California

Health and Safety Code - HSC

17,661 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 123250 — Upon request the department shall advise all public officers, organizations, and agencies interested in the health and welfare of mothers and children in the state.
• § 123255 — (a) The department may maintain a maternal and child health program in each county.
• § 123259 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there continues to be a statewide gap between mortality rates for Black infants and those for other population groups.
• § 123260 — (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health shall establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of inter
• § 123275 — The Legislature finds that medical, educational and psychological evidence increasingly points to adequate nutrition as a determinant not only of good physical health but also of full intellectual dev
• § 123279 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in adding this section to authorize the establishment of a program designed to implement the federal WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-3
• § 123279.1 — (a) For the purposes of this article, a “certified mobile farmers’ market” has the same meaning as defined in Section 113743, subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 114295.
• § 123280 — (a) The department may conduct a statewide program for providing nutritional food supplements to low-income pregnant women, low-income postpartum and lactating women, and low-income infants and childr
• § 123285 — As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Health professional” means a physician and surgeon, registered nurse, nutritionist, dietitian, or state or local medically trained
• § 123290 — The department, under any program established pursuant to this article, shall do all of the following: (a) Establish guidelines to determine resource allocation giving consideration to an area’s nutri
• § 123295 — Nutrition coupons in an amount sufficient to meet the nutritional needs of a recipient for one month shall be granted to a recipient by facilities and persons referred to in subdivision (g) of Section
• § 1233 — A surgical clinic may restrict use of its facilities to members of the medical staff of the surgical clinic and other physicians and surgeons approved by the medical staff to practice at the clinic.
• § 1233.5 — By June 30, 1995, a licensed clinic board of directors and its medical director shall establish and adopt written policies and procedures to screen patients for purposes of detecting spousal or partne
• § 123300 — The department may, under any program established pursuant to this article, investigate the feasibility of contracting with one or more banks in the area served by the program for the redemption of nu
• § 123302 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may design, implement, and fund an electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system for the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infan
• § 123305 — The department, under any program established pursuant to this article, may collect data to determine the need for and the continuation of a supplemental nutritional program for recipients under this
• § 123310 — The department, under any program established pursuant to this article, shall authorize retail food vendors, by written agreement, to accept nutrition coupons and reimbursement according to the system
• § 123312 — (a) The department shall specify the criteria the department shall use and the actions the department shall take when initiating a moratorium on new WIC Program retail food vendor location application
• § 123315 — (a) The department, under any program established pursuant to this article, shall ensure that, at a minimum, the authorized vendor shall do all of the following: (1) Redeem nutrition coupons only from
• § 123320 — (a) The department shall inform the retail food vendors of, and include in the written agreement with the vendors, guidelines consistent with Section 123315, and shall print on each coupon the followi
• § 123322 — (a) In order to effectively manage and administer the federal and state requirements for the vendors in the WIC Program, and remain in compliance with the conditions of federal funding, the department
• § 123325 — A retail food vendor or any other person who knowingly redeems coupons in excess of the price charged other customers for identical foods, or who provides anything of value other than the specified fo
• § 123327 — (a) The department shall provide written notice to a retail food vendor if the department determines that the vendor has committed an initial violation for which a pattern of the violation must be est
• § 123330 — Any person or persons who have embezzled, willfully misapplied, stolen, or fraudulently obtained funds or benefits pursuant to this article shall be subject to the penalties set forth in federal regul
• § 123335 — Any officer, employee, or agent of the department may enter the place of business of any vendor transacting nutrition coupons to verify food prices, to witness or investigate procedures, to conduct fi
• § 123340 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if any amount is due and payable and unpaid as a result of an overpayment to a vendor or local agency established under this article that is identified throu
• § 123345 — An abstract of judgment obtained pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 123340 or a copy thereof may be recorded with the county recorder of any county.
• § 123350 — The department shall arrange for the conduct of periodic audits of participating local agencies.
• § 123355 — The department shall provide a hearing procedure whereby any food vendor or local agency may appeal any adverse action taken by the department affecting the vendor’s or local agency’s participation in
• § 123360 — (a) The State Department of Public Health shall include in its public service campaign the promotion of mothers breast-feeding their infants.
