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CA Health & Safety Code § 1339.56 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 11 - Payers Bill of Rights|Section 1339.56.

1339.56.  (a) Each hospital shall compile a list of 25 common outpatient procedures and shall submit annually to the office a list of its average charges for those procedures, in a method determined by the office. The office may develop a uniform reporting form for the purposes of this subdivision and may require hospitals to file this completed form with the office. The office shall publish this information on its Internet Web site.(b) The office shall establish a list of the 25 most commonly performed inpatient procedures in California hospitals, as grouped by Medicare diagnostic-related group. The office shall develop a list of each hospital’s average charges for those procedures, if applicable, and shall update the list at least annually. The office shall publish this information on its Internet Web site.(c) Each hospital shall provide a copy of the lists described in subdivisions (a) and (b) to any person upon request.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 532, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1339.58 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 11 - Payers Bill of Rights|Section 1339.58.

1339.58.  Any information provided by the office on its Internet Web site pursuant to Section 1339.56 or 1339.57 may inform persons where quality of care information about hospitals may be obtained, including hospital outcome studies available from the office and hospital survey information available from the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 582, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1339.585 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 11 - Payers Bill of Rights|Section 1339.585.

1339.585.  For a person without health coverage, a hospital shall provide the person with a written estimate of the amount the hospital will require the person to pay for the health care services, procedures, and supplies that are reasonably expected to be provided to the person by the hospital, based upon an average length of stay and services provided for the person’s diagnosis. The hospital may provide this estimate during normal business office hours. In addition to the estimate, the hospital shall provide information about its financial assistance and charity care policies and contact information for a hospital employee or office from which the person may obtain further information about these policies. The hospital shall also provide the person with an application form for financial assistance or charity care. This section shall not apply to emergency services provided to a person pursuant to Section 1317.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 465, Sec. 1. (AB 532) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1339.59 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Health Facilities|ARTICLE 11 - Payers Bill of Rights|Section 1339.59.

1339.59.  (a) A hospital shall be in violation of this article if it knowingly or negligently fails to comply with the requirements of this article.(b) A hospital that does not file with the office the information required by this article may be liable for civil penalties as specified in Section 128770.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 532, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1340 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1340.

1340.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 941.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.

1341.  (a)  There is in state government, in the California Health and Human Services Agency, a Department of Managed Health Care that has charge of the execution of the laws of this state relating to health care service plans and the health care service plan business including, but not limited to, those laws directing the department to ensure that health care service plans provide enrollees with access to quality health care services and protect and promote the interests of enrollees.(b)  The chief officer of the Department of Managed Health Care is the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care. The director shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The director shall receive an annual salary as fixed in the Government Code. Within 15 days from the time of the director’s appointment, the director shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State.(c)  The director shall be responsible for the performance of all duties, the exercise of all powers and jurisdiction, and the assumption and discharge of all responsibilities vested by law in the department. The director has and may exercise all powers necessary or convenient for the administration and enforcement of, among other laws, the laws described in subdivision (a).(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 552, Sec. 2. (AB 922) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.1.

1341.1.  The director shall have his or her principal office in the City of Sacramento, and may establish branch offices in the City and County of San Francisco, in the City of Los Angeles, and in the City of San Diego. The director shall from time to time obtain the necessary furniture, stationery, fuel, light, and other proper conveniences for the transaction of the business of the Department of Managed Health Care.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 857, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.2.

1341.2.  In accordance with the laws governing the state civil service, the director shall employ and, with the approval of the Department of Finance, fix the compensation of such personnel as the director needs to discharge properly the duties imposed upon the director by law, including, but not limited to, a chief deputy, a public information officer, a chief enforcement counsel, and legal counsel to act as the attorney for the director in actions or proceedings brought by or against the director under or pursuant to any provision of any law under the director’s jurisdiction, or in which the director joins or intervenes as to a matter within the director’s jurisdiction, as a friend of the court or otherwise, and stenographic reporters to take and transcribe the testimony in any formal hearing or investigation before the director or before a person authorized by the director. The personnel of the Department of Managed Health Care shall perform such duties as the director assigns to them. Such employees as the director designates by rule or order shall, within 15 days after their appointments, take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 857, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.3.

