California Health and Safety Code

§ 127400

HSC § 127400 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 107 · Part 2 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 1

Statute text

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

(a)“Allowance for financially qualified patient” means, with respect to services rendered to a financially qualified patient, an allowance that is applied after the hospital’s charges are imposed on the patient, due to the patient’s determined financial inability to pay the charges.

(b)“Federal poverty level” means the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under authority of subsection (2) of Section 9902 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 511, Sec. 1. (AB 2297) Effective January 1, 2025.