BILL NUMBER: SB 813	CHAPTERED  09/12/01

	CHAPTER  290
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 9, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Dunn
   (Coauthor:  Senator Alarcon)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to amend Section 1256 of the Health and Safety Code, and to
amend 10727 of, and to add Section 10728 to, the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to children's hospitals.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 813, Dunn.  Children's hospitals.
   Existing law defines "children's hospital," for purposes of state
administration of health care services and medical assistance, to
include a list of specified hospitals.
   This bill would additionally define "University of California
children's hospital," for specified purposes, to mean each of the
University of California children's programs within the 5 University
of California academic medical center campuses and would define the
purposes for which the term "children's hospital" could be used.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1256 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   1256.  (a) The use of the name or title "hospital" by any person
or persons to identify or represent a facility for the diagnosis,
care, and treatment of human illness other than a facility subject to
or specifically exempted from the licensure provisions of this
chapter is prohibited. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the
laws of this state, the name or title "hospital" shall not be used by
any sanitarium, nursing home, convalescent home, or maternity home,
unless preceded by some qualifying descriptive word such as
convalescent, geriatric, rehabilitation, or nursing.
   (b) This section shall not prohibit the use of the word "hospital"
to identify or represent an approved pediatric supplemental service
of a general acute care hospital that is either of the following:
   (1) A children's hospital as defined by Section 10727 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code.
   (2) A University of California children's hospital as defined by
Section 10728 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
  SEC. 2.  Section 10727 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   10727.  Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes of the
Health and Safety Code and this code, and any regulations adopted
thereunder, after June 1, 1996, "children's hospital" means any of
the following hospitals:
   (a) Valley Children's Hospital, Madera.
   (b) Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach.
   (c) Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
   (d) Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California,
Oakland.
   (e) Children's Hospital of Orange County.
   (f) Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo
Alto.
   (g) Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego.
   (h) Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Loma Linda.
  SEC. 3.  Section 10728 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   10728.  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes of
this code and the Health and Safety Code, and any regulations adopted
thereunder, "University of California children's hospital" means
each of the University of California children's programs within the
five University of California academic medical center campuses.
   (b) This section is not intended to preclude participation by
other entities in funding that would benefit children's health care
programs.
   (c) For purposes of this section, the term "children's hospital"
may be used for signage, marketing, community service, and other
university communication and philanthropic purposes only.
   (d) Nothing in this section shall affect eligibility for any
existing state funded health care programs.