Dialysis Patient Quality of Care Assurance Act of 2019.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate chronic dialysis clinics, defined as a clinic that provides less than 24-hour care for the treatment of patients with end-stage renal disease, including renal dialysis services. Existing law also requires the department to periodically inspect every clinic for which a license or special permit has been issued, with the frequency to be determined based on the type and complexity of the clinic or special service to be inspected. Existing law makes this provision inapplicable to an end-stage renal disease facility. Existing law makes a person who violates a law or willfully or repeatedly violates a rule or…