SB 526 — Health facilities: clinics.

Summary

Health facilities: clinics.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/27/26 - Chaptered html September 27, 2026
• Enrolled 08/31/26 - Enrolled html August 31, 2026
• Amended 08/19/26 - Amended Assembly html August 19, 2026
• Amended 06/11/26 - Amended Assembly Current pdf June 11, 2026
• Amended 04/29/25 - Amended Senate pdf April 29, 2025
• Introduced 02/20/25 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2025
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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the California codes: Section 1218.1 of the Health and Safety Code.

• Section 1218.1 of the Health and Safety Code

  (f), the application and issue a new license, (c)The affiliate clinic application shall be signed by an officer of the clinic corporation’s board of directors or the clinic corporation’s chief executive officer or executive director. (d) (e)Nothing in this the affiliate clinic at any time after receipt of the completed affiliate clinic application. (f) SEC. 2.Section 1218.15 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:1218.15.(a)A primary care clinic that meets the conditions for licensure as an affiliate clinic in paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 1218.1, regardless of when it was licensed or whether it was initially licensed using the affiliate process described in Section 1218.1, may do either of the following using the process described in subdivisions (b) to (d), inclusive, of Section 1218.1:(1)File a change of location.(2)File a change of ownership, provided that the clinic corporation acquiring ownership meets the requirements of a parent clinic in subdivision (a) of Section 1218.1.(b)(1)A primary care clinic that meets the conditions for licensure as an affiliate clinic in paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 1218.1, regardless of when it was licensed or whether it was initially licensed using the affiliate process described in Section 1218.1, shall be permitted to identify a parent clinic through a simple notice to the department.(2)If primary care clinic described in paragraph (1) identifies a parent clinic that subsequently closes or surrenders its license, the clinic corporation may designate a new parent clinic that meets the requirements of this section through a simple notice to the department. SEC. 3. → (i), that is signed by an officer of the clinic corporation’s board of directors or the clinic corporation’s chief executive officer or executive director, a license for the affiliate clinic, (5) The parent clinic is not itself an affiliate clinic. (c) (1) (A) A primary care clinic that has held a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license for at least the immediately preceding five years, with no demonstrated history of repeated or uncorrected violations of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter that pose immediate jeopardy to a patient, as defined in subdivision (i), and that has no pending action to suspend or revoke its license, may apply to the department for a change of location using the affiliate clinic application pursuant to subdivision (b). (B) The department shall accept an application from a primary care clinic to change location via the affiliate clinic application pursuant to subdivision (b). (2) Upon receipt of a completed application and application fee, the department may approve the application and issue an updated license, consistent with the timelines established in subdivision (g), without the necessity of first conducting an onsite survey.(d) (1) A clinic corporation shall submit a request to the department to establish another primary care clinic as the parent clinic, pursuant to this section, prior to the closure of a parent clinic. (2) Consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 1218.3, if a clinic corporation submits a request to the department pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall not require a clinic corporation to resubmit any information, materials, or documents required by Section 1212, unless there are any changes to the information, materials, or documents in the corporate file maintained by the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1218.3.(3) The department shall approve the request consistent with the timelines established in subdivision (g), provided the new parent clinic meets both of the following:(A) The primary care clinic has held a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license for at least the immediately preceding five years, with no demonstrated history of repeated or uncorrected violations of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter that pose immediate jeopardy to a patient, as defined in subdivision (i), and that has no pending action to suspend or revoke its license.(B) The primary care clinic meets all of the conditions specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subdivision (a).(e) Any changes to the information provided to the department for a clinic, pursuant to this section, shall be filed on forms established and furnished by the department.(f) All fees required under this section shall be assessed by the department in accordance with Section 1266. (g) (h) This not a clinic. (i) SEC. 2.

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Action History

1. September 04, 2026

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

2. August 28, 2026

   Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

3. August 27, 2026

   From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.)

4. August 25, 2026

   From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

5. August 25, 2026

   Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).

6. August 24, 2026

   In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

7. August 24, 2026

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

8. August 19, 2026

   Read third time and amended.

9. August 19, 2026

   Ordered to third reading.

10. August 13, 2026

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

11. August 13, 2026

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (August 13).

12. August 13, 2026

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

13. August 05, 2026

    August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

14. July 01, 2026

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

15. June 15, 2026

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

16. June 11, 2026

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

17. June 16, 2025

    Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

18. June 05, 2025

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

19. June 04, 2025

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 1494.) Ordered to the Assembly.

20. June 04, 2025

    Amendments by Senator Strickland tabled on motion of Senator Gonzalez. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1494.)

21. May 23, 2025

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

22. May 23, 2025

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1203.) (May 23).

23. May 16, 2025

    Set for hearing May 23.

24. May 12, 2025

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

25. May 02, 2025

    Set for hearing May 12.

26. April 29, 2025

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

27. April 28, 2025

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 867.) (April 23).

28. April 02, 2025

    Set for hearing April 23.

29. March 28, 2025

    April 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

30. March 11, 2025

    Set for hearing April 2.

31. March 05, 2025

    Referred to Com. on E.Q.

32. February 21, 2025

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

33. February 20, 2025

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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