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Health and Safety Code - HSC

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

• § 124033 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2003, all applications for services under the Child Health and Disability Prevention program shall be filed electronically in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 14011.
• § 124035 — The department shall administer this article and Section 120475 and shall adopt minimum standards for the approval of community child health and disability prevention programs and regulations as neces
• § 124040 — (a) The governing body of each county or counties shall establish a community child health and disability prevention program for the purpose of providing early and periodic assessments of the health s
• § 124045 — A city that operates an independent health agency may elect to provide the services described in this article with the approval of the department.
• § 124050 — Each community child health and disability program shall have a director meeting qualification standards by the department, appointed by the governing body, except for counties contracting with the st
• § 124055 — Any community child health and disability prevention program may contract to furnish services to any other county if the contract is approved by the director.
• § 124060 — (a) On or before September 15 of each year, each county program director shall submit a budget update for the subsequent fiscal year that provides the following information: (1) A summary of the previ
• § 124065 — Counties shall be reimbursed for the amount required by the county to carry out its community child health and disability prevention program in accordance with the approved community child health and
• § 124070 — Counties shall be reimbursed for the amount required by the county to carry out its community child health and disability prevention program in accordance with the approved community child health and
• § 124075 — (a) In order to ensure the maximum utilization of the California Medical Assistance Program and other potential reimbursement sources, the department shall develop a schedule and method of reimburseme
• § 124080 — The department may contract with a private entity for the performance of processing claims for state reimbursement, so long as the cost of the contract is no more than 85 percent of the cost of the se
• § 124085 — On and after July 1, 1976, each child eligible for services under this article shall, within 90 days after entrance into the first grade, provide a certificate approved by the department to the school
• § 124090 — Any child between birth and 90 days after entrance into the first grade and all persons under 21 years of age who are eligible for the California Medical Assistance Program shall be eligible for servi
• § 124095 — Each community child health and disability prevention program shall provide the child or his or her parent or guardian with a copy of the results of the health screening and evaluation, as well as an
• § 1241 — Proceedings for the suspension, revocation, or denial of licenses or special permits under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500
• § 124100 — (a) In cooperation with the county child health and disability prevention program, the governing body of every school district or private school that has children enrolled in kindergarten shall provid
• § 124105 — (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Hughes Children’s Health Enforcement Act.
• § 124110 — All information and results of the health screening and evaluation of each child shall be confidential and shall not be released without the informed consent of a parent or guardian of the child.
• § 124110.5 — This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, or on the date certified by the department pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 124024, whichever date is later, and shall be repealed on Janua
• § 124111 — (a) The Newborn Eye Pathology Screening Task Force is established and shall advise the State Department of Health Services on the newborn eye pathology screening protocol.
• § 124112 — (a) On or before June 30, 2002, the department shall adopt the protocol developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics to optimally detect the presence of treatable causes of blindness in infants by
• § 124115 — This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking and Intervention Act.
• § 124115.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Hearing loss occurs in newborns more frequently than any other health condition for which newborn screening is currently required.
• § 124116 — As used in this article: (a) “Birth admission” means the time after birth that the newborn remains in the hospital nursery prior to discharge.
• § 124116.5 — (a) (1) Every general acute care hospital with licensed perinatal services in this state shall administer to every newborn, upon birth admission, a hearing screening test for the identification of hea
• § 124117 — The department or its designee shall approve hospitals for participation as newborn hearing screening providers.
• § 124118 — The department or its designee shall provide every general acute care hospital that has licensed perinatal services, or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as specified in Section 123975, written inf
• § 124118.5 — (a) The department shall establish a system of early hearing detection and intervention centers that shall provide technical assistance and consultation to hospitals in the startup and ongoing impleme
• § 124119 — (a) The department shall develop and implement a reporting and tracking system for newborns and infants tested for hearing loss.
• § 124119.5 — Parents of all newborns and infants diagnosed with a hearing loss shall be provided written information on the availability of community resources and services for children with hearing loss, includin
• § 124120 — The department may conduct a community outreach and awareness campaign to inform medical providers, pregnant women, and the families of newborns and infants on the availability of the newborn hearing
• § 124120.5 — A newborn hearing screening test shall not be performed without the written consent of the parent.
