California Health and Safety Code

§ 1599.70

HSC § 1599.70Div. 2 · Ch. 3.93

Statute text

(a)No contract of admission may require a security deposit from a Medi-Cal beneficiary who applies for admission to the facility as a Medi-Cal patient.

(b)Any security deposit from a person paying privately upon admission shall be returned within 14 days of the private account being closed, or first Medi-Cal payment, whichever is later, and with no deduction for administration or handling charges.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 625, Sec. 1.