Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Health systems agencies shall do all of the following: (a) Verify information in the health service plan received from hospitals in their respective health service area. (b) Within 45 days make a recommendation, including findings, to the state department regarding the need for, …

Any primary health service hospital, or any group thereof, may submit a health service plan to the state department when a public meeting, which satisfies the following criteria, has been conducted in the community by the hospital with respect to such hospital’s health service pl…

A primary health service hospital may request waivers pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 1339.7, and Section 1339.25, authorization for swing beds pursuant to Section 1339.8 and seek the benefits pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 1339.7 by submitting a health service pla…

A primary health service hospital may amend its health service plan. Such amendments shall be subject to the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 1337.7 and Section 1339.13. Amendments shall not be made to such plan solely for the purpose of circumventing sanctions administer…

The primary health service hospital shall operate under the following requirements: (a) The primary health service hospital shall be subject to the regulations contained in Division 5 (commencing with Section 70001) of Title 22 of the California Administrative Code that are not w…

(a) In accordance with the procedures prescribed in subdivision (h) of Section 1339.7, the state department shall terminate a hospital’s health service plan or its designation as a primary health service hospital, or both, when it finds that the hospital is not in compliance with…

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…

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…

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 article shall be known and may be cited as the Payers’ Bill of Rights. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 582, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)

(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. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 582, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)

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. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 582, Sec. 6. Eff…

(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 …

(a) (1) A provider or entity that participates in the grant made to the department by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention breast and cervical cancer early detection program established under Title XV of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300k…

Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, each year, by no later than January 10 and concurrently with the release of the May Revision, the State Department of Health Care Services shall provide the fiscal committees of the Legislature with an estimate package for t…

(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the “Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research Act.” (b) For purposes of this article, the following definitions and descriptions shall apply: (1) “Grantee” means any qualified public, private, or nonprofit agency…

(a) In conducting or supporting a project of clinical research, a grantee shall, except as provided in subdivision (b) or (e), do all of the following: (1) Ensure that women, including, but not limited to, women over the age of 40 years, are included as subjects in each research …

(a) Pursuant to Section 439.904, state agencies shall, and it is the intent of the Legislature that the University of California, include, in appropriate periodic progress reports required under existing law, data on the extent to which state funds administered by those agencies …

(a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall develop and maintain the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program to expand and ensure quality breast and cervical cancer treatment for low-income uninsured and underinsured individuals who are diagnosed with breast or ce…

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Covered conditions” means breast or cervical cancer. (b) “Breast cancer” includes primary, recurrent, and metastatic cancers of the breast, including, but not limited to, infiltrating or in situ. (c) “C…

(a) If an individual is made eligible for treatment services under this article due to a diagnosis of breast cancer, the treatment services shall be provided for the duration of the period of treatment, as long as the individual continues to meet all other eligibility requirement…

An individual shall be eligible to receive treatment services pursuant to this article provided that all of the following criteria are met: (a) The individual is a resident of California. (b) The individual is uninsured or underinsured. (c) The individual, who meets the income st…

If an individual is underinsured, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 104161, the State Department of Health Care Services shall be the payer of second resort for treatment services. To the extent necessary for the individual to obtain treatment services under any health car…

For the purposes of establishing eligibility for treatment services under this article, breast or cervical cancer screens performed by providers or entities not described in subdivision (c) of Section 104162 may be used only to the same extent the screens are used by the Medi-Cal…

The State Department of Health Care Services shall provide for breast cancer and cervical cancer treatment services pursuant to this article at the level of funding budgeted from state and other resources during the fiscal year in which the Legislature has appropriated funds to t…

The Legislature finds and declares that the people of this state, in order to achieve the purposes of this part, have a special interest in assuring that only those new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines which meet this state’s stringent emission standards and test proc…

(a) A person shall not offer for sale, introduce into commerce, import, deliver, purchase, rent, lease, acquire, or receive a new motor vehicle, new motor vehicle engine, or motor vehicle with a new motor vehicle engine for use, registration, or resale in this state unless the mo…

No person who is engaged in this state in the business of selling to an ultimate purchaser, or renting or leasing new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, including, but not limited to, manufacturers, distributors, and dealers, shall intentionally or negligently import, d…

No person who is engaged in this state in the business of selling to an ultimate purchaser or renting or leasing new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, including, but not limited to, manufacturers, distributors, and dealers, shall intentionally or negligently sell, or o…

(a) (1) A person who violates any provision of this article shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($37,500) for each such action. For a manufacturer or distributor who violates any provision of this article, the payment of th…

An action brought pursuant to Section 43154 to recover such civil penalties shall take special precedence over all other civil matters on the calendar of the court except those matters to which equal precedence on the calendar is granted by law. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1206.)

(a) For purposes of this article, it is conclusively presumed that the equitable or legal title to any motor vehicle with an odometer reading of 7,500 miles or more, has been transferred to an ultimate purchaser, except as provided in subdivision (b), and that the equitable or le…

(a) The Human Leukocyte Antigen Testing Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the State Department of Health Services. Moneys in the fund shall be subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act, and shall be used to pay the costs of blood coll…

Notwithstanding any provision of state law, and unless prohibited by federal law, a county may eliminate or consolidate any health advisory boards that are required by state law or regulation, or in any existing contract with the department. Where advisory boards are required onl…

(a) As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Abortion” has the same meaning as defined in Section 123464. (2) “Department” means the Department of Health Care Access and Information. (3) “Fund” means the Abortion Practical Support Fund. (4) “Grantee” means a…

(a) The department, or its contracted vendor, shall use moneys in the fund to administer grants to nonprofit organizations in California that are exempt from taxation under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and that either specialize in assisting pregnant people who are…

The department shall conduct an evaluation of the grant program implemented pursuant to Section 123452 and shall report its findings to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2025, and on an annual basis no later than each January 1 thereafter. The first annual report shall cov…

This article shall be construed to effectuate its legislative intent to support access to abortion in California and build upon its commitment to be a reproductive freedom state. The United States Supreme Court overturned the protections to access abortion under Roe v. Wade. For …