Laws & Regulations

Program Statutes#

Statutory authorization for the Department of Health Care Access and Information and its programs is primarily found in Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, §127000 et seq.

Division 107 is divided into parts that roughly correlate to the Divisions within the Office. Some HCAI Divisions administer more than one program. (Note that specific program statutes may be located in other areas of the Health and Safety Code, or in other Codes.)

• Healthcare Workforce and Community Development Division programs and Health Professions Education Foundation programs – Part 3, commencing with §127750
• Information Services Division programs – Part 5, commencing with §128675
• Cal-Mortgage Loan Insurance Division – Part 6, commencing with §129000
• Facilities Development Division – Part 7, commencing with §129675

California Codes, including the Health and Safety Code, can be accessed through the Official California Legislative Information website. Select “California Law” and then “Health and Safety Code”.

Program Regulations#

Most HCAI program regulations are found in Division 7 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), commencing with §90001.

Division 7 is divided into chapters – HCAI Divisions may have regulations in more than one chapter.

• Healthcare Workforce and Community Development Division and Health Professions Education Foundation (Note that specific program regulations may be found in other parts of the CCR)
  • Chapter 6, commencing with §92001
  • Chapters 14 – 17, commencing with §97700.1
• Information Services Division
  • Chapter 9, commencing with §96040,
  • Chapter 9.5, commencing with §96060,
  • Chapter 10, commencing with §97003
• Cal-Mortgage Division
  • Chapter 5, commencing with §91401

Facilities Development Division adopts building standards that are found in Title 24.

The California Code of Regulations (except for Title 24) can be accessed through the Office of Administrative Law or directly through the California Code of Regulations.

Newly Adopted, Amended, or Repealed Regulations#

Posted pursuant to Government Code Section 11343(c).

See the California Code of Regulations website to view a simple text version of the documents in this section.

• Sections 97300, 97305, 97310, 97314, 97318, 97330, 97332, 97334, 97340, 97342, 97344, 97346, 97348, 97350, 97351, 97352, 97360, 97362, and 97370 of California Code of Regulations Title 22, Division 7, Chapter 11: Health Care Payments Data Program. Filed with the Secretary of State and effective December 20, 2021
• Sections 97210, 97212, 97213, 97221, 97241, 97244, 97246, and 97248 of Article 8 Patient Data Reporting Requirements. Filed with the Secretary of State on November 5, 2021.
• Sections 97019 and 97041 of California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 7, Chapter 10: Related to LTC Facility Financial Reporting – Related Parties. The regulations were filed with the Secretary of State on February 27, 2020 and will become effective April 1, 2020.
• Sections 97170, 97174, 97177.25, 97177.35, 97177.55, 97177.60, 97177.65, 97177.67, 97177.70 of Article 7 CABG Data Reporting Requirements.  Filed with Secretary of State December 7, 2020 and will become effective January 1, 2021.

Proposed Regulations#

Chapter 8: Hospital Community Reports Reports has been filed with OAL and the modified proposed regulations are available for review and comment.  The Official 15-Day Public Comment Period begins Wednesday, June 15, 2022, and will end on June 30, 2022.

HCAI Patient Data Reporting Requirements regulation proposal was filed with OAL, and the public comment period will begin on Friday, March 25, 2022.  The last day to submit comments is May 9, 2022.  The proposed regulations are expected to be adopted later this year. For more information, please review the fact sheet.