April 23, 2025 | Burbank
May 19, 2025 | Sacramento & Livestream
Mitigating risk means more than staying current with shifting consent laws. Privacy breaches, adverse event reports, and complex discharges pose significant litigation threats. Unexpected surveyors can present unique challenges.
Plus, laws have changed and what you don’t know can hurt you.
CHA’s Consent Law Seminar goes beyond consent law so you will be prepared to make tough decisions with confidence.
Will CARE Courts, involuntary holds, and new laws be addressed? Certainly. So will new administration policies, finding patients appropriate post-acute care facilities, and navigating seemingly conflicting privacy regulations.
How you respond to state investigators and surveyors matters. Join us. Stay up to date, network, and take home knowledge to protect your patients and your hospital.
9:00 – 9:15 | Basics of Consent
This brief session will highlight key concepts related to consent and every competent adult’s fundamental right of self-determination over their body. This speedy session will also establish a foundation for addressing the challenging issues to be tackled throughout the seminar. Recommended pre-seminar viewing: Basics of Informed Consent webinar recording.
9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | Decisionmakers and Complex Hospital Discharges
For patients who lack the requisite capacity to consent, care teams must look to the appropriate legal or designated decisionmaker for consent. Decisionmakers are to act on behalf of patients and in their best interests. But what happens when there is dispute about what is in the patient’s best interest? Is a decisionmaker not acting in the patient’s best interest when they disagree with a discharge plan or placement? This session will provide an overview on rules related to decisionmakers and discuss practical tools for managing conflicts with decisionmakers in the context of hospital discharges.
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Break
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. | Legislative Update
A new administration will layer new federal policies on top of state-mandated changes. This session will address federal rules and recent California legislative changes regarding involuntary holds, Artificial Intelligence, substance use disorder treatment, patient safety, human trafficking victims, data privacy, and more.
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Behavioral Health
Two-and-a-half years after the California legislature enacted AB 2275 to provide clarity around some of California’s involuntary patient hold requirements, questions and confusion persist. Newer legislation, such as AB 43, adds further complexity. This session will review new California behavioral health laws and identify where ambiguity still exists. This session will include a discussion on best practices for navigating the confusing landscape of behavioral health laws in California, as well as updates on SB 929’s data collection requirement.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. | Licensing, Certification and Surveys
Surveyors never show up at convenient time. Neither do adverse events, privacy breaches, or disasters. The key is to be prepared. This session will address licensing and certification requirements and feature best practices and preparation tips to help alleviate your stress when stressful events occur.
2:15 – 3:00 p.m. | Scenes from the Field (Part One)
Pulled from the Silver Screen – theoretical case studies that raise serious consent-related questions sure to challenge your critical thinking skills! How these people got themselves into these situations we may never know, but we will explore how to get them out and examine your hospital’s key decisions along the way. Issues to be addressed include adverse event reporting, gray-area privacy concerns, behavioral health and capacity questions, and the most frustrating discharge scenarios possible!
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. | Break
3:15 – 4:00 p.m. | Scenes from the Field (Part Two)
Pulled from the Silver Screen – theoretical case studies that raise serious consent-related questions sure to challenge your critical thinking skills! How these people got themselves into these situations we may never know, but we will explore how to get them out and examine your hospital’s key decisions along the way. Issues to be addressed include adverse event reporting, gray-area privacy concerns, behavioral health and capacity questions, and the most frustrating discharge scenarios possible!

Alicia Macklin, Esq.
Partner
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman PC
Ms. Macklin is a trusted advisor to a range of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health care providers, along with hospitals and health systems. She has counseled many of California’s hospitals on unsettled areas of law, with an emphasis on compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). Her work with providers includes advising on licensing and accreditation, Medicare and Medi-Cal reimbursement, federal and state privacy and confidentiality requirements, and operational issues. She also helps California providers navigate voluntary and involuntary treatment under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act).

Julia B. Michael
Senior Managing Counsel
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals / Health Plan
Julia Michael is a respected health care industry legal advisor and executive dedicated to ensuring appropriate patient care while providing practical advice to mitigate risk for health care providers and health plans. Julia manages a team of attorneys responsible for supporting Kaiser Permanente’s hospital operations and care delivery. She manages and supports legal, risk and compliance issues related to telehealth, licensing, accreditation, benefits and coverage (including Medicare and Medicaid), consent and bioethics, EMTALA, privacy and data security, AI, medical staff, credentialing, GME, quality, AKS and Stark laws.
April 23, 2025 | Burbank
Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel
2500 North Hollywood Way
Burbank, CA 91505-1019
May 19, 2025 | Sacramento
The Capitol Event Center
1020 11th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tuition fees are for in-person seminars or livestream event on May 19
Member/Government Early Bird $295*
Nonmember Early Bird: $570*
*Early bird pricing expires on March 23, 2025.
Member/Government: $325
Nonmember: $670
Members are CHA member hospitals, CHA associate members and government agencies.
Nonmembers are non-hospital health care providers, clinics, post-acute facilities, and law firms that serve hospitals.
Education programs and publications are a membership benefit and are not available to eligible non-member California hospitals.
Presentations will be available online only: You will receive an email before the event with instructions on how to download the presentations to your laptop/tablet for viewing on-site or to print and bring with you. Be sure to download the materials in advance; WiFi access on-site may be limited.
Cancellation Policy/Late Payment: A $50 non-refundable processing fee will be retained for each cancellation. Cancellations must be made in writing seven or more days prior to the scheduled session and emailed to education@calhospital.org. No refunds will be made after these dates for in-person or livestream events. Substitutions are encouraged.
Please note: payment is due on or before the program. Payments not received by the seminar date may be subject to a 10% late fee. In the unlikely event the program is cancelled, CHA will fully refund paid participants within 30 days.
Special Accommodations or Questions: If you require special accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, or have other questions, please call (916) 552-7637.
Quality Assurance/Grievance: We welcome your feedback. If you have any concerns or dissatisfaction with the quality of a CHA education program please contact Robyn Thomason, Vice President, Education at (916) 552-7514 or email rthomason@calhospital.org. The CHA education quality assurance/grievance policy is available upon request by emailing rthomason@calhospital.org.
Photo and/or Livestream Video Release: CHA may photograph and/or livestream this event. If you prefer not to be photographed or visible during the livestream, please email CHA at education@calhospital.org.
The Consent Manual is available free to members in the CHA Publications App!
The app provides access to all CHA publications from any desktop or mobile device and features there-and-back cross-reference links and enriched search performance to make finding fast answers to tough questions easier than ever. There is nothing to download – the app is a super-enhanced website that brings unprecedented interactivity to CHA Publications and takes no storage space on your device. You may download PDFs from the app, CHA no longer produces printed manuals.
The 2025 edition of the Consent Manual will be posted to the app as soon as it is completed.
More information about the CHA Publications App is available here.
Livestream attendees can ask questions during the program, just like in-person attendees, and have the same access to presentations as in-person attendees.
Livestream tuition entitles the registrant to:
- a single connection to the event (NOTE: don’t risk your connection by sharing with others — only one connection will be allowed in.)
- CEs (you must attest to participation to receive CE credit)