• § 124121 — For purposes of this article, “CCHD” means critical congenital heart disease.
• § 124122 — (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2013, a general acute care hospital that has a licensed perinatal service shall offer to parents of a newborn, prior to discharge, a pulse oximetry test for the identificatio
• § 124125 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that childhood lead exposure represents the most significant childhood environmental health problem in the state today; that too little is known about the
• § 124130 — (a) A laboratory that performs a blood lead analysis on a specimen of human blood drawn in California shall report the information specified in this section to the department for each analysis on ever
• § 124150 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the activities conducted by the department pursuant to Section 124130 have confirmed and supported the findings specified in Section 124125 and, in addit
• § 124151 — The department shall use an electronic database consistent with the goals outlined in Section 124125 to support electronic laboratory reporting of blood lead tests reported pursuant to Section 124130,
• § 124155 — (a) The department shall design and implement a screening program for lead exposure of children not older than seven years old in migrant labor camps where lead-based paint has been identified pursuan
• § 124160 — The department shall continue to direct the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program to implement a program to identify and conduct medical followup of high-risk children, and to establish procedur
• § 124165 — After January 1, 1993, the department, through the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, shall continue to take steps that it determines are necessary to reduce the incidence of excessive child
• § 124170 — The State Department of Health Services, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and the appropriate federal agency or department, shall establish and implement appropriate educat
• § 124172 — (a) Except for an influenza vaccine described in subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2006, a person who is knowingly pregnant or who is under three years of age shall not be vaccinated with a mercur
• § 124174 — The following definitions shall govern the construction of this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Program” means a Public School Health Center Support Program.
• § 124174.2 — (a) The department, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, shall establish a Public School Health Center Support Program.
• § 124174.3 — (a) The department shall establish standardized data collection procedures and collect data specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) from school health centers on an ongoing basis.
• § 124174.4 — The State Department of Education, in collaboration with the department, shall perform the following functions: (a) Coordination of programs within the State Department of Education that support schoo
• § 124174.5 — The program, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, shall act as a liaison for school-based health centers.
• § 124174.6 — The department shall establish a grant program within the Public School Health Center Support Program to provide technical assistance, and funding for the expansion, renovation, and retrofitting of ex
• § 124175 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood is a problem with significant social, medical, educational, and economic consequences to the teen parent and chi
• § 124180 — (a) The department may conduct the Adolescent Family Life Program to assure that pregnant adolescents receive comprehensive continuous prenatal care in order to deliver healthy babies; to establish ne
• § 124185 — (a) The department, through its program of maternal and child health, shall award contract augmentations to four Adolescent Family Life Programs that meet the requirements of this section and develop
• § 124190 — A comprehensive coordinated substance abuse prevention, intervention, and counseling program, as used in Section 124185, shall include, but not be limited to, programs that: (a) Have demonstrated a ca
• § 124195 — The department shall require reports to be prepared by all programs funded pursuant to this article.
• § 1242 — The director may temporarily suspend any license issued to a specialty clinic or special permit prior to any hearing, when in his opinion such action is necessary to protect the public welfare.
• § 124200 — Funding for the purpose of this article shall be provided through funds appropriated to the department through the annual Budget Act.
• § 124225 — (a) The Legislature finds that recent responsibilities for assessing and treating the mental disorders of children and adolescents have been required of county mental health programs creating an unmet
• § 124230 — It is the purpose of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to encourage the Regents of the University of California to augment the academic child and adolescent programs at the medical schools of
• § 124235 — (a) A youth sports organization that elects to offer an athletic program shall comply with all of the following: (1) (A) An athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or other head injury, or
• § 124236 — (a) A youth sports organization, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 124235, that elects to offer an athletic program shall annually give the Opioid Factsheet for Patients publis
• § 124238 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Coach” means a person appointed by the youth sports organization to supervise or instruct a participant in a sport.
• § 124238.5 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2028, a youth sports organization that elects to offer an athletic program shall ensure that its athletes have access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) during any
• § 124240 — (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Youth Football Act.
