What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) released draft regulations to implement Assembly Bill (AB) 1204 (2021), which requires hospitals to submit annual reports for measures on patient access, quality, and outcomes by race, ethnicity, language, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and payer.
What else to know: The reports are also required to include a plan to prioritize and address disparities for vulnerable populations identified in the data submitted by hospitals.
The draft regulations include a measures submission guide, data de-identification guidelines, and format and file specifications for the submission of reports to HCAI. Public comments on the draft regulations are due Aug. 13 and can be emailed to Alma Lopez, HCAI, at hospitalequity@hcai.ca.gov.
CHA will be providing written comments on the draft regulations and related documents. To ask questions about the regulations or to inform CHA’s comment letter, contact Trina Gonzalez, vice president, policy, at tgonzalez@calhospital.org.
