Plain English Breakdown
The official summary uses blanks ('____') for all effective dates and deadlines, so no specific timeline can be confirmed from the source.
AB-1386: Adding Perinatal Services as a Required Hospital Service
This law adds perinatal services to the list of basic services that general acute care hospitals must provide and requires non-compliant hospitals to submit plans.
What This Bill Does
- Adds perinatal services to the list of basic services required for all general acute care hospitals starting on a future date.
- Requires the State Department of Public Health to create a process to approve or deny hospital compliance plans by a set deadline.
- Mandates that any general acute care hospital not currently providing these services must submit a plan with specific information by a set deadline.
Who It Names or Affects
- General acute care hospitals in California
- The State Department of Public Health
Terms To Know
- Perinatal services
- A type of medical service related to pregnancy and birth that the bill adds to required hospital services.
- Basic service
- A category of care, such as nursing or surgery, that existing law already requires general acute care hospitals to provide.
- Perinatal service compliance plan
- A document a hospital must submit showing how it will meet the new requirement to offer perinatal services.
Limits and Unknowns
- The specific start dates for these requirements are not listed in this text.
- The exact details of what information must be included in the compliance plan are not described here, only that it will have specified information.
- The bill states no state reimbursement is required but does not explain the reason why.