CA SB 1152 Weather Appropriate Clothing at Discharge

CA SB 1152 Overview What does the new legislation say? The new law institutes a more formalized discharge process for homeless patients involving increased documentation. There are many stipulations in the law about discharging homeless patients Who is affected? General acute care hospitals Acute psychiatric hospitals Special hospitals licensed by the California Department of Public Health May indirectly affect behavioral health or other health care facilities that accept homeless patients discharged from a hospital When does this go into effect? Effective January 1, 2019, hospitals had to modify their current discharge policies by including a written homeless discharge planning policy and procedure. This discharge plan needs to help patients identify a post-discharge destination. Hospitals also are required to document and perform a checklist including offering a meal, screening for infectious disease and offering weather-appropriate clothing and transportation. Effective July 1, 2019, hospitals must have a written plan for coordinating services and referrals for homeless patients with the county behavioral health agency and health ad social service agencies. Each hospital is required to maintain a log of the homeless patients discharged and their post-discharge destinations.

CA SB 1152 Weather Appropriate Clothing The treating physician must assess a patient’s clinical stability for discharge including but not limited to whether the patient is alert and oriented to person, place and time. The physician or designee also has to have communicated post discharge medical needs to the patient. The homeless patient must be offered a meal unless medically indicated otherwise. If the patient’s clothing is inadequate, the hospital shall offer weather-appropriate clothing. The patient has been referred to source of follow up care if medically necessary. The patient has been provided with a prescription to be filled at an onsite pharmacy and an appropriate supply of all necessary medication, if available. The patient has been offered or referred to infectious disease screening. The patient has been offered vaccinations appropriate to presenting medical condition. The treating physician has provided a medical screening and evaluation and made appropriate arrangements for follow up behavioral health care and will make a good faith effort to contact the patient’s health plan, primary care provider or another appropriate provider. The patient has been screened for and offered help to enroll in any affordable health insurance for which he or she is eligible The hospital staff must offer the patient transport post-discharge to an appropriate facility within 30 minutes or 30 miles. How can we help? Taylor Healthcare has the expertise, cost-effective solutions, supply chain, kitting and central distribution to quickly and efficiently fulfill these new regulations and extend your mission of compassionate care. We offer unmatched breadth of discharge planning documentation tools and customizable, pre-assembled packs of weather-appropriate clothing including: Short Sleeve T-shirts Long Sleeve T-shirts Sweatpants Sweatshirts Socks and Underwear Shoes Many other weather-appropriate items

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