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Health & Saf. Code, § 1599.85 · Chapter 3.95. Seniors Nursing Home Disclosure

Health & Saf. Code, § 1599.85

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Long-term health care facilities must prominently and clearly display the following notice on all contracts of admission, and all advertisements used to solicit consumers to enter into contracts of admission: “For more information about our facility, you may call the State Ombudsman’s Office at (insert toll-free number).”

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added November 8, 1988, by initiative Proposition 105. Operative January 1, 1990. Invalidated in 1991 by court decision.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=1599.85.
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