California Health and Safety Code

§ 1399.871

HSC § 1399.871 Effective Jul 27, 2021Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 11.9

Statute text

(a)(1) The department shall establish standard measures and annual benchmarks for equity and quality in health care delivery.

(2)A standard measure or annual benchmark shall not be adopted, updated, or revised in any manner without being discussed during at least one public meeting of the Health Equity and Quality Committee before the meeting in which the committee makes recommendations to the director.

(3)Standard measures and annual benchmarks shall sunset at most every five years from the date the department establishes standard measures and annual benchmarks pursuant to paragraph (1). To continue the standard measures and annual benchmarks, the department shall conduct a public assessment, at least one year before the sunset, of whether the measures and benchmarks are improving quality and equity, consistent with this article.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 14. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.