department of the California Highway Patrol in any building constructed, restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed pursuant to Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 9…

Unless a contract for the construction or alteration of an essential services building is entered into prior to July 1, 1986, before adopting any drawings or specifications for the essential services building, the governing board, authority, owner, corporation, or other agency pr…

In each case, the application for approval of the drawings and specifications for essential services buildings shall be accompanied by comprehensive and complete drawings, design calculations, and specifications, and required fees, all of which shall comply with the requirements …

The enforcement agency shall approve or reject all drawings and specifications for the construction or the alteration of all essential services buildings, and in doing so, shall review the design calculations, drawings, and specifications to ensure compliance with the requirement…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), drawings and specifications submitted pursuant to this chapter for construction, reconstruction, remodeling, additions, or alterations which affect structural elements of structures in existence on January 1, 1986, shall be bas…

All drawings and specifications shall be prepared under the responsible charge of an architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer, who shall sign all drawings and specifications for approval of the enforcement agency. Observation of the work of construction shall be under th…

Except as provided in Section 16011, on and after July 1, 1986, construction of an essential services building shall not begin unless the drawings and specifications comply with this chapter and the requirements prescribed by the enforcement agency and approval of those drawings …

During construction or alteration of an essential services building, the building owner shall provide for, and the local enforcement agency shall require, competent, adequate, and detailed inspection by a qualified inspector. To be qualified, inspectors shall have an adequate lev…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Part 6 (commencing with Section 8000) of Division 4 of the Civil Code, the Department of General Services may issue a stop work order when construction work on an essential services facility …

An enforcement agency is qualified to undertake the review of plans, drawings, and specifications for essential services buildings if the enforcement agency has an architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer on its staff or under contract who is responsible for all design r…

A jurisdiction whose enforcement agency does not meet the qualifications specified in Sections 16017 and 16018 shall obtain necessary qualified personnel to meet the requirements of this chapter by contracting with other public agencies, private sector firms, or individuals quali…

Periodically, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the enforcement agency requires, except as exempt under Section 16010, the architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer in general responsible charge of the work of construction, and the register…