• § 123361 — To the extent that non-United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) federal funds and private grants or donations are made available for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health shall, no
• § 123365 — (a) All general acute care hospitals, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, and all special hospitals providing maternity care, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 1250, shall make avail
• § 123366 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Hospital Infant Feeding Act.
• § 123367 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative” means the program sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United N
• § 123370 — The department shall conduct the Umbilical Cord Blood Community Awareness Campaign to do all of the following: (a) Provide awareness, assistance, and information regarding umbilical cord blood banking
• § 123371 — (a) (1) The State Department of Public Health shall develop standardized, objective information about umbilical cord blood donation that is sufficient to allow a pregnant woman to make an informed dec
• § 123375 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no person shall sell, offer for sale, give away, distribute, or otherwise furnish materials intended to determine the presence of pregnancy, unless
• § 123380 — Local public health agencies shall make pregnancy testing services available free or at cost to the person using the services.
• § 123385 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the program authorized pursuant to this article be entirely self-supporting, and for this purpose the state department is authorized to establish a schedule of
• § 1234 — (a) Smoking a tobacco product shall not be permitted in patient areas of a clinic except those rooms designated for occupancy exclusively by smokers.
• § 1234.1 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Medical chaperone” means a trained employee of a provider who assists or observes during the portion of a visit that includes a
• § 123418 — Subject to all other provisions of this article, all residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology shall comply with the program requirements for residency education in obstetrics and gynecology of
• § 123420 — (a) No employer or other person shall require a physician, a registered nurse, a licensed vocational nurse, or any other person employed or with staff privileges at a hospital, facility, or clinic to
• § 123425 — The refusal of any person to submit to an abortion or surgical sterilization or to give consent therefor shall not be grounds for loss of any privileges or immunities to which the person would otherwi
• § 123430 — (a) (1) To ensure people have accurate and comprehensive information when accessing abortion services in California, on or before July 1, 2023, the California Health and Human Services Agency, or an e
• § 123435 — The rights to medical treatment of an infant prematurely born alive in the course of an abortion shall be the same as the rights of an infant of similar medical status prematurely born spontaneously.
• § 123440 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to use any aborted product of human conception, other than fetal remains, for any type of scientific or laboratory research or for any other kind of experimentation o
• § 123445 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at the conclusion of any scientific or laboratory research or any other kind of experimentation or study upon fetal remains, the fetal remains shall be promp
• § 123451 — (a) As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Abortion” has the same meaning as defined in Section 123464.
• § 123452 — (a) The department, or its contracted vendor, shall use moneys in the fund to administer grants to nonprofit organizations in California that are exempt from taxation under Section 501(c) of the Inter
• § 123452.5 — The department shall conduct an evaluation of the grant program implemented pursuant to Section 123452 and shall report its findings to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2025, and on an annual
• § 123453 — This article shall be construed to effectuate its legislative intent to support access to abortion in California and build upon its commitment to be a reproductive freedom state.
• § 123460 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Reproductive Privacy Act.
• § 123462 — The Legislature finds and declares that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to personal reproductive decisions, which entails the right to make and effectuate decisi
• § 123464 — The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Abortion” means any medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a pregnancy except for the purpose of producing a l
• § 123466 — (a) The state shall not deny or interfere with a woman’s or pregnant person’s right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the li
• § 123467 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or penalty, or otherwise deprived of their rights under this article, based on their actions or omission
• § 123467.5 — (a) A law of another state that authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a person or entity that does any of the following is contrary to the public policy of this state: (1) Receives or se
• § 123468 — The performance of an abortion is unauthorized if performed by someone other than the pregnant person and if either of the following is true: (a) The person performing the abortion is not a health car
• § 123468.5 — (a) (1) California law governs in any action in this state, whether civil, administrative, or criminal, against any person who provides, receives, aids or abets in providing or receiving, or attempts
• § 123469 — (a) A party whose reproductive rights are protected by this article and whose reproductive rights are interfered with by conduct or by a statute, ordinance, or other state or local rule, regulation, o
• § 123470 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Reproductive FACT (Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency) Act or Reproductive FACT Act.