1341.3.  The director shall adopt a seal bearing the inscription: “Director, Department of Managed Health Care, State of California.” The seal shall be affixed to or imprinted on all orders and certificates issued by him or her and such other instruments as he or she directs. All courts shall take judicial notice of this seal.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 857, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.4.

1341.4.  (a) In order to effectively support the Department of Managed Health Care in the administration of this law, there is hereby established in the State Treasury, the Managed Care Fund. The administration of the Department of Managed Health Care shall be supported from the Managed Care Fund.(b) In any fiscal year, the Managed Care Fund shall maintain not more than a prudent 5 percent reserve unless otherwise determined by the Department of Finance.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 577, Sec. 6. Effective October 13, 2007.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.45 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.45.

1341.45.  (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund.(b) The fines and administrative penalties collected pursuant to this chapter, on and after September 30, 2008, shall be deposited into the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund.(c) The fines and administrative penalties deposited into the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund shall be transferred by the department, beginning September 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, as follows:(1) The first one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be transferred to the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians within the Health Professions Education Fund and shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be used for the purposes of the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program, as specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 128550) or Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 107 and, notwithstanding Section 128555, shall not be used to provide funding for the Physician Volunteer Program.(2) Any amount over the first one million dollars ($1,000,000), including accrued interest, in the fund shall be transferred to the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund created pursuant to Section 15893 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, shall be continuously appropriated for the purposes specified in Section 15894 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 1356 and Section 1356.1, the fines and administrative penalties authorized pursuant to this chapter shall not be used to reduce the assessments imposed on health care service plans pursuant to Section 1356.(e) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2014.(f) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2017.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 52, Sec. 4. (SB 97) Effective July 10, 2017. Amended version operative from July 1, 2017, by subdivision (f).)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.5.

1341.5.  (a) The director, as a general rule, shall publish or make available for public inspection any information filed with or obtained by the department, unless the director finds that this availability or publication is contrary to law. No provision of this chapter authorizes the director or any of the director’s assistants, clerks, or deputies to disclose any information withheld from public inspection except among themselves or when necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter or to other federal or state regulatory agencies. No provision of this chapter either creates or derogates from any privilege that exists at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the director or any of his or her assistants, clerks, or deputies.(b) It is unlawful for the director or any of his or her assistants, clerks, or deputies to use for personal benefit any information that is filed with or obtained by the director and that is not then generally available to the public.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 525, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, or sooner, by Sec. 214 of Ch. 525.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.6.

1341.6.  (a)  The Attorney General shall render to the director opinions upon all questions of law, relating to the construction or interpretation of any law under the director’s jurisdiction or arising in the administration thereof, that may be submitted to the Attorney General by the director and upon the director’s request shall act as the attorney for the director in actions and proceedings brought by or against the director under or pursuant to any provision of any law under the director’s jurisdiction. (b)  Sections 11041, 11042, and 11043 of the Government Code do not apply to the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 857, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.7.

1341.7.  (a)  Neither the director nor any of the director’s assistants, clerks, or deputies shall be interested as a director, officer, shareholder, member other than a member of an organization formed for religious purposes, partner, agent, or employee of any person who, during the period of the official’s or employee’s association with the Department of Managed Health Care, was licensed or applied for a license as a health care service plan under this chapter. (b)  Nothing contained in subdivision (a) shall prohibit the holdings or purchasing of any securities by the director, an assistant, clerk, or deputy in accordance with rules which shall be adopted for the purpose of protecting the public interest and avoiding conflicts of interest. (c)  Nothing in this section shall prohibit or preclude the director or any of the director’s assistants, clerks, or deputies or any employee of the Department of Managed Health Care from obtaining health care services as a subscriber or an enrollee from a plan licensed under this chapter, subject to any rules that may be adopted hereunder or pursuant to proper authority. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 857, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.8.

