California Health and Safety Code

§ 1262.8

HSC § 1262.8 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)A noncontracting hospital shall not bill a patient who is an enrollee of a health care service plan for poststabilization care, except for applicable copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles, unless one of the following conditions are met:

(1)The patient or the patient’s spouse or legal guardian refuses to consent, pursuant to subdivision (f), for the patient to be transferred to the contracting hospital as requested and arranged for by the patient’s health care service plan.

(2)The hospital is unable to obtain the name and contact information of the patient’s health care service plan as provided in subdivision (c).

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Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 603, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.