California Health and Safety Code

§ 1262.5

HSC § 1262.5 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Each hospital shall have a written discharge planning policy and process.

(b)The policy required by subdivision (a) shall require that appropriate arrangements for posthospital care, including, but not limited to, care at home, in a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility, or from a hospice, are made prior to discharge for those patients who are likely to suffer adverse health consequences upon discharge if there is no adequate discharge planning. If the hospital determines that the patient and family members or interested persons need to be counseled to prepare them for posthospital care, the hospital shall provide for that counseling.

(c)As part of the discharge planning process, the hospital shall provide each patient who has been admitted to the hospital as an inpatient with an opportunity to identify one family caregiver who may assist in posthospital care, and shall record this information in the patient’s medical chart.

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Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 981, Sec. 2. (SB 1152) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative July 1, 2019, by its own provisions.