California Laws: Health and Safety Code Section 1262.4
Section 1262.4
(a) No hospital, as defined in subdivisions (a), (b), and
(f) of Section 1250, may cause the transfer of homeless patients from
one county to another county for the purpose of receiving supportive
services from a social service agency, health care service provider,
or nonprofit social service provider within the other county,
without prior notification to, and authorization from, the social
service agency, health care service provider, or nonprofit social
service provider.
(b) For purposes of this section, "homeless patient" means an
individual who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence, or who
has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised publicly or
privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living
accommodations, or who is residing in a public or private place that
was not designed to provide temporary living accommodations or to be
used as a sleeping accommodation for human beings.
Section: 1262.4
