California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 3.93 - Admission Contracts for Long-Term Health Care Facilities

Section 1599.60.
As used in this chapter:(a) “Abbreviated contract of admission” means a contract which meets the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise provided, for a...
Section 1599.61.
(a) By January 1, 2000, all skilled nursing facilities, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, intermediate care facilities, as defined in subdivision (d)...
Section 1599.62.
(a) Contracts of admission shall not include unlawful waivers of facility liability for the health and safety or personal property of residents. No contract of...
Section 1599.63.
(a) Every long-term health care facility shall make complete blank copies of its admission contract immediately available to the public at cost, upon request. (b)...
Section 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...
Section 1599.645.
(a) Within 30 days of approval of a change of ownership by the State Department of Public Health, the skilled nursing facility shall send written notification...
Section 1599.65.
(a) Prior to or at the time of admission, the facility shall make reasonable efforts to communicate the content of the contract to, and obtain...
Section 1599.651.
A person who seeks to be admitted to the same long-term health care facility for which there exists a prior executed contract of admission which...
Section 1599.652.
A person who seeks to be admitted to the same skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility to receive respite care services for which there...
Section 1599.66.
Every contract of admission shall clearly and explicitly state whether the facility participates in the Medi-Cal program.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 625, Sec. 1.)
Section 1599.67.
(a) Every contract of admission shall state clearly what services and supplies are covered by the facility’s basic daily rate. In addition, the agreement shall...
Section 1599.68.
Any long-term health care facility that imposes interest charges on delinquent accounts shall clearly state in the contract of admission the rate of interest so...
Section 1599.69.
(a) The contract of admission for any long-term health care facility that is a Medi-Cal certified facility shall state in bold capital letters of not...
Section 1599.70.
(a) No contract of admission may require a security deposit from a Medi-Cal beneficiary who applies for admission to the facility as a Medi-Cal patient....
Section 1599.71.
(a) No contract of admission shall require the resident to pay for days beyond the date of his or her death or involuntary discharge from...
Section 1599.72.
No contract of admission shall include a clause requiring residents to sign a consent to all treatment ordered by any physician. Contracts of admission may...
Section 1599.73.
(a) Every contract of admission shall state that residents have a right to confidential treatment of medical information. (b) The contract shall provide a means...
Section 1599.74.
(a) The department shall translate both the statutory Patients’ Bill of Rights, as provided in Chapter 3.9 (commencing with Section 1599), the regulatory Patients’ Bill...
Section 1599.75.
(a) When referring to a resident’s obligation to observe facility rules, the contract of admission shall indicate that the rules must be reasonable, and that...
Section 1599.76.
(a) No contract of admission shall list any ground for involuntary transfer or discharge of the resident except those grounds which are specifically enumerated in...
Section 1599.77.
With respect to transfer or eviction of a resident pursuant to Section 1439.7:(a) Contracts of admission shall speak only of “material” or “fraudulent” misrepresentation of...
Section 1599.78.
All contracts of admission shall state that except in an emergency, no resident may be involuntarily transferred within or discharged from a long-term health care...
Section 1599.79.
Every contract of admission shall meet the requirements of Section 72520 of Title 22 of the California Administrative Code, which requires that the facility offer...
Section 1599.80.
Facilities that wish to photograph a resident for other than staff identification or health care purposes shall obtain permission from the resident whether for one...
Section 1599.81.
(a) All contracts of admission that contain an arbitration clause shall clearly indicate that agreement to arbitration is not a precondition for medical treatment or...
Section 1599.82.
No contract of admission shall include a clause that purports to alter the statutory period for filing an action against a facility.(Added by Stats. 1987,...
Section 1599.83.
If a provision for the payment of attorney’s fees is included in the admission contract, it shall state that in disputes arising from the admission...
Section 1599.84.
This chapter applies to new admissions to skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities on and after January 1, 1988. This chapter shall not be construed...

Last modified: October 22, 2018