Title: Senate Bill 1152: California’s Hospital Discharge Policy for Homeless Patients and How It May Affect Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers | Polsinelli - JDSupra
Headings: Senate Bill 1152: California’s Hospital Discharge Policy for Homeless Patients and How It May Affect Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers
Senate Bill 1152: California’s Hospital Discharge Policy for Homeless Patients and How It May Affect Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers
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Content: Hospitals should also consider circumstances where they may need to take legal action to discharge a homeless patient. Hospitals should consider appropriate training for discharge planning staff, certain medical staff and other personnel who may be part of a patient’s care team to ensure organization-wide compliance with the new law. Training protocols and other required aspects of a written homeless discharge plan must be in place as of July 1, 2019, although it may be advisable to put them in place as of January 1, 2019 given the close relationship they will have to other homeless discharge policies and procedures that must be implemented by January 1, 2019. Affected hospitals should begin or continue coordination and communication efforts with appropriate agencies, other health care providers and nonprofit social services providers now. Currently, SB 1152 only focuses on hospitals and does not contain language that obligates receiving behavioral health or other health care facilities to accept homeless patients. Receiving facilities should consider implementing their own policies regarding homeless patient transfers and how to address the risks associated with accepting homeless patients. Behavioral health or other health care facilities should be aware of the homeless patient discharge planning policies of the hospitals from which they regularly receive patients. Hospitals may want to seek written acknowledgement from the receiving entity that it will accept the homeless patient and assume responsibility for the patient. Refine your interests »
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