BILL NUMBER: SB 1260	CHAPTERED  09/27/08

	CHAPTER  396
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 7, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 15, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 18, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Runner

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2008

   An act to add Section 1253.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1260, Runner. Hospital licensing.
   Existing law provides for the licensure of health facilities,
including general acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals,
and special hospitals, as defined, by the State Department of Public
Health.
   This bill would require that, upon the issuance or renewal of a
general acute care, acute psychiatric, or special hospital license,
the department separately identify on the license each supplemental
service, including the address of where each outpatient service is
provided and the type of services provided at each outpatient
location. The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2010, the
department to post and make available on its Web site a listing of
all outpatient services of licensed hospitals identified on the
hospital's license as a supplemental service.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1253.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   1253.5.  (a) The State Department of Public Health, upon issuance
and renewal of a license for a general acute care hospital as defined
in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, an acute psychiatric hospital as
defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250, or a special hospital as
defined in subdivision (f) of Section 1250, shall separately
identify on the license each supplemental service, including the
address of where each outpatient service is provided and the type of
services provided at each outpatient location.
   (b) On or before July 1, 2010, the department shall post and make
available on its Web site a listing of all outpatient services of
licensed hospitals identified on the hospital's license as a
supplemental service pursuant to subdivision (a). The listing shall
include the name and physical address of where the outpatient service
is provided. The department's Web site shall include a disclaimer
that the information contained in the listing is limited to the
outpatient service information reported to the department by licensed
hospitals.
   (c) The department shall work with stakeholders to review,
streamline, and revise the initial and renewal license application
form prescribed and furnished by the department to any person, firm,
association, partnership, or corporation desiring a license, a change
in licensed beds or services, or renewing a license for a hospital,
acute psychiatric hospital, or special hospital.