California Health and Safety Code

§ 127345

HSC § 127345 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 107 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a)“Charity care” means free health services provided without expectation of payment to persons who meet the organization’s criteria for financial assistance and are unable to pay for all or a portion of the services. Charity care shall be reported at cost, as reported to the Department of Health Care Access and Information. Charity care does not include bad debt defined as uncollectible charges that the organization recorded as revenue but wrote off due to a patient’s failure to pay.

(b)“Community benefits plan” means the written document prepared for annual submission to the Department of Health Care Access and Information that shall include, but shall not be limited to, a description of the activities that the hospital has undertaken in order to address identified community needs within its mission and financial capacity, and the process by which the hospital developed the plan in consultation with the community.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 751, Sec. 1. (AB 1204) Effective January 1, 2022.