1341.8.  The director shall have the powers of a head of a department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The director may make the agreements that he or she deems necessary or appropriate in exercising his or her powers.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 525, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, or sooner, by Sec. 214 of Ch. 525.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.9.

1341.9.  The director and department succeed to, and are vested with, all duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Corporations and the Department of Corporations as they relate to the Department of Corporations’ Health Plan Program, health care service plans, and the health care service plan business, including those powers and duties specified in this chapter. Nothing in this section abrogates, limits, diminishes, or otherwise restricts the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdictions of the Commissioner of Corporations and the Department of Corporations under the Investment Program, the Financial Services Program, and the other laws in which jurisdiction is vested in the Commissioner of Corporations and the Department of Corporations.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 525, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, or sooner, by Sec. 214 of Ch. 525.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.10.

1341.10.  The department may use the unexpended balance of funds available for use in connection with the performance of the functions of the Department of Corporations to which the department succeeds pursuant to Section 1341.9.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 525, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, or sooner, by Sec. 214 of Ch. 525.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.11.

1341.11.  All officers and employees of the Department of Corporations who, on the operative date of this section, are performing any duty, power, purpose, responsibility, or jurisdiction to which the department succeeds, who are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function vested by the department by Section 1341.9, shall be transferred to the department. The status, positions, and rights of those persons shall not be affected by the transfer and shall be retained by those persons as officers and employees of the department, pursuant to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except as to positions exempted from civil service.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 525, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, or sooner, by Sec. 214 of Ch. 525.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.12.

1341.12.  The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, licenses, permits, agreements, contracts, claims, judgments, land, and other property, real or personal, connected with the administration of, or held for the benefit or use of, the Department of Corporations for the performance of the functions transferred to the department by Section 1341.9.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 525, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, or sooner, by Sec. 214 of Ch. 525.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.13 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.13.

1341.13.  All officers or employees of the department employed after the operative date of this section shall be appointed by the director.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 525, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, or sooner, by Sec. 214 of Ch. 525.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1341.14 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1341.14.

1341.14.  (a) Any regulation, order, or other action, adopted, prescribed, taken, or performed by the Department of Corporations or by an officer of the Department of Corporations in the administration of a program or the performance of a duty, responsibility, or authorization transferred to the department by Section 1341.9 shall remain in effect and shall be deemed to be a regulation, order, or action of the department.(b) No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the Department of Corporations or any other officer of the state, in relation to the administration of any program or the discharge of any duty, responsibility, or authorization transferred to the department by Section 1341.9 shall abate by reason of the transfer of the program, duty, responsibility, or authorization.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 525, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, or sooner, by Sec. 214 of Ch. 525.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 1342 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans|ARTICLE 1 - General|Section 1342.

1342.  It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to promote the delivery and the quality of health and medical care to the people of the State of California who enroll in, or subscribe for the services rendered by, a health care service plan or specialized health care service plan by accomplishing all of the following:(a)  Ensuring the continued role of the professional as the determiner of the patient’s health needs which fosters the traditional relationship of trust and confidence between the patient and the professional. (b)  Ensuring that subscribers and enrollees are educated and informed of the benefits and services available in order to enable a rational consumer choice in the marketplace. (c)  Prosecuting malefactors who make fraudulent solicitations or who use deceptive methods, misrepresentations, or practices which are inimical to the general purpose of enabling a rational choice for the consumer public. (d)  Helping to ensure the best possible health care for the public at the lowest possible cost by transferring the financial risk of health care from patients to providers. (e)  Promoting effective representation of the interests of subscribers and enrollees. (f)  Ensuring the financial stability thereof by means of proper regulatory procedures. (g)  Ensuring that subscribers and enrollees receive available and accessible health and medical services rendered in a manner providing continuity of care. (h)  Ensuring that subscribers and enrollees have their grievances expeditiously and thoroughly reviewed by the department. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 797, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)