{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"24254","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 24254","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS [24000. - 28002.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-20"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Patient Access and Protection [24250. - 24257.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-20/chapter-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 123, Sec. 3.   (SB 81)   Effective September 20, 2025.","effective":"2025-09-20","html":"<p>This section does not prohibit a person who is in lawful custody from being accompanied to access health care services and for their transportation and arrangement to health care provider entities, and does not prohibit any person from entering nonpublic areas of a hospital to receive care for themselves or someone in their care or custody.</p>","text":"This section does not prohibit a person who is in lawful custody from being accompanied to access health care services and for their transportation and arrangement to health care provider entities, and does not prohibit any person from entering nonpublic areas of a hospital to receive care for themselves or someone in their care or custody.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/patient-access-and-protection-24254","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}