California Code
DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION
PART 2 - HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

CHAPTER 1 - Health Planning

Section 127280. - 127280. (a) Every health facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2...

Section 127280.1. - 127280.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to two...

Section 127285. - 127285. (a) Health facilities and clinics, except for chronic dialysis...

CHAPTER 2 - Health Policy Research and Evaluation

ARTICLE 2 - Hospitals: Community Benefits

Section 127340. - 127340. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 127345. - 127345. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 127346. - 127346. (a) The Department of Healthcare Access and Information may...

Section 127350. - 127350. Each hospital shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 127355. - 127355. The hospital shall include all of the following elements...

Section 127360. - 127360. Nothing in this article shall be used to justify...

ARTICLE 3 - The Medical Equity Disclosure Act

Section 127370. - 127370. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 127371. - 127371. As used in this article: (a) “Advisory committee” means...

Section 127372. - 127372. (a) A hospital shall prepare an annual equity report....

Section 127373. - 127373. (a) A hospital shall do all of the following...

Section 127374. - 127374. (a) The Department of Health Care Access and Information...

Section 127375. - 127375. The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall...

Section 127376. - 127376. (a) The Department of Health Care Access and Information...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Fair Pricing Policies

ARTICLE 1 - Hospital Fair Pricing Policies

Section 127400. - 127400. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 127401. - 127401. Each general acute care hospital licensed pursuant to subdivision...

Section 127405. - 127405. (a) (1) (A) Each hospital shall maintain an understandable...

Section 127410. - 127410. (a) Each hospital shall provide patients with a written...

Section 127420. - 127420. (a) Each hospital shall make all reasonable efforts to...

Section 127425. - 127425. (a) A hospital shall not sell patient debt to...

Section 127426. - 127426. (a) The period described in Section 127425 shall be...

Section 127430. - 127430. (a) Prior to commencing collection activities against a patient,...

Section 127435. - 127435. (a) A hospital shall provide to the department a...

Section 127436. - 127436. (a) Upon promulgation of regulations as required in subdivisions...

Section 127440. - 127440. The hospital shall reimburse the patient or patients any...

Section 127443. - 127443. The rights, remedies, and penalties established by this article...

Section 127444. - 127444. (a) This article does not prohibit a hospital from...

Section 127445. - 127445. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts paid...

Section 127446. - 127446. To the extent that any requirement of Section 127400,...

ARTICLE 2 - Emergency Physician Fair Pricing Policies

Section 127450. - 127450. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 127451. - 127451. A violation of this article shall not constitute a...

Section 127452. - 127452. (a) Uninsured patients or patients with high medical costs...

Section 127454. - 127454. (a) Each emergency physician shall make all reasonable efforts...

Section 127455. - 127455. (a) Each emergency physician shall have a written policy...

Section 127456. - 127456. (a) The period described in Section 127455 shall be...

Section 127457. - 127457. (a) After the period described in Section 127455, and...

Section 127458. - 127458. The emergency physician shall reimburse the patient or patients...

Section 127459. - 127459. The rights, remedies, and penalties established by this article...

Section 127460. - 127460. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit...

Section 127461. - 127461. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts paid...

Section 127462. - 127462. To the extent that any requirement of this article...

CHAPTER 2.6 - Health Care Affordability

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 127500. - 127500. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 127500.2. - 127500.2. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 127500.5. - 127500.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Office of Health Care Affordability

Section 127501. - 127501. (a) There is hereby established, within the Department of...

Section 127501.2. - 127501.2. (a) Until January 1, 2027, any necessary rules and...

Section 127501.3. - 127501.3. (a) The office shall be responsive to requests for...

Section 127501.4. - 127501.4. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other state or local law,...

Section 127501.6. - 127501.6. (a) For data submitted to the office under paragraph...

Section 127501.7. - 127501.7. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law regarding the confidentiality...

Section 127501.8. - 127501.8. (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury...

Section 127501.10. - 127501.10. (a) There is hereby established, within the office, the...

Section 127501.11. - 127501.11. (a) After receiving input, including recommendations, from the office...

Section 127501.12. - 127501.12. (a) (1) The board shall establish a Health Care...

ARTICLE 3 - Health Care Cost Targets

Section 127502. - 127502. (a) The board shall establish a statewide health care...

Section 127502.5. - 127502.5. (a) The director shall enforce the cost targets established...

ARTICLE 4 - Quality and Equity Performance

Section 127503. - 127503. (a) (1) The office shall adopt a single set...

ARTICLE 5 - Alternative Payment Models

Section 127504. - 127504. (a) The office shall promote the shift from payments...

ARTICLE 6 - Primary Care and Behavioral Health Investments

Section 127505. - 127505. (a) (1) The office shall measure and promote a...

ARTICLE 7 - Health Care Workforce Stability

Section 127506. - 127506. (a) The intent of this section is to monitor...

ARTICLE 8 - Health Care Market Trends

Section 127507. - 127507. (a) The office shall monitor cost trends, including conducting...

Section 127507.2. - 127507.2. (a) (1) If the office finds that a material...

Section 127507.4. - 127507.4. In furtherance of this article, the office may do...

Section 127507.6. - 127507.6. In addition to any legal remedies, the office shall...

CHAPTER 6 - Reproductive Health Equity

Section 127630. - 127630. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Abortion” has the...

Section 127631. - 127631. (a) The California Reproductive Health Equity Fund is hereby...

Section 127632. - 127632. (a) The California Reproductive Health Equity Program is hereby...

Section 127633. - 127633. (a) A Medi-Cal enrolled provider, as determined by the...

Section 127634. - 127634. (a) An application for a grant under this chapter...

Section 127635. - 127635. (a) Within the limits of funds available, the department...

Section 127636. - 127636. (a) An application for a continuation award under this...

Section 127637. - 127637. Funds awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be expended...

Section 127638. - 127638. In implementing the program, the department shall consult with...

Section 127639. - 127639. The department shall conduct an evaluation of the program...

CHAPTER 7 - University of California Assessment on Legislation Proposing Mandated Benefits or Services

Section 127660. - 127660. (a) The Legislature hereby requests the University of California...

Section 127661. - 127661. A request pursuant to this chapter may be made...

Section 127662. - 127662. (a) In order to effectively support the University of...

Section 127663. - 127663. In order to avoid conflicts of interest, the Legislature...

Section 127665. - 127665. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2027,...

CHAPTER 8.5 - Health Care Payments Data Program

Section 127671. - 127671. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that California has...

Section 127671.1. - 127671.1. (a) The department shall establish, implement, and administer the...

Section 127672. - 127672. (a) (1) The Department of Health Care Access and...

Section 127672.8. - 127672.8. The department shall ensure that the system can map...

Section 127672.9. - 127672.9. Until January 1, 2026, for purposes of implementing this...

Section 127673. - 127673. (a) The department shall develop guidance to require data...

Section 127673.1. - 127673.1. (a) (1) The department shall report the information it...

Section 127673.2. - 127673.2. (a) In the development of the system, the department...

Section 127673.3. - 127673.3. (a) The department shall develop and maintain a master...

Section 127673.4. - 127673.4. (a) The department shall develop regulations on data quality...

Section 127673.5. - 127673.5. (a) (1) The purpose of the system is to...

Section 127673.6. - 127673.6. The department shall develop an information security program that...

Section 127673.7. - 127673.7. The department shall include in an annual analysis, such...

Section 127673.8. - 127673.8. (a) The department shall use the program data to...

Section 127673.81. - 127673.81. (a) (1) All personal consumer information obtained or maintained...

Section 127673.82. - 127673.82. (a) The department shall develop a comprehensive program for...

Section 127673.83. - 127673.83. (a) In accessing or obtaining nonpublic data through the...

Section 127673.84. - 127673.84. (a) The department shall establish a data release committee...

Section 127674. - 127674. (a) The department shall expend the General Fund moneys...

Section 127674.1. - 127674.1. The department shall notify the Department of Managed Health...

CHAPTER 9 - Prescription Drug Pricing for Purchasers

Section 127675. - 127675. (a) This chapter shall apply to a manufacturer of...

Section 127676. - 127676. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the State...

Section 127677. - 127677. (a) A manufacturer of a prescription drug with a...

Section 127679. - 127679. (a) On a quarterly basis at a time prescribed...

Section 127681. - 127681. (a) A manufacturer of a prescription drug shall notify...

Section 127683. - 127683. (a) Funding for the actual and necessary expenses of...

Section 127685. - 127685. (a) The department may adopt regulations or issue guidance...

Section 127686. - 127686. (a) By January 1, 2022, the California Research Bureau...

CHAPTER 10 - California Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020

Section 127690. - 127690. This chapter may be cited as the California Affordable...

Section 127691. - 127691. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 127692. - 127692. (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA)...

Section 127693. - 127693. (a) CHHSA shall enter into partnerships resulting in the...

Section 127694. - 127694. (a) On or before December 31, 2023, CHHSA shall...

Section 127694.1. - 127694.1. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, CHHSA shall develop a...

Section 127695. - 127695. (a) On or before December 31, 2022, CHHSA shall...

Section 127696. - 127696. In order to protect proprietary, confidential information regarding manufacturer...