• § 124241 — On and after January 1, 2021, a youth sports organization that conducts a tackle football program shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) A tackle football team shall not conduct more
• § 124242 — On and after January 1, 2021, a youth tackle football league shall comply with both of the following: (a) Establish youth tackle football participant divisions that are organized by relative age or we
• § 124243 — Nothing in this article shall prohibit any youth sports organization or youth tackle football league from adopting and enforcing rules intended to provide a higher standard of safety for youth tackle
• § 124250 — (a) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this section: (1) “Domestic violence” means the infliction or threat of physical harm against past or present adult or adolescent intimate par
• § 124251 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Centralized entity” means a department, commission, board, council, or their equivalent.
• § 124252 — (a) (1) The State Public Health Officer shall, on or before July 1, 2026, or six months after implementation of this article commences pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 124256, whichever is later
• § 124254 — (a) The commission shall conduct a study of issues in youth sports that includes all of the following: (1) An assessment of the need and potential for a centralized entity to improve access to and inv
• § 124256 — (a) The implementation of this article is contingent upon either of the following: (1) An appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
• § 124260 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Mental health treatment or counseling services” means the provision of outpatient mental health treatment or counseling by a professional person, as defined in paragr
• § 124270 — As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Children and youth” means individuals up to 26 years of age.
• § 124270.1 — (a) The department, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, shall report to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health, the Senate Committee on J
• § 124270.2 — This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 1243 — The withdrawal of an application for a license or a special permit after it has been filed with the state department, shall not, unless the state department consents in writing to such withdrawal, dep
• § 124300 — Within any county where 10 percent or more of the population, as determined by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance, speaks any one language other than English as its native lang
• § 1244 — Any license or special permit revoked pursuant to this chapter may be reinstated pursuant to the provisions of Section 11522 of the Government Code.
• § 124400 — (a) The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations: (1) There is a maldistribution of health services in California resulting in underserved rural and urban areas and underserved popula
• § 124405 — (a) The department shall develop a statewide plan for health services for special population groups identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 124425 by January 1, 1985, and shall evaluate and
• § 124410 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, if requested by the nonprofit or public agency and to the extent funds are available, provide for advance payments for services to be pe
• § 124415 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, in addition to the advance payment under Section 124410, provide for prospective payments for services to be performed under any agreeme
• § 124420 — Each agreement for a project shall require the contracting agency to seek third-party reimbursements, including Medi-Cal and private insurance, for any person served under the agreement and shall requ
• § 124425 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds authorized by the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27) be provided to organizations and agencies that are located in underserved areas or that are
• § 124430 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that programs in the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27) be funded annually through the budgetary process.
• § 124435 — An applicant for funds pursuant to the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27) shall transmit a copy of an application to any person who makes a written request therefor at the same time that the appli
• § 124440 — The department may enter into agreements with any clinic that is licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1204 or exempt from licensure under subdivision (c) of Section 1206, and which requests the a
• § 124441 — (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
• § 124450 — (a) In any emergency or disaster, as declared by the Governor, clinics funded under the seasonal agricultural and migratory workers program provided for by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 124550),
• § 124475 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Clinics are valuable partners in the state’s efforts to improve access to health services.
• § 124480 — As used in this chapter, “clinic” means a primary care clinic as defined in Section 1200.
• § 124485 — (a) The department shall prepare and transmit to the Legislature a report of the department’s activities relating to the utilization of clinics to provide comprehensive health services pursuant to the
• § 1245 — Any licensee or holder of a special permit may, with the approval of the state department, surrender his license or special permit for suspension by the state department for a temporary period not to
• § 124500 — The Clinic Revolving Fund of the department is hereby established for the purpose of expediting preliminary advance payments as authorized pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 124525) and to
• § 124505 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 16400 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the department may, to the extent local assistance appropriations are made by the Legislature for programs set f
• § 124510 — In lieu of actually withdrawing revolving fund moneys from the State Treasury, the Controller, upon the request of the department, shall apply and credit the amount of the Clinic Revolving Fund, or an
• § 124515 — The department shall remain fully accountable for the Clinic Revolving Fund.