• § 123471 — (a) For purposes of this article, and except as provided in subdivision (c), “licensed covered facility” means a facility licensed under Section 1204 or an intermittent clinic operating under a primar
• § 123472 — (a) A licensed covered facility shall disseminate to clients on site the following notice in English and in the primary threshold languages for Medi-Cal beneficiaries as determined by the State Depart
• § 123473 — (a) Covered facilities that fail to comply with the requirements of this article are liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for a first offense and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for
• § 123475 — The Legislature finds that a community-based system of comprehensive perinatal care, including prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care are necessary services tha
• § 123480 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to maintain, to the extent resources are available, a permanent statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal system to provide care an
• § 123485 — The following definitions shall govern the construction of this article: (a) “Community-based comprehensive perinatal care” means a range of prenatal, delivery, postpartum, infant, and pediatric care
• § 123490 — (a) The department shall develop and maintain a statewide comprehensive community-based perinatal services program and enter into contracts, grants, or agreements with health care providers to deliver
• § 123491 — (a) There is hereby established a voluntary nurse home visiting grant program for expectant first-time mothers, their children, and their families, to be administered by the department pursuant to Sec
• § 123492 — The department shall develop a grant application and award grants on a competitive basis to counties for the startup, continuation, and expansion of the program established pursuant to Section 123491.
• § 123493 — (a) The department may accept voluntary contributions, in cash or in-kind, to pay for the costs in the implementation of the program under Section 123492.
• § 123495 — (a) The department shall seek any federal waiver or waivers that may be necessary to maximize funds from the federal government including, but not limited to, funds provided under Title 19 of the Soci
• § 1235 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter i
• § 12350 — Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 12080, any unclassified explosives which are sold, given away, or transported shall be subject to immediate seizure by any chief or police official.
• § 123500 — The department shall monitor the delivery of services under contracts, grants, and agreements provided for in this article through a uniform health data collection system that utilizes epidemiologic m
• § 123505 — The goals of the community-based comprehensive perinatal health care system shall be: (a) To decrease and maintain the decreased level of perinatal, maternal, and infant mortality and morbidity in the
• § 12351 — Any explosives which are illegally manufactured, sold, given away, delivered, stored, used, possessed, or transported shall be subject to immediate seizure by any chief, issuing authority, or peace of
• § 123510 — The program objectives of the community-based comprehensive perinatal health care system shall be the following: (a) To ensure continuing availability and accessibility to early prenatal care within t
• § 123515 — In processing and awarding contracts, grants, or agreements pursuant to this article, the department shall evaluate the ability of applicants to meet, to the maximum extent possible, the following cri
• § 123516 — (a) The department, in consultation with the program administrators, may contract with one or more qualified organizations to assist the department in ensuring that grantees implement the program as e
• § 12352 — When a permit issued pursuant to this part has been suspended or revoked any explosives in the possession of such permittee shall be subject to immediate seizure by the chief causing such suspension o
• § 123520 — (a) In developing a comprehensive system, health care providers funded under this article may perform the following activities to ensure that a full range of program components of a comprehensive, com
• § 123525 — The provisions contained in this article shall be subject to the normal Budget Act process and shall be operative to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose.
• § 12353 — Any explosive seized under this chapter shall be stored in an approved manner and in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal.
• § 12354 — If the governing body finds that the explosives were illegally or erroneously seized, the explosives shall be returned to the petitioner.
• § 12355 — If no petition is received by the governing body within 10 days of seizure of any explosive, or if no action is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of California within 60 days
• § 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 infant health.
• § 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 Care Services Program.
• § 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, delivery care, postpartum
• § 123565 — The department shall maintain a program that addresses the special needs of high-risk pregnant women and infants.
• § 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, county health officials,
• § 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 in the 1980–81 fiscal year.
• § 123576 — (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with subject matter exp
• § 1236 — The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1205 in the superior court in and for the county in which the violation occurred or is about to occur.
• § 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 in conjunction with the appropriate p
• § 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 and use of an ass
• § 123610 — It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for Sections 123600 and 123605 be provided in the annual Budget Act.
• § 123615 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Maternal Mental Health Conditions Education, Early Diagnosis, and Treatment Act.
• § 123615.5 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Maternal depression is a common complication of pregnancy.
