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Health Care & Hospital Law,
Government

Feb. 6, 2019

Law updates hospital discharge policy for homeless patients

With its new law, Senate Bill 1152, California puts the onus on hospitals to integrate homeless patients back into the community.

Ima E. Nsien

Associate
Polsinelli LLP

Email: Insien@Polsinelli.com

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With its new law, Senate Bill 1152, California puts the onus on hospitals to integrate homeless patients back into the community.

With some statistics showing California as home to a quarter of the nation's homeless population, this state is all too familiar with developing legislation to address a myriad of issues related to its homeless residents. In that vein, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 1152 into law last September to specificall...

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