California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 16949

WIC § 16949 Effective Apr 18, 1990Div. 9 · Part 4.7 · Ch. 5 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The Legislature recognizes that in the context of hospital services rendered as a result of emergency medical conditions, the application of the supplemental services requirement of Section 30125 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and Section 13 of Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of 1989 includes certain unique considerations, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1)Hospital emergency room patient loads generally are not controlled by the facility.

(2)The facility is obligated, as a condition of licensure, to take all patients in need of emergency treatment, if it is within the capacity of the facility to do so.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 51, Sec. 35.5. Effective April 18, 1990.