Each hospital shall provide to the office a copy of its discount payment policy, charity care policy, eligibility procedures for those policies, review process, and the application for charity care or discounted payment programs. The office may determine whether the information is to be provided electronically or in some other manner. The information shall be provided at least biennially on January 1, or when a significant change is made. If no significant change has been made by the hospital since the information was previously provided, notifying the office of the lack of change shall meet the requirements of this section. The office shall make this information available to the public.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 755, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)