• § 123616 — For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Maternal mental health condition” means a mental health condition that occurs during pregnancy or during the pos
• § 123616.5 — A general acute care hospital or special hospital, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (f) of Section 1250, that has a perinatal unit, in collaboration with medical staff, shall, by January 1, 2020, de
• § 123617 — The program developed pursuant to this article shall include all of the following: (a) Education and information for postpartum women and families about maternal mental health conditions, posthospital
• § 123620 — A person or facility that offers fetal ultrasound, or a similar procedure, for keepsake or entertainment purposes, shall disclose to a client prior to performing the procedure, in writing, the followi
• § 123621 — (a) An ultrasound, or a similar medical imaging device or procedure used for a medical, counseling, or diagnostic service or purpose, shall only be offered in the following settings: (1) A licensed cl
• § 123622 — (a) Any person or entity that fails to comply with the requirements of Section 123621 is liable for a civil penalty of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a first offense and five thousand
• § 123630 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.
• § 123630.1 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Every person should be entitled to dignity and respect during and after pregnancy and childbirth.
• § 123630.2 — For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Pregnancy-related death” is the death of a person while pregnant or within 365 days of the end of a pregnancy, i
• § 123630.3 — (a) A hospital as defined in subdivision (a) or (f) of Section 1250 that provides perinatal care, and an alternative birth center or primary care clinic subject to Section 1204.
• § 123630.4 — (a) The State Department of Public Health shall track data on severe maternal morbidity, including, but not limited to, all of the following health conditions: (1) Obstetric hemorrhage.
• § 123630.5 — (a) A hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, shall implement an evidence-based implicit bias program, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 123630.
• § 123630.6 — The Attorney General may publish a report outlining compliance data related to this article on a biennial basis.
• § 123630.7 — If any provision of the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Califor
• § 123635 — For the purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (a) “Maternal mortality” or “maternal death” means the death of a person during pregnancy or within a year from the end of pregnancy, and r
• § 123636 — (a) The California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee is hereby established under the State Department of Public Health to continuously engage in the comprehensive, regular, and uniform review and
• § 123637 — This article is operative on August 1, 2022.
• § 123640 — (a) A licensed health care practitioner who provides prenatal, postpartum, or interpregnancy care for a patient shall ensure that the mother is offered screening or is appropriately screened for mater
• § 123641 — (a) (1) Of the amounts appropriated in Schedule (3) of Item 4260-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2022 for this purpose, twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is available for encumbrance and expenditure
• § 123643 — (a) (1) Commencing January 1, 2026, until January 1, 2029, San Diego County may establish a pilot program for pelvic floor and core conditioning group classes.
• § 123650 — (a) The department shall develop a plan to identify causes of infant mortality and morbidity in California and to study recommendations on the reduction of infant mortality and morbidity in California
• § 123655 — The study plan shall incorporate in its design the findings of MCH Title V Research Contract DHS 8689088, the “Maternal Neonatal and Fetal Mortality Study.
• § 123660 — (a) The Legislature finds that the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review process is used to identify and take action to prevent a wide range of local social, economic, public health, education, environmen
• § 1237 — Any action brought by the director against a clinic shall not abate by reason of a sale or other transfer of ownership of the facility which is a party to the action, except with express written conse
• § 123700 — (a) Infant botulism is an acute, life-threatening paralytic disease of babies caused by a potent bacterial neurotoxin.
• § 123702 — (a) The State Department of Health Services shall establish an Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit.
• § 123704 — The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit shall provide all the following services: (a) Produce, or cause to have produced, and maintain, a supply of BIG sufficient to treat the expected numbe
• § 123705 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the program carried out pursuant to this article shall be fully supported from the fees collected for providing BIG to patients with suspected infant botulism
• § 123707 — (a) The State Department of Health Services may manufacture, test, distribute, and maintain licensure of the product Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) if all necessary federal licenses are
• § 123709 — The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Fund is hereby established as a special fund in the State Treasury.
• § 123725 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “SIDS” means sudden infant death syndrome.
• § 123730 — The department shall keep each county health officer advised of the most current knowledge relating to the nature and causes of sudden infant death syndrome.
• § 123735 — (a) As used in this section, “SIDS” means sudden infant death syndrome.
• § 123740 — (a) For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Appropriately trained public health professional” means a public health nurse or a social worker who is knowledgeable about
• § 123745 — The department shall monitor, or contract with a person to monitor, whether the county health officer or his or her designated agent is performing the duties required by Section 123740 and whether the
• § 123750 — The Legislature finds that intensive care nurseries for at-risk infants are often at capacity.