• § 124525 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department may, to the extent funds are available, provide for advance payments for services to be performed under pending grant agreements or
• § 124550 — The department shall maintain a program for seasonal agricultural and migratory workers and their families, consisting of all of the following: (a) Studies of the health and health services for season
• § 124555 — (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds distributed under this section promote stability for participating clinics, as a part of the state’s health care safety net, and at the same time
• § 124560 — (a) The Seasonal Agricultural and Migratory Workers Advisory Committee is hereby established in the State Department of Health Services.
• § 124570 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall, to the extent that funds are available, provide to a grantee semiannual prospective payments during a 12-month fiscal year.
• § 124575 — The department shall maintain a program for American Indians and their families, consisting of all of the following: (a) Studies of the health and health services available to American Indians and the
• § 124580 — The department shall cooperate with local governmental agencies and contract with voluntary nonprofit organizations in connection with the development of local health programs for American Indians and
• § 124585 — (a) All moneys appropriated to the department for the purposes of this chapter shall be used to provide financial, training, and technical assistance to urban and rural American Indian health programs
• § 124586 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall, to the extent that funds are available, provide to a grantee under this chapter semiannual prospective payments, as specified in t
• § 124590 — The Legislature finds and declares that the health status of many American Indians in California is not adequate.
• § 124595 — (a) The Indian Health Policy Panel, established by the director pursuant to Section 1520 of Title 17 of the California Administrative Code, is continued in existence and shall be renamed the American
• § 124600 — The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations: (a) There is a maldistribution of health services in California.
• § 124605 — The department shall implement a program to remedy deficiencies in health services in rural areas.
• § 124610 — The director shall administer this chapter and shall adopt any regulations and standards as are necessary to implement this chapter.
• § 124615 — No services provided under this chapter shall substitute for current services and obligations of a county including those required by state law.
• § 124620 — Funds expended pursuant to this chapter shall be supplemental to those made available by the federal government for the National Health Services Corps and shall not duplicate, or replace, but may supp
• § 124625 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Rural Health Services Development Program be funded annually through the budgetary process.
• § 124650 — The director shall establish in the department, a California Health Services Corps.
• § 124655 — Members of the California Health Services Corps may be assigned to the following categories of health services programs: (a) Any nonprofit primary care clinic or licensed health facility.
• § 124660 — Assignments shall be made in accordance with the following: (a) The authority of any person to supervise any member of the corps shall be subject to approval by the director.
• § 124665 — The director shall, by regulation, specify the salary schedules, other terms and conditions of employment, and reimbursement policies with respect to the employment of corps members that shall be foll
• § 124670 — Funds expended pursuant to this article may be used for any of the following purposes: (a) Expenses of the department in administering the program.
• § 124675 — Assignments shall be made by the department without regard to ability of residents in areas to pay.
• § 124680 — No corps member may refuse needed service to any person because of inability to pay for such service, or refuse service to persons on account of their entitlement to medical benefits under Title XVIII
• § 124685 — The director may, upon request, provide technical assistance to groups preparing applications for assignment of corps personnel.
• § 124700 — The department shall plan and put into operation a number of health services development projects.
• § 124705 — Applications may be made for funds for health services development projects and the projects may be initiated and operated by any agency, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) A community
• § 124710 — (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds distributed under this section promote stability for participating clinics, as a part of the state’s health care safety net, and at the same time
• § 124715 — The department may assist community agencies to develop grant proposals.
• § 124720 — Project proposals shall be considered that address the health needs of rural populations, including, but not limited to, migratory and other agricultural workers, American Indians, and senior citizens
• § 124725 — Project funding shall be for up to three years.
• § 124730 — Each applicant shall form an advisory committee for the project.
• § 124735 — Each grant for a project shall require the grantee agency to seek third-party reimbursements, including Medi-Cal and private insurance, for any person served under the grant.
• § 124740 — State-operated projects shall be established only in accordance with all of the following: (a) The health of the population in a rural area would be substantially improved by the establishment of a pr
• § 124745 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall, to the extent that funds are available, provide to a grantee semiannual prospective payments during a 12-month fiscal year.
