Section 1216 Of Article 2. Administration From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
1216
. (a) Every clinic holding a license shall, on or before the
15th day of February each year, file with the Office of Statewide
Health Planning and Development upon forms to be furnished by the
office, a verified report showing the following information relating
to the previous calendar year:
(1) Number of patients served and descriptive information,
including age, gender, race, and ethnic background of patients.
(2) Number of patient visits by type of service, including all of
the following:
(A) Child health and disability prevention screens, treatment, and
followup services.
(B) Medical services.
(C) Dental services.
(D) Other health services.
(3) Total clinic operating expenses.
(4) Gross patient charges by payer category, including Medicare,
Medi-Cal, the Child Health Disability Prevention Program, county
indigent programs, other county programs, private insurance,
self-paying patients, nonpaying patients, and other payers.
(5) Deductions from revenue by payer category, bad debts, and
charity care charges.
(6) Additional information as may be required by the office or the
department.
(b) In the event a clinic fails to file a timely report, the
department may suspend the license of the clinic until the report is
completed and filed with the office.
(c) In order to promote efficient reporting of accurate data, the
office shall consider the unique operational characteristics of
different classifications of licensed clinics, including, but not
limited to, the limited scope of services provided by some specialty
clinics, in its design of forms for the collection of data required
by this section.
(d) For the purpose of administering funds appropriated from the
Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund for support of licensed
clinics, clinics receiving those funds may be required to report any
additional data the office or the department may determine necessary
to ensure the equitable distribution and appropriate expenditure of
those funds. This shall include, but not be limited to, information
about the poverty level of patients served and communicable diseases
reported to local health departments.
(e) This section shall apply to all primary care clinics.
(f) This section shall apply to all specialty clinics, as defined
in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1204 of the Health and
Safety Code that receive tobacco tax funds pursuant to Article 2
(commencing with Section 30121) of Chapter 2 of Part 13 of Division 2
of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(g) Specialty clinics that are not required to report pursuant to
subdivision (f) shall report data as directed in Section 1216 as it
existed prior to the enactment of Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of
1989 and Chapter 51 of the Statutes of 1990.