Section 104915 Of Chapter 1. Aging From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 103. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1.
104915
. The department shall maintain a program to promote
availability of medical and health care for the aging. The department
may contract with public or private organizations for conducting
pilot projects designed to determine the most effective and most
efficient methods of providing medical and health care services for
the aging.
For purposes of this chapter, the term "aging" means persons who
are eligible for old age benefits under the Social Security Act. Such
program may include, but is not limited to:
(a) Technical and financial assistance to local agencies for pilot
projects developing or testing new or innovative systems for
assuring the availability of medical and health care for the aging.
Pilot projects may include, but are not limited to:
(1) Mobile health clinics.
(2) Mobile health teams.
(3) Patient transportation systems.
(4) Patient surveillance and referral systems.
(b) Studies of the health and medical care of the aging of the
state.
(c) Coordination with similar programs of the federal government,
other states, and public or private organizations.
(d) Development of recommendations for improved systems of medical
and health care.
(e) Collection and summarization of statistics describing needs
for and effectiveness of various methods of providing health and
medical care.