(a) Reporting Health Facilities owned by the City or private entities shall disclose to the Department the following information in the form of a report to be submitted annually to the Department by January 31 for the preceding calendar year, except that the submission deadline for calendar year 2021 shall be October 1, 2022. The Department shall request such information from Reporting Health Facilities owned by non-City public entities. The report shall present patient information in aggregate, de-identified form consistent with state and federal laws governing the confidentiality of medical information.
(1) The total number of patients who were City residents and the total number of patients who were not City residents, transferred by the Reporting Health Facility to an Out-of-County Health Facility for the purpose of receiving Skilled Nursing Care.
(2) The total number of patients who were City residents and the total number of patients who were not City residents, who qualified for Skilled Nursing Care while admitted to the Reporting Health Facility but were not transferred by the Reporting Health Facility to an Out-of-County Health Facility.
(3) The following aggregate demographic information for each category of patient: age, race/ethnicity, gender (as well as sexual orientation and gender identity, if normally collected by the Reporting Health Facility), patient’s insurance provider (by way of example but not limitation, Medi-Cal, Medicare, or the specific private insurance provider), and housing status (by way of example but not limitation, people experiencing homelessness, marginally housed, or permanently housed).
(b) The Director may issue rules or guidelines regarding the information required by this Section 140.2 including the format by which Reporting Health Facilities will transmit the report.
(c) The Department shall make a report on an annual basis to the Health Commission based on the annual reports submitted by the Reporting Health Facilities to the Department. The Department’s report to the Health Commission shall include not only statistical information but also such future plans and/or recommendations, as the Department deems appropriate, for provision of Skilled Nursing Care in the City.
(Added by Ord. 77-22, File No. 220410, App. 5/13/2022, Eff. 6/13/2022)