California Health and Safety Code

§ 127445

HSC § 127445 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 107 · Part 2 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 1

Statute text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts paid by parties for services resulting from reduced or waived charges under a hospital’s discounted payment or charity care policy shall not constitute a hospital’s uniform, published, prevailing, or customary charges, its usual fees to the general public, or its charges to non-Medi-Cal purchasers under comparable circumstances, and shall not be used to calculate a hospital’s median non-Medicare or Medi-Cal charges, for purposes of any payment limit under the federal Medicare Program, the Medi-Cal program, or any other federal or state-financed health care program.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 755, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.