• § 123753 — The department shall establish two dispatch centers, each to be located at a hospital containing an intensive care nursery that has been approved by the department.
• § 123755 — One of the centers established pursuant to Section 123750 shall be located to serve the region of the state north of the Tehachapi Mountains, and one of the centers shall be located to serve the regio
• § 123760 — The centers shall locate bedspace for critically ill newborn infants nearest their homes, locate and dispatch transport for the infants and for appropriate medical personnel, advise the obstetrical nu
• § 123765 — Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this article shall be used for leasing or purchasing communication equipment or time; and for hiring, training, or contracting for personnel and adminis
• § 123770 — Public and private nonprofit health facilities, organizations, and educational institutions are eligible to receive center funds under this article.
• § 123775 — Each infant medical dispatch center established pursuant to this article shall annually report on the progress of the project, the status of the data base obtained pursuant to Section 123760, and any
• § 1238 — The district attorney of every county shall, upon application by the state department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action for violation within his cou
• § 123800 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Robert W.
• § 123805 — The department shall establish and administer a program of services for physically defective or handicapped persons under the age of 21 years, in cooperation with the federal government through its ap
• § 123810 — The department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the State Department of Benefit Payments with respect to moneys, funds, a
• § 123815 — The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, equipment, and supplies held for the benefit or use of the Director of Benefit Payments in the performance of his duties, power
• § 123820 — All officers and employees of the Director of Benefit Payments who on July 1, 1978, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a funct
• § 123822 — All claims for services provided under this article shall be submitted to the state fiscal intermediary for payment no later than January 1, 1999.
• § 123825 — It is the intent of the Legislature through this article to provide, to the extent practicable, for the necessary medical services required by physically handicapped children whose parents are unable
• § 123830 — “Handicapped child,” as used in this article, means a physically defective or handicapped person under the age of 21 years who is in need of services.
• § 123835 — (a) The department shall keep the California Children’s Services (CCS) program abreast of advances in medical science, leading to the inclusion of other handicapping conditions and services within the
• § 123840 — “Services,” as used in this article, means any or all of the following: (a) Expert diagnosis.
• § 123845 — “California Children’s Services Program,” as used in this article, means the program of services established and operated pursuant to this article.
• § 123850 — (a) (1) The board of supervisors of each county shall designate the county department of public health or the county department of social welfare as the designated agency to administer the California
• § 123853 — (a) The department may enter into contracts with one or more manufacturers on a negotiated or bid basis as the purchaser, but not the dispenser or distributor, of factor replacement therapies under th
• § 123855 — The department or designated county agency shall cooperate with, or arrange through, local public or private agencies and providers of medical care to seek out handicapped children, bringing them expe
• § 123860 — In accordance with applicable regulations of the United States Children’s Bureau, the department and designated county agencies shall provide a diagnosis for handicapped children.
• § 123865 — If the parents or estate of a handicapped child is wholly or partly unable to furnish for the child necessary services, the parents or guardian may apply to the agency of the county that has been desi
• § 123870 — (a) The department shall establish standards of financial eligibility for treatment services under the California Children’s Services Program (CCS program).
• § 123872 — In addition to the other eligibility requirements set forth in this article, prior to being determined financially eligible for services under this article, the applicant family shall agree to repay t
• § 123875 — If the California Children’s Service medical therapy unit conference team, based on a medical referral recommending medically necessary occupational or physical therapy in accordance with subdivision
• § 123880 — The department and designated agencies shall not deny eligibility or aid under the California Children’s Services Program because an otherwise eligible person is receiving treatment services under a t
• § 123885 — Panel members as set forth in Section 123880 shall be board-certified and have expertise in the care of children.
• § 123890 — (a) The state department shall not deny a hospital’s request to provide treatment to burn victims who are eligible under the California Children’s Services Program solely on the basis that the hospita
• § 123895 — The designated agency shall determine the financial eligibility of the family according to standards established by the department.
