Health and Safety Code section 129065

As part of its assurance under subdivision (j) of Section 129050, any borrower that is a general acute care hospital or acute psychiatric hospital shall agree to the following actions:

(a)

To advise each person seeking services at the borrower’s facility as to the person’s potential eligibility for Medi-Cal and Medicare benefits or benefits from other governmental third party payers.

(b)

To make available to the department and to any interested person a list of physicians with staff privileges at the borrower’s facility, that includes:

(1)

Name.

(2)

Speciality.

(3)

Language spoken.

(4)

Whether takes Medi-Cal and Medicare patients.

(5)

Business address and phone number.

(c)

To inform in writing on a periodic basis all practitioners of the healing arts having staff privileges in the borrower’s facility as to the existence of the facility’s community service obligation. The required notice to practitioners shall contain a statement, as follows:
“This hospital has agreed to provide a community service and to accept Medi-Cal and Medicare patients. The administration and enforcement of this agreement is the responsibility of the Department of Health Care Access and Information and this facility.”

(d)

To post notices in the following form, that shall be multilingual where the borrower serves a multilingual community, in appropriate areas within the facility, including but not limited to, admissions offices, emergency rooms, and business offices:
NOTICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE OBLIGATION
“This facility has agreed to make its services available to all persons residing or employed in this area. This facility is prohibited by law from discriminating against Medi-Cal and Medicare patients. Should you believe you may be eligible for Medi-Cal or Medicare, you should contact our business office (or designated person or office) for assistance in applying. You should also contact our business office (or designated person or office) if you are in need of a physician to provide you with services at this facility. If you believe that you have been refused services at this facility in violation of the community service obligation you should inform (designated person or office) and the Department of Health Care Access and Information.”
The borrower shall provide copies of this notice for posting to all welfare offices in the county where the borrower’s facility is located.

Source: Section 129065, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=129065.­ (accessed Jun. 2, 2025).

Last Updated

May 12, 2025

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