Section 1339.30 Of Article 10.5. Special Hospital: Hospice From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 10.5.
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. A Special Hospital: Hospice Pilot Project is hereby
created. This pilot project shall be established and administered by
the department, and shall consist of up to three pilot projects, one
of which shall be located in San Diego. The department shall license
facilities that are part of the pilot project for the duration of the
pilot project as a special hospital: hospice. No person or entity
shall be licensed as a special hospital: hospice unless that person
or entity is participating in this pilot project.
The purpose of the pilot project is to determine the need of
hospice patients for acute inpatient hospital care.
This article shall not preclude the provision of appropriate
hospice services in other settings.
The pilot project does not constitute an approved project as
defined in subdivision (b) of Section 128130.