• § 124750 — The director shall ensure the coordination of state efforts in rural health in order to maximize effective use of scarce medical resources and to coordinate efforts to provide health services through
• § 124760 — The California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission shall establish a plan that integrates family practice residencies and other health sciences education programs established in rural areas pursuan
• § 124765 — The California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission, in coordination with the Rural Health Section of the department, shall designate the geographical rural areas within California where unmet prior
• § 124770 — The director shall utilize the authority to establish health manpower pilot projects pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 128125) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 107 to develop personnel
• § 124775 — Each proposal for health corps personnel or project application under Article 3 (commencing with Section 124700) shall be submitted to the appropriate county health officer or district health officer
• § 124780 — If the director decides to act contrary to the recommendation of a county or district health officer made pursuant to Section 124775, the director shall explain his or her action in writing to the app
• § 124785 — Nothing in the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27) shall affect the operation of local public health services contracted for by the department with other agencies pursuant to former Section 1157.
• § 1248 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Division” means the Medical Board of California.
• § 1248.1 — No association, corporation, firm, partnership, or person shall operate, manage, conduct, or maintain an outpatient setting in this state, unless the setting is one of the following: (a) An ambulatory
• § 1248.15 — (a) The board shall adopt standards for accreditation and, in approving accreditation agencies to perform accreditation of outpatient settings, shall ensure that the certification program shall, at a
• § 1248.2 — (a) Any outpatient setting may apply to an accreditation agency for a certificate of accreditation.
• § 1248.25 — If an outpatient setting does not meet the standards approved by the board, accreditation shall be denied by the accreditation agency, which shall provide the outpatient setting notification of the re
• § 1248.3 — (a) Certificates of accreditation issued to outpatient settings by an accreditation agency shall be valid for not more than three years.
• § 1248.35 — (a) Every outpatient setting that is accredited shall be inspected by the accreditation agency and may also be inspected by the Medical Board of California.
• § 1248.4 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that an accreditation agency operating on or before January 1, 1995, or a successor thereof, or an accreditation agency thereafter operating as part of a joint
• § 1248.5 — The board shall evaluate the performance of an approved accreditation agency no less than every three years, or in response to complaints against an agency, or complaints against one or more outpatien
• § 1248.55 — (a) If the accreditation agency is not meeting the criteria set by the division, the division may terminate approval of the agency.
• § 1248.6 — (a) The Division of Licensing shall establish by regulation a reasonable fee for an application for approval as an accreditation agency in an amount that is reasonably necessary to recover the cost of
• § 1248.65 — It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for a physician and surgeon to willfully and knowingly violate this chapter.
• § 1248.7 — (a) The board shall investigate all complaints concerning a violation of this chapter.
• § 1248.75 — (a) Except as may otherwise be provided in this section, before the Division of Medical Quality may seek an injunction as provided under Section 1248.
• § 1248.8 — (a) Any person or entity that willfully violates this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dol
• § 1248.85 — This chapter shall not preclude an approved accreditation agency from adopting additional standards consistent with Section 1248.
• § 124800 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Rural hospitals serve as the “hub of health,” and through that role attract and retain in their communities physicians, nurses, and other p
• § 124805 — (a) The Legislature recognizes the need to strengthen, and in some cases salvage, rural hospitals to ensure that adequate access to services is provided to residents of rural areas as well as tourists
• § 124810 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 124815 — “Department” means the State Department of Health Services.
• § 124820 — “High-risk rural hospital,” means a hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 124840 that can demonstrate through audited and interim financial reports and projections that it is probable that
• § 124825 — The department shall, in consultation with an organization of interest, develop recommendations on the type and scope of technical assistance that needs to be available to small and rural hospitals fr
• § 124830 — “Director” means the State Director of Health Services.
• § 124835 — “Organizations of interest” means nonprofit organizations that typically represent the interests of hospitals and health systems.
• § 124840 — “Small and rural hospital” means an acute care hospital that meets either of the following criteria: (a) Meets the criteria for designation within peer group six or eight, as defined in the report ent
• § 124845 — “Strategically located” means a hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 124840 that, by virtue of its location, or the location of a major portion of the hospital’s service area, can demonst
• § 124850 — The department shall provide expert technical assistance to strategically located, high-risk rural hospitals to assist the hospitals in carrying out an assessment of potential business and diversifica
• § 124855 — Any small and rural hospital may apply to the California Health Facilities Financing Authority for consideration under special eligibility programs if the hospital has successfully completed the asses
• § 124860 — (a) The department, after consultation with an organization of interest, shall select two strategically located, high-risk rural hospitals to plan and implement rural alternative hospital demonstratio
• § 124865 — The department shall continue to provide regulatory relief when appropriate through program flexibility for such items as staffing, space, and physical plant requirements.
