Bill Text: CA AB1457 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Long-term health care facilities: admission contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 532, Statutes of 2009. [AB1457 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1457-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1457	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 1599.64 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to long-term health care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1457, as introduced, Davis. Long-term health care facilities:
admission contracts.
   Existing law requires specified information to be included on the
admission contract or abbreviated admission contract when a patient
is admitted to a long-term health care facility.
   This bill would add the requirement that the abbreviated contracts
of admission and contracts of admission include, for entities that
own 5 or more long-term health care or similar facilities nationwide,
the name of the owner and the name and contact information of a
single entity that is fully accountable for all aspects of patient
care and operation at the facility.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1599.64 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   1599.64.  (a) All abbreviated contracts of admission and contracts
of admission shall be printed in black type of not less than
10-point type size, on plain white paper. The print shall appear on
one side of the paper only.
   (b) The contract shall be written in clear, coherent, and
unambiguous language, using words with common and everyday meanings.
It shall be appropriately divided, and each section captioned. 
   (c) If the owner of the facility owns five or more long-term
health care facilities or similar facilities nationwide, the
abbreviated contracts of admission and contracts of admission shall
disclose the name of the owner and the name and contact information
of a single entity that is fully accountable for all aspects of
patient care and operation at the facility.  
   (c) 
    (d)  An abbreviated contract of admission shall include
a statement indicating that respite care services, as defined in
Section 1418.1, provided by the skilled nursing facility or
intermediate care facility is not a Medi-Cal covered service and can
only be provided by the facility on a private-pay or third-party
payor basis, unless the person is participating in a Medicaid waiver
program pursuant to Section 1396n of Title 42 of the United States
Code, or other respite care service already covered by the Medi-Cal
program. 
   (d) 
    (e)  An abbreviated contract of admission shall specify
the discharge date agreed to upon admission by the skilled nursing
facility or intermediate care facility and the person being admitted
or his or her representative. This discharge date shall be binding as
a ground for discharge in addition to any other ground for discharge
pursuant to federal or state law and regulations. 
   (e) 
    (f)  An abbreviated contract of admission shall include
a statement informing the person being admitted for respite care
services that the contract is designed specifically for the provision
of respite care services and cannot be used for any other type of
admission to the facility.