SECTIONS 124450 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 124450

124450. (a) In any emergency or disaster, as declared by the
Governor, clinics funded under the seasonal agricultural and
migratory workers program provided for by Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 124550), the rural health services development program
provided for by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 124600) or the
expanded access to primary care program provided for by Article 2
(commencing with Section 124900) of Chapter 7 shall provide
nonelective, primary health care services, utilizing a sliding-fee
scale based on income, including a zero payment option, to all
persons who are impacted by the emergency or disaster and who present
themselves for treatment at the clinic.
(b) The department shall deny or recoup payment under Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 124550), Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
124600), and Article 2 (commencing with Section 124900) of Chapter 7,
assess civil penalties, revoke or suspend the license of the clinic
pursuant to Section 1229, or impose other sanctions or other
penalties authorized by law, when the clinic charges patients for
care and fails to utilize a sliding-fee scale based on income,
including a zero-payment option, to determine the fees to be charged
to any patient pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) To the extent that the department enters into contracts or
renews contracts with clinics identified in subdivision (b) on or
after the effective date of this section, those contracts shall
require clinics to utilize a sliding-fee scale based on income,
including a zero-payment option, when determining fees to be assessed
for patients.