California Health and Safety Code 127373 – (a) A hospital shall do all of the following with respect to an …
(a) A hospital shall do all of the following with respect to an equity report prepared pursuant to Section 127372:
(1) Include in the equity report an explanation of the methodology used, written in plain English.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 127373
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Equity report: means a written document prepared for annual submission to the Department of Health Care Access and Information pursuant to this article. See California Health and Safety Code 127371
- Hospital: means an acute hospital licensed pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250. See California Health and Safety Code 127371
- Integrated system: means an entity or system of entities that includes one or more hospitals and is related to one or more hospitals, health plans, or physician groups through parent-subsidiary relationships, contractual relationships, or common boards and shared senior management. See California Health and Safety Code 127371
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(2) Annually submit the equity report to the Department of Health Care Access and Information. A hospital shall file a copy of the report with the department for the relevant calendar years according to the reporting schedule established by the department.
(3) Annually post the equity report on the hospital’s internet website. The report shall be available via a link that includes the words “Equity Report” or a substantially similar term, which shall be visible on the main page of the hospital’s internet website as loaded by a standard internet browser in an easily readable font size without having to scroll down.
(b) A hospital under the common control of a single corporation or another entity may file a consolidated equity report if the report includes each hospital’s equity data.
(c) Hospitals that are part of an integrated system may prepare and submit a single joint equity report if the report separately addresses each hospital’s equity analysis.
(d) Data and information included in annual equity reports shall be reported to the extent information is available and disclosed in a manner that protects the personal information of patients pursuant to state and federal privacy laws, including the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code) and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 751, Sec. 2. (AB 1204) Effective January 1, 2022.)