• § 123900 — (a) Beginning September 1, 1991, in addition to any other standards of eligibility pursuant to this article, each family with a child otherwise eligible to receive services under this article shall pa
• § 123905 — A county of under 200,000 population, administering its county program jointly with the department, shall forward to the department a statement certifying the family of the handicapped child as financ
• § 123910 — The department may, without the possession of a county certification, pay the expenses for services required by any physically handicapped child out of any funds received by it through gift, devise, o
• § 123915 — When the department provides, or arranges for the provision of, services to physically handicapped children directly, as in the case of nonresident physically handicapped children, it shall enter into
• § 123920 — Upon the request of another state or of a federal agency, the department may pay the expenses of services required by any physically handicapped child who is not a resident of the state; provided, tha
• § 123925 — The department and designated agencies shall maintain surveillance and supervision over the services provided handicapped children under authorization by the program to assure a high quality of servic
• § 123929 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Section 14133.
• § 123930 — This article does not authorize any treatment service without the written consent of a parent or guardian except as a person under 18 years of age is an emancipated minor.
• § 123935 — A handicapped child shall not be denied services pursuant to this article because he or she has an intellectual disability.
• § 123940 — (a) (1) Annually, the board of supervisors shall appropriate a sum of money for services for handicapped children of the county, including diagnosis, treatment, and therapy services for physically han
• § 123945 — For those counties with a total appropriation of county funds not exceeding one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000), and upon the expenditure of the county funds equivalent to a county app
• § 123950 — The designated county agency shall administer the medical-therapy program in local public schools for physically handicapped children.
• § 123955 — (a) The state and the counties shall share in the cost of administration of the California Children’s Services program at the local level.
• § 123960 — The department shall require of participating local governments the provision of program data including, but not limited to, the number of children treated, the kinds of disabilities, and the costs of
• § 123965 — A handicapped child placed for adoption, determined to be financially eligible for care at the time of placement, shall not be denied services pursuant to this article based upon the income of the ado
• § 123970 — The department and the placing adoption agency at the time of placement shall notify all prospective adopting parents in writing, that funds received under the California Children’s Services Program s
• § 123975 — (a) The department, in consultation with selected representatives of participating neonatal intensive care units, shall establish a system to screen all newborns and infants for hearing loss as define
• § 123980 — If the recipient of services provided by the California Children’s Services Program, his or her guardian, conservator, personal representative, estate, or survivors, or any of them brings an action ag
• § 123982 — Except as otherwise provided by law, the amount of any judgment, award, or settlement relating to a medical condition for which treatment services have been provided under the California Children’s Se
• § 123985 — (a) A bone marrow transplant for the treatment of cancer shall be reimbursable under this article, when all of the following conditions are met: (1) The bone marrow transplant is recommended by the re
• § 123990 — The department shall adopt regulations to implement the amendments of this article in 1991.
• § 123995 — (a) The department shall require all applicants to the program who may be eligible for cash grant assistance or for Medi-Cal benefits to apply for Medi-Cal.
• § 1240 — The state department may suspend or revoke any license or special permit issued under the provisions of this chapter upon any of the following grounds and in the manner provided in this chapter: (a) V
• § 12400 — Except as provided in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 12302), Part 1, Division 11 of the Health and Safety Code, every person who violates any provision of this part, or violates any regulation ado
• § 12401 — Every person who is found guilty of a felony as specified in this part is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or in a county jail not exceeding on
• § 124010 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish demonstration projects to assist medically fragile infants, children, and adolescents.
• § 124011 — There is hereby established demonstration projects to provide a medical home and coordination of care model in order to reduce avoidable health problems of chronically, seriously ill infants, children
• § 124012 — The department shall award funding appropriated for purposes of this article, on a competitive basis, to any nonprofit children’s hospitals, as defined in Section 10727 of the Welfare and Institutions
• § 124013 — The demonstration projects shall provide care management services to children enrolled in the demonstration projects pursuant to proposals accepted by the department.
• § 124014 — In order to most effectively assist children enrolled in the demonstration project, the demonstration project may employ the use of clinic visits, home visits, school visits, inpatient visits, and mul
• § 124015 — (a) The hospital receiving funding under this article shall submit a report to the department that evaluates the demonstration project and includes measures of medical costs and improved health outcom
• § 124024 — (a) Before July 1, 2024, the department shall take the following steps: (1) Conduct a stakeholder engagement process to inform the department in the development and implementation of a transition plan
• § 124025 — The Legislature finds and declares that many physical and mental disabilities can be prevented, or their impact on an individual lessened, when they are identified and treated before they become chron
• § 124030 — As used in this article and Section 120475: (a) “State board” means the State Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Board.