California Health and Safety Code

§ 127436

HSC § 127436 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 107 · Part 2 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Upon promulgation of regulations as required in subdivisions (b) and (c) no later than January 1, 2024, the Director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall impose an administrative penalty for each violation against a hospital that fails to comply with this article, unless the administrative penalty is waived or reduced by the department in the interest of fairness. For purposes of this section, multiple violations identified during the same investigation shall constitute a single violation for purposes of assessing an administrative penalty.

(b)Upon receipt of a complaint by a patient that a hospital has not followed the requirements of Sections 127405 to 127435, inclusive, the director shall do all of the following:

(1)Review the patient’s eligibility for charity care or financial assistance under the hospital’s published financial assistance policy in effect at the time the patient was first billed.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 511, Sec. 7. (AB 2297) Effective January 1, 2025.