{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1599.3","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1599.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3.9. Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facility Patient’s Bill of Rights [1599. - 1599.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-3.9"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 893.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any rights under this chapter of a patient judicially determined to be incompetent, or who is found by his physician to be medically incapable of understanding such information, or who exhibits a communication barrier, shall devolve to such patient’s guardian, conservator, next of kin, sponsoring agency, or representative payer, except when the facility itself is the representative payer.</p>","text":"Any rights under this chapter of a patient judicially determined to be incompetent, or who is found by his physician to be medically incapable of understanding such information, or who exhibits a communication barrier, shall devolve to such patient’s guardian, conservator, next of kin, sponsoring agency, or representative payer, except when the facility itself is the representative payer.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/skilled-nursing-and-intermediate-care-facility-patients-bill-1599-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}