PART 4. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE [124400. - 124945.]
Part 4 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8.
§§ 124400–124945 · 88 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 124400–124441 · 10 sections
- § 124400 (a) The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations: (1) There is a maldistribution of health services in California resulting in underserved…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 124415 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, in addition to the advance payment under Section 124410, provide for prospective payments for…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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. (b) In…
- § 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…
- § 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)…
- § 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… see note
CHAPTER 1.5. Clinic Services § 124450 · 1 section
- § 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 2. Primary Clinic Revolving Fund §§ 124475–124525 · 8 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 124475–124485 · 3 sections
- § 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. (b)…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 2. The Clinic Revolving Fund §§ 124500–124515 · 4 sections
- § 124500 The Clinic Revolving Fund of the department is hereby established for the purpose of expediting preliminary advance payments as authorized pursuant to Article…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 124515 The department shall remain fully accountable for the Clinic Revolving Fund. All disbursements shall be substantiated by vouchers filed with the Controller.…
ARTICLE 3. Preliminary Advance Payments § 124525 · 1 section
- § 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…
CHAPTER 3. Health of Seasonal Agricultural and Migratory Workers §§ 124550–124570 · 4 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 124560 (a) The Seasonal Agricultural and Migratory Workers Advisory Committee is hereby established in the State Department of Health Services. (b) The committee…
- § 124570 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall, to the extent that funds are available, provide to a grantee semiannual prospective…
CHAPTER 4. American Indian Health Services §§ 124575–124595 · 6 sections
- § 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…
- § 124580 The department shall cooperate with local governmental agencies and contract with voluntary nonprofit organizations in connection with the development of local…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 124590 The Legislature finds and declares that the health status of many American Indians in California is not adequate. It is, therefore, the intent of the…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 5. Rural Health Services Development §§ 124600–124785 · 31 sections
ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent and General Provisions §§ 124600–124625 · 6 sections
- § 124600 The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations: (a) There is a maldistribution of health services in California. Most rural areas of the state…
- § 124605 The department shall implement a program to remedy deficiencies in health services in rural areas. The department shall have responsibility for the following…
- § 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…
- § 124625 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Rural Health Services Development Program be funded annually through the budgetary process. (b)…
ARTICLE 2. California Health Services Corps §§ 124650–124685 · 8 sections
- § 124650 The director shall establish in the department, a California Health Services Corps. The purpose of the corps is to make available health personnel to rural…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 124665 The director shall, by regulation, specify the salary schedules, other terms and conditions of employment, and reimbursement policies with respect to the…
- § 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. (b)…
- § 124675 Assignments shall be made by the department without regard to ability of residents in areas to pay. Any provider or facility where a California Health Services…
- § 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…
- § 124685 The director may, upon request, provide technical assistance to groups preparing applications for assignment of corps personnel.
ARTICLE 3. Health Services and Development Projects §§ 124700–124745 · 10 sections
- § 124700 The department shall plan and put into operation a number of health services development projects. The purpose of the projects shall be to demonstrate…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 124725 Project funding shall be for up to three years. Continuation of funding for a project shall depend on progress toward achieving the goals of the project. The…
- § 124730 Each applicant shall form an advisory committee for the project. The advisory committee shall participate in all of the following: (a) Planning 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…
- § 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…
- § 124745 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall, to the extent that funds are available, provide to a grantee semiannual prospective…
ARTICLE 4. Coordination of Rural Health Programs §§ 124750–124785 · 7 sections
- § 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…
- § 124760 The California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission shall establish a plan that integrates family practice residencies and other health sciences education…
- § 124765 The California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission, in coordination with the Rural Health Section of the department, shall designate the geographical rural…
- § 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…
- § 124775 Each proposal for health corps personnel or project application under Article 3 (commencing with Section 124700) shall be submitted to the appropriate county…
- § 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…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 6. Small and Rural Hospitals §§ 124800–124870 · 15 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 124850 The department shall provide expert technical assistance to strategically located, high-risk rural hospitals to assist the hospitals in carrying out an…
- § 124855 Any small and rural hospital may apply to the California Health Facilities Financing Authority for consideration under special eligibility programs if the…
- § 124860 (a) The department, after consultation with an organization of interest, shall select two strategically located, high-risk rural hospitals to plan and…
- § 124865 The department shall continue to provide regulatory relief when appropriate through program flexibility for such items as staffing, space, and physical plant…
- § 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…
CHAPTER 7. Grants in Aid for Clinics §§ 124875–124945 · 13 sections
ARTICLE 1. Clinics §§ 124875–124890 · 4 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 124885 The department shall annually receive and process grant applications submitted by eligible applicants, and shall allocate grant moneys in accordance with the…
- § 124890 In developing policies and priorities pertaining to the allocation of grant funds, the department shall give primary consideration to the following factors:…
ARTICLE 2. Primary Care §§ 124900–124945 · 9 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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. The…
- § 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. (b) The…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…