California Health and Safety Code

§ 1399.872

HSC § 1399.872 Effective Jul 27, 2021Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 11.9

Statute text

(a)Upon the department’s establishment or updating of standard measures and annual benchmarks pursuant to Section 1399.871, a health care service plan shall annually submit to the department, at the time and in a manner specified by the department, a report containing health equity and quality data and information. A health care service plan shall implement the policies, procedures, and systems necessary for compliance with this article and shall, in a manner specified by the department, disclose substantiating documentation to the department demonstrating how the health care service plan shall achieve that compliance.

(b)The department shall review a health care service plan’s equity and quality report submitted pursuant to this section for compliance with the health equity and quality standard measures and annual benchmarks established pursuant to Section 1399.871. The department may also review and use other credible sources of information and data, including, but not limited to, relevant data provided by other state agencies, to determine a health care service plan’s compliance with the equity and quality standard measures and annual benchmarks.

(c)The department shall determine a health care service plan’s compliance with the health equity and quality standard measures and annual benchmarks and issue a report of its findings to the health care service plan, which shall also be made publicly available on the department’s internet website.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 14. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.