California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 4 - Perinatal Health Care

• Section 123550.
  The Legislature finds and declares that prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care and neonatal and infant care are essential services necessary to assure maternal and...
• Section 123555.
  The department shall develop and implement a uniform sliding fee schedule, based on family size and income, for women provided perinatal care through the Perinatal...
• Section 123560.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article:(a)  “Perinatal health system” means all of the prenatal care,...
• Section 123565.
  The department shall maintain a program that addresses the special needs of high-risk pregnant women and infants. The program shall include the following:(a)  Identification of...
• Section 123570.
  (a)  In assisting in the development of the regionalized perinatal health systems, the department shall consult with the office, the State Department of Developmental Services,...
• Section 123575.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the program created by Sections 123550 to 123570, inclusive, be funded through the normal budgetary process beginning...
• Section 123600.
  By July 1, 1991, the Health and Welfare Agency shall develop and disseminate a model needs assessment protocol for pregnant and postpartum substance abusing women...
• Section 123605.
  (a)  Each county shall establish protocols between county health departments, county welfare departments, and all public and private hospitals in the county, regarding the application...
• Section 123610.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for Sections 123600 and 123605 be provided in the annual Budget Act.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch....

Last modified: October 22, 2018