California Health and Safety Code

§ 1317.4a

HSC § 1317.4a Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 7

Statute text

(a)(1) Notwithstanding subdivision (j) of Section 1317.1, a patient may be transferred for admission to a psychiatric unit within a general acute care hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, or an acute psychiatric hospital, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250, for care and treatment that is solely necessary to relieve or eliminate a psychiatric emergency medical condition, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 1317.1, provided that, in the opinion of the treating provider, the patient’s psychiatric emergency medical condition is such that, within reasonable medical probability, no material deterioration of the patient’s psychiatric emergency medical condition is likely to result from, or occur during, a transfer of the patient.

(2)A provider shall notify the patient’s health care service plan, or the health plan’s contracting medical provider of the need for the transfer if identification of the plan is obtained pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b).

(b)A hospital that transfers a patient pursuant to subdivision (a) shall do both of the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 632, Sec. 3. (AB 1316) Effective January 1, 2025.