California Health and Safety Code

§ 1368.2

HSC § 1368.2 Effective Jan 1, 2006Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)On and after January 1, 2002, every group health care service plan contract, except a specialized health care service plan contract, which is issued, amended, or renewed, shall include a provision for hospice care.

(b)The hospice care shall at a minimum be equivalent to hospice care provided by the federal Medicare program pursuant to Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

(c)The hospice care provided under this section is not required to include preliminary services set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 1749. However, an enrollee who receives those preliminary services shall remain eligible for coverage of curative treatment by a health care service plan during the course of preliminary services and prior to the election of hospice services.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 77, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2006.