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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1599.76

Admission Contracts for Long-Term Health Care Facilities

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 50 Cal. App. 4th 632 - Podolsky v. First Healthcare Corp. (1996)

Most recently applied in 50 Cal. App. 4th 632 - Podolsky v. First Healthcare Corp. (October 1996)

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

(a) No contract of admission shall list any ground for involuntary transfer or discharge of the resident except those grounds which are specifically enumerated in either federal or state law.

(b) Every contract of admission to a long-term health care facility that participates in the Medi-Cal program shall state that the facility may not transfer or seek to evict any resident solely as a result of the resident changing his or her manner of purchasing the services from private payment or Medicare to Medi-Cal.

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