California Health and Safety Code

§ 104322

HSC § 104322 Effective Jun 24, 2015Div. 103 · Part 1 · Ch. 7

Statute text

(a)(1) The State Department of Health Care Services shall develop and implement a program to provide quality prostate cancer treatment for low-income and uninsured men.

(2)The State Department of Health Care Services shall award one or more contracts to provide prostate cancer treatment through private or public nonprofit organizations, including, but not limited to, community-based organizations, local health care providers, the University of California medical centers, and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, an affiliate of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles. Contracts awarded, subsequent to the effective date of the amendments to this section made during the 2005 portion of the 2005–06 Regular Session, pursuant to this paragraph shall be consistent with both of the following:

(A)Eighty-seven percent of the total contract funding shall be used for direct patient care.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 18, Sec. 12. (SB 75) Effective June 24, 2015.