California Health and Safety Code

§ 1747.3

HSC § 1747.3 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 2 · Ch. 8.5 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, beginning January 1, 2018, a licensee pursuant to this chapter may provide any interdisciplinary hospice services described in this chapter, including, but not limited to, palliative care, to a patient with a serious illness as determined by the physician and surgeon in charge of the care of the patient, including, among other kinds of patients, a patient who continues to receive curative treatment from other licensed health care professionals.

(b)A licensee that elects to provide palliative care pursuant to this section shall provide the department with the date the licensee intends to begin providing the palliative care no less than 45 days before that date and all of the following:

(1)The completed relevant portions of a form HS 200, or a successor form, as determined by the department.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 488, Sec. 1. (SB 353) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.