California Health and Safety Code

§ 1507.35

HSC § 1507.35 Effective Jul 16, 2021Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, a group home for children with special health care needs, as defined in paragraph (22) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, may allow a client who has been diagnosed as terminally ill by their physician or surgeon to remain in the facility, or allow a person who has been diagnosed as terminally ill by their physician and surgeon to be placed in the facility if that person is already receiving hospice services and would continue to receive hospice services without disruption if they became a client, if all of the following conditions are met:

(1)The services of a hospice certified in accordance with federal Medicare conditions of participation and licensed pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 1725) or Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 1745) have been obtained for the terminally ill client, or the terminally ill child to be accepted as a client, and approved by the authorized representative.

(2)The facility, in the judgment of an individual who has the right to make legal decisions on behalf of the client, has the ability to provide care and supervision appropriate to meet the needs of the terminally ill client, or the terminally ill child to be accepted as a client, and is in substantial compliance with regulations governing the operation of a group home for children with special health care needs.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 76, Sec. 5. (AB 136) Effective July 16, 2021.