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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1457	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2009

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 amended, 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,   for a skilled nursing facility
have an attachment that discloses  the name of the owner 
and licensee  and the name and contact information of a single
entity that is  fully accountable   responsible
 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) The contract for a skilled nursing facility shall have an
attachment that is placed before any other attachment and that shall
disclose the name of the owner and licensee of the skilled nursing
facility and the name and contact information of a single entity that
is responsible for all aspects of patient care and the operation of
the facility. 
   (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.
   (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.
   (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.