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Hospice: services to seriously ill patients.

It became law on Oct 5, 2017.

CA SB 294 · Senate Bill · 2017–2018

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Became law
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Latest action
Oct 5, 2017

What it does

(1) The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of persons or agencies that provide hospice, which is a type of interdisciplinary health care that includes palliative care to individuals experiencing the last phases of life due to the existence of a terminal disease and supportive care to the primary caregivers and family of the hospice patient. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

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  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Oct 5, 2017

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