• § 124870 — (a) The department shall adopt regulations that will provide for an increase in reimbursement rates for outpatient services rendered to Medi-Cal patients by small and rural hospitals, as defined in Se
• § 124875 — The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) In California there are approximately 300 community clinics and free clinics that provide primary health care at low cost for a significant portion of the
• § 124880 — The department shall conduct a program of grants-in-aid for the following purposes: (a) To assist in stabilizing the health care operations of community clinics and free clinics that provide a wide ra
• § 124885 — The department shall annually receive and process grant applications submitted by eligible applicants, and shall allocate grant moneys in accordance with the policies and priorities adopted pursuant t
• § 124890 — In developing policies and priorities pertaining to the allocation of grant funds, the department shall give primary consideration to the following factors: (a) The applicant’s need for funds to conti
• § 124900 — (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services shall select primary care clinics that are licensed under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1204, or are exemp
• § 124905 — For purposes of this article, a “program beneficiary” is any person whose income level is at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level as adjusted annually.
• § 124910 — (a) (1) Each licensed primary care clinic, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 124900, applying for funds under this article, shall demonstrate in its application that it meets all of the follo
• § 124911 — (a) Commencing in the 1998–99 fiscal year, the department shall release a request for allocation of funds for a period of three succeeding fiscal years.
• § 124915 — Services funded pursuant to this article shall be limited to the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose.
• § 124920 — (a) The department shall utilize existing contractual claims processing services in order to promote efficiency and to maximize use of funds.
• § 124930 — (a) For any condition detected as part of a child health and disability prevention screen for any child eligible for services under Section 104395, if the child was screened by the clinic or upon refe
• § 124940 — The use of funds granted pursuant to this article for use by school-based clinics shall be limited to those school-based clinics that were licensed and in operation before January 1, 1990.
• § 124945 — Any entity or provider that receives funds pursuant to this article shall expend those funds in accordance with the requirements of Article 2 (commencing with Section 30121) of Chapter 2 of Part 13 of
• § 124960 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state has a right and duty to control the illegal use of opiate drugs.
• § 124961 — Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter any of the provisions set forth in Section 2241.
• § 124962 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Nonpharmacological therapies for pain management have been proven effective for treatment of chronic pain and their use should be promoted
• § 124965 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, there is established, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Jacqueline Marie Zbur Rare Disease Advisory Council.
• § 124965.10 — The advisory council shall apply for, and accept, any grant of funds from the federal government, private foundations, or other sources that may be available for programs related to rare diseases.
• § 124965.12 — The advisory council shall report on the activities of the advisory council and its findings and recommendations on issues relating to the quality and cost-effectiveness of, and access to, treatment a
• § 124965.14 — This part shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 124965.2 — (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall appoint the chair of the advisory council.
• § 124965.6 — (a) The advisory council shall meet periodically, but at least twice annually.
• § 124965.8 — The advisory council shall perform all of the following duties: (a) Act as the advisory body on rare diseases to the Legislature, and state departments, agencies, commissions, and authorities, and pri
• § 124975 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Each person in the State of California is entitled to health care commensurate with his or her health care needs, and to protection from inadequate
• § 124977 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, unless otherwise specified, the genetic disease testing program carried out pursuant to this chapter be fully supported from fees collected for services p
• § 124980 — The director shall establish any regulations and standards for hereditary disorders programs as the director deems necessary to promote and protect the public health and safety.
• § 124981 — (a) A person shall not use the title of genetic counselor unless the person has applied for and obtained a license from the department.
• § 124982 — (a) The department shall issue a temporary genetic counselor license to a person to practice as a licensed genetic counselor who meets all of the following: (1) The requirements for licensure set fort
• § 124985 — A violation of any of the provisions of the Hereditary Disorders Act (Section 27) or any of the regulations adopted pursuant to that act shall be punishable as a misdemeanor.