Did You Know?
Medi-Cal Discrimination & Room-to-Room Transfers
That effective January 1, 2002, if a nursing home resident changes to
Medi-Cal payment status, the nursing home is prohibited from transferring
the resident to another room as a result of that payment change, with
the exception of transferring the resident from a private room to a semi-private
room (Welfare and Institution Code § 14124.7). Although nursing homes
have been prohibited from seeking to evict residents simply because of
a change from private pay or Medicare to Medi-Cal, this provision now
applies to those residents who have made a timely and good faith application
for Medi-Cal benefits, but for whom an eligibility determination has not
yet been made. These provisions were included in AB 1731(Shelley) in an
attempt to provide equity and dignity to those receiving long term care
under Medi-Cal.
For more information, or a copy of the above-mentioned Code, contact
the CANHR office.
From the March 2002 Advocate
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