9260. (a) (1) The Long-Term Care Patient Representative Program is established within the California Department of Aging to provide public patient representatives for residents of skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities to participate in interdisciplinary team reviews held pursuant to Section 1418.8 of the Health and Safety Code in the event that a family member, friend, or […]
9265. (a) The department shall establish appropriate eligibility, training, certification, and continuing education requirements for public patient representatives. An individual shall not serve as a public patient representative until and unless the individual obtains and maintains certification pursuant to this section. (b) Each public patient representative shall obtain a criminal offender record clearance prior to entry into […]
9270. (a) A public patient representative shall not participate in an interdisciplinary team review of a decision that would directly and inexorably lead to death. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a public patient representative may participate in an interdisciplinary team review to create or revise Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment, as specified in Part 4 (commencing with […]
9275. A public patient representative assigned by the program to an interdisciplinary team review shall do all of the following: (a) Conduct a review to confirm that all criteria are met for an interdisciplinary team to convene for a resident and for the assignment of a patient representative by the program, as required by Section 1418.8 […]
9280. Upon request of the department, the Attorney General shall represent the department, local programs, and the program’s representatives in litigation concerning affairs of the program, unless the Attorney General represents another state agency, in which case the agency or the department shall employ other counsel. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 21. (AB […]
9285. Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement this chapter or Section 1418.8 of the Health and Safety Code, in whole or in part, by means of a program memo […]
9290. (a) The State of California, the California Department of Aging, local programs, and any employee or representative of the program shall not be held liable for civil damages on the account of any harm, injury, or death resulting from any act or omission by the state, department, program, or its employees or representatives in good […]
9295. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department is not required to begin providing public patient representatives pursuant to this chapter until July 1, 2022, or the date that the Director of the California Department of Aging certifies to the State Public Health Officer and provides public notice that the Long-Term Care Patient […]
