California Health and Safety Code

§ 121560

HSC § 121560 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 105 · Part 5 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)A patient who is 18 years of age or older and who receives health care services in a facility, clinic, center, office, or other setting, where primary care services are provided, shall be offered a tuberculosis screening, including, but not limited to, assessment for tuberculosis risk and appropriate followup, if tuberculosis risk factors are identified, to the extent these services are covered under the patient’s health care coverage, based on the latest screening indications recommended by the State Department of Public Health, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Thoracic Society, or the United States Preventive Services Task Force.

(b)Subdivision (a) does not apply if any of the following situations exist, unless a health care provider determines that the tuberculosis risk assessment, tuberculosis screening test, or both, should be offered again:

(1)The patient is being treated for a life-threatening emergency.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 951, Sec. 2. (AB 2132) Effective January 1, 2025.