California Health and Safety Code

§ 127450

HSC § 127450 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 107 · Part 2 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 2

Statute text

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

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

(b)“Emergency care” means emergency medical services and care, as defined in Section 1317.1, that is provided by an emergency physician in the emergency department of a hospital.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 511, Sec. 9. (AB 2297) Effective January 1, 2025.