(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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Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1599.76

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract of admission: includes all documents which a resident or his or her representative must sign at the time of, or as a condition of, admission to a long-term health care facility, as defined in Section 1326. See California Health and Safety Code 1599.60
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23

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