Section 1599.79 Of Chapter 3.93. Admission Contracts For Long-term Health Care Facilities From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3.93.
1599.79
. Every contract of admission shall meet the requirements of
Section 72520 of Title 22 of the California Administrative Code,
which requires that the facility offer to hold a bed for the resident
in the event the resident must be transferred to an acute care
hospital for seven days or less. The facility shall also give the
resident, or a representative for the resident, notice of the rights
to a bedhold at the time of transfer. The resident or representative
for the resident has 24 hours from receipt of notice to request the
bedhold. The contract of admission shall state that the facility
shall offer the next available appropriate bed to the resident in the
event the facility fails to follow this required procedure. The
facility shall inform the resident that Medi-Cal will pay for up to